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Wake Up VS. Get Up

6/15/2014

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A few days ago, I posted something about sleeping early and waking up early. It reminded me of a problem that many ESL students have, and that's the difference between the phrasal verbs, 'wake up' and 'get up.' The difference between these two are very small and a lot of people use them interchangeably, however, there's still a small difference that may be important to know!

For example, take a look at this sentence below:
I wake up at 7am every morning, but I don't get up until 7:15. 
If we consider them to have the same meaning, this sentence wouldn't make sense!
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'Wake up' means you're no longer sleeping but it doesn't mean we sit up and get out from bed. It just means we're awake. The past tense of 'wake up' is 'woke up.'

"Get up' means you physically get out of bed. The past tense of 'get up' is 'got up

The phrasal verb 'get up' isn't just used when we talk about sleeping, but we can use it any time we're talking about a movement that requires someone to move from a position of down to up. For example, "Get up! It's dirty on the floor!"

We can also change the 'up' to 'down' when we're talking about moving from a up position to down. For example, "Get down from the roof, you'll break your bones if you fall!"

What time do you usually wake up and what time do you usually get up?
2 Comments
Jackie
6/15/2014 12:31:37 pm

Excellent notes! Thanks!

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Ramsingh khangar
4/12/2021 05:21:51 am

Thanks

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