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Difference between 'wake up' & 'get up'

Difference between 'wake up' & 'get up'

Date: Sep 10 2007

Topic: Vocabulary

Author: guchhi

Lesson

The difference between wake up and get up is very small. But I thought it would be beneficial to know the exact difference. Wake up is when you wake up from sleep. Get up is when you get out of bed. Usually, when people wake up, they get up. However, sometimes people just stay in bed. In that situation, they couldn't use these two words interchangeably. Here is an example dialog showing the difference.

Person A: 'When did you get up this morning?'
Person B: 'I got up at 11.'
Person A: 'You slept at 11 last night. So you slept for 12 hours?'
Person B: 'No. I actually woke up at 9, but I just stayed in bed.'

When you talk to people, go ahead and use either of these two words. Just keep in mind that there is a small difference.

On a side note. When you ask someone when they woke up, you don't use the past tense of 'woke' although it is referring to the past. 'What time did you woke up this morning' is incorrect. The correct way to ask this question is, 'What time did you wake up this morning?'

Likewise, you wouldn't say, 'What time did you got up?' The correct way to say this is, 'What time did you get up?'

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daomai

daomai

Viet Nam

thanks a lot

 

02:46 PM Jan 17 2008 |

itolwfn

China

thank you

06:00 AM Jan 16 2008 |

busayobright

Nigeria

wake up means recover from a deep sleep .standup is the action of movenment after gain countiones Frown

04:56 AM Jan 16 2008 |

spring410

Bermuda

it's good .

i know the exact meaning between wake up and get up after the lesson.

04:25 AM Jan 16 2008 |

paola_andrea

Colombia

is good this aclaration

10:49 PM Jan 15 2008 |

Drakon

Drakon

Kyrgyzstan

thank you

04:08 PM Jan 15 2008 |

nuchy

Thailand

Thank a lot because I never know the difference between "wake up" and "get up" before. So, I get it already. In next time, I'll use 2 this words in correct way. 

04:22 AM Jan 11 2008 |

qawasmeh

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Thanks alot

12:32 PM Jan 10 2008 |

rooia

rooia

Iraq

oh..good

09:27 AM Jan 10 2008 |

Mus

Mus

Malaysia

thanks for for the lesson.

08:11 AM Jan 10 2008 |

Vikkizuo

China

Normally, I don't know there have difference between "wake up' & 'get up'. Thanks for clarify the differences.  I like this section very much!

07:16 AM Jan 10 2008 |

liuweicheng123

China

thank you very much for the lesson .

 

04:12 AM Jan 10 2008 |

shanzay

India

thnxs you so much

05:21 PM Jan 08 2008 |

agribil

agribil

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

thanks very much only today i known the differe nce bettween wake up and get up and expleaningyou is veryeasy

12:41 PM Jan 08 2008 |

pavanna

India

Thank you

12:01 PM Jan 08 2008 |

Nonty

Bangladesh

thanks a lot…Loads ma love

01:45 PM Jan 07 2008 |

mohan_pardhu

India

yaa!thats great u hit the nail on the head.

11:41 PM Jan 06 2008 |

rihab2008

rihab2008

Tunisia

thanks

02:24 PM Jan 05 2008 |

Gost Whisper

United Arab Emirates

thank u very much

08:00 AM Jan 05 2008 |

Thyago

Thyago

Brazil

Thanks.. it's very important to know =)

10:48 PM Jan 04 2008 |

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