Get, take, have.

Here is some advice on how to use "get, take, have" in English.

There are two main uses of the word get:

get 1 You use get with adjectives to mean `become'. For example, if someone gets cold, they become cold, and if they get angry, they become angry.
The boys were getting bored.
There's no point in getting upset.
From here on, it can only get better.

get 2 If you get something that you want or need, you obtain it.
I got a job at the supermarket.
The real problem was how to get enough food to stay alive.
It is impossible to get servants, so she is doing everything herself.
He had been having trouble getting a hotel room.
I asked him to get me some information.
But you can also use get to mean that you receive something or are given it.
I'm getting a bike for my birthday.
He gets a lot of letters from women.
They get a salary of $21,000 a year.

The usual use of the word take is quite different. If you take something you reach out for it and hold it. However, there is another way of using take. You can use it with nouns describing actions. Many of these combinations are common idiomatic expressions. For example, the expression take care.

To give another example, you can say `she took a shower' instead of `she showered'.

She was too tired to take a shower.

Here are some more examples:
My father took a photograph of me.
I've never taken a holiday since I started this job.
There's not enough people willing to take the risk.
Walk around the property and take a good look at it from the outside.
We took a long walk through the pines.

In ordinary spoken or written English, people use take with a range of nouns instead of using a more specific verb. For example people often say `he took control' or `she took a positive attitude' instead of `he assumed control' or `she adopted a positive attitude'.
The Communist Party took power after a three-month war.
Women should join the group and take a leading role.
In Asia the crisis took a different form.

Have is a word that is widely used in many ways. However, since you link it with get and take, then the meaning is best understood by taking it (take, again!) to mean that you own that something; it belongs to you.

I have my own business.
You have beautiful eyes.
She has her own point of view.
Do you have any brothers and sisters?
I have a good friend who’s a teacher.
Do you have any money with you?

People often use have got in spoken English.

I’ve got my own business.
You’ve got beautiful eyes.
She’s got her own point of view.
Have you got any brothers and sisters?
I’ve got a good friend who’s a teacher.
Have you got any money with you?

I’m afraid that this is a simplified lesson in the use of get, take, and have. But I hope it helps.

Advoca