The Power of the Verb GET
In spoken English we use the verb get a lot, so I decided to try and write a story which uses only the verb get.
The following brief story is the result (sorry that it is a bit depressing)
I
get up 
very early, well the sound of the neighbours car alarm
gets me up 
. As usual I
get into the shower 
,
get dressed 
and
get myself a black coffee 
with a couple of pieces of burnt toast. I haven't
got any mail 
in the post except for a few bits of junk mail. I never did
get along with 
people; I can never
get across 
my positive side, so unsurprisingly, I haven't
got any birthday cards 
, again.
I won't
get depressed 
about it though. More importantly right now: I
got extremely drunk 
last night and I've
got a bad hangover 
...how can I
get through 
the day at work? Hmmm maybe I could
get out of work 
altogether, after all I might be
getting a cold 
....or perhaps I should just
get on with 
my normal daily routine....I
get another coffee 
...I should probably
get out 
into the fresh air before I
get too comfortable 
at home.
Eventually I
get round to 
leaving for work but it's
getting cold 
for this time of year so I quickly
get on my hat 
and coat. I
get into the car 
and finally
get off 
. I
get to work 
late but I
get away with it 
because when I
get there 
everyone has
got down to work 
already. To be honest nobody has
got the time of day for me 
at work anyway but I have always
got by 
without many friends...it's nothing to
get bothered about 
. At least my ex-girlfriend has recently
got sacked 
from our office so I am, at last,
getting over her 
. I
get a call 
from a client; he
gets angry 
; I can't
get my point through to 
him; he
gets angrier 
; I'm
getting a headache 
so eventually he happily
gets put through 
to my manager. I'll be
getting into trouble 
. I must
get another job 
, or maybe
get a life 
perhaps.
I'll
get through 
the day; I'll never
get ahead 
, but I will always
get by 
. I'll
get my head down 
early tonight, yeah, I'll
get an early night 
........