- I got interested in teaching 5 years ago (got - past tense)
- formal version: I became interested in teaching when I came to Spain.
Get is informal and used in speech rather than writing.
You can use
get in many different situations whereas
get + noun/pronoun - as a direct object get can have several meaning
- obtain
- acquire
- receive
- fetch
Examples:
- I got the best grade in my English class
- I got my bicycle from decathlon
- I am getting a lot of spam in my email
- Do you want me to get you a drink?
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