grammar · neutral

get + somebody + to + V

Band 7+speakingtask1task2

to cause or persuade someone to do something, or to arrange for something to be done.

Examples

“She got her brother to proofread the essay before submission.”

“The manager got the team to finish the project ahead of schedule.”

“I can get someone to deliver the books tomorrow.”

Band 8 sentence

“The department head got an external consultant to audit the procedure to ensure impartiality.”

Collocations

  • get someone to help
  • get a technician to fix

Word family

get + somebody + doing grammarhave + somebody + V-inf grammar

Common mistakes

get somebody do→get somebody to do

get somebody doing (when meaning persuade)→get somebody to do

Say it for a higher band

5ask somebody to + V→6have somebody + V-inf→7+get somebody to + V

Synonyms

have somebody + V-inf

persuade + somebody + to + V

Easily confused

have + somebody + V-inf

“I had the assistant prepare the documents for me.”

Related words

look forward to + V-ingtry + V-ing / try to + Vfor + somebody + to + Vavoid + V-ingbe likely to + Vbegin / start + V-ing / to + Vprevent + somebody + from + V-ingturn out + to + V

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