Get changes for tense: get / gets / got · The participle stays: got stolen · Negatives and questions use do / does / did + get · For a state or fact use be: is closed.
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Get + past participle
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Make the get-passive with get + past participle. Get shows the tense (get, gets, got); the participle does not change.
subject+got+past participle
My phone got stolen yesterday.
Plates sometimes get broken here.
My phone got steal yesterday.
My phone got stolen yesterday.
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My laptop stolen.
got Past get-passive: got + past participle.
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My wallet got steal on the bus.
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Cups often get in our kitchen.
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Things that happen to you
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Use the get-passive for things that happen, often by accident or with a bad result: get hurt, get lost, get fired, get stuck.
subject+got+past participle
He got hurt in the match.
We got stuck in traffic.
He was got hurt in the match.
He got hurt in the match.
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She last week.
got fired Got + past participle.
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The thief got by the police.
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My brother got fire last week.
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Get for events, be for states
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Use get for a change or something that happens. Use be for a state, a fact or a rule: The shop is closed on Sundays. The shop got closed after a fire.
subject+is / got+past participle
The museum is closed on Mondays.
The old cinema got closed last year.
The museum gets closed on Mondays.
The museum is closed on Mondays.
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The museum gets closed on Mondays.
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The bank closed on Sundays.
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Negatives and questions
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Negatives and questions use do / does / did and the base form get: Did you get invited? He didn't get chosen.
did / didn't+subject+get+past participle
Did you get invited to the party?
He didn't get chosen for the team.
Got you invited to the party?
Did you get invited to the party?
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She didn't get for the job.
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the letter get sent?
Did Did + subject + get + participle.
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We paid on time.
didn't get Didn't + get + participle.
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Get married, get dressed
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Some get + participle phrases are very common: get married, get dressed, get divorced, get engaged. After married and engaged use to, not with.
subject+got+married+to+someone
She got married to a doctor.
Get dressed, we are late!
She got married with a doctor.
She got married to a doctor.
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We last year.
got married Got + married.
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They got in June.
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