I'LL GET IT

Good morning / afternoon / evening everyone. Welcome back to the Daily Vitamin.

Today is the fourth of a series of five Daily Vitamins dedicated to the English verb TO GET.

Today we look at another very common use of GET; this time to mean to answer the door or to answer the telephone.

If we're at home and the phone rings, rather than say "I'll answer it", we usually say "I'll get it." The same applies when we hear a knock at the door. To indicate that we're going to answer the door, we usually say "I'll get it!" and not "I'll answer it."

Saying "I'll get it" lets everyone else in the house know that I'm on my way to opening the door. For the same situation we might say "ya voy" in Spanish. For a ringing telephone, we might say "ya lo cojo" (in Spanish) or "ja l'agafo" (in Catalan). "I'll get it" works for both situations in English, the door and the phone.

To get some extra writing practice, I encourage you to create one or two sentences using the phrase I'LL GET IT; you could create a short dialogue. You can post your sentence(s) on one of our social media sites (Facebook or Bluesky) and we will give you feedback about your sentences ASAP.

We'll be back tomorrow with the last lesson of the week.

I hope the rest of your day goes well!