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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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01:24 PM Aug 20 2008 | 回复

Biologist

Biologist

Brazil

Great lesson!!!

05:41 AM May 16 2008 | 回复

fionanawz

fionanawz

Taiwan

it's interesting Smile thanx a lot

I hadn't notice this little difference between these two word.

 

thanx a lot!

05:20 PM May 15 2008 | 回复

rusminah

rusminah

Malaysia

cool lessons. thanks a lotsSealed

03:55 AM Feb 11 2008 | 回复

Hyun Jung Kim

South Korea

well i woke up at 8am but i got up at 2am lol
oh mann XD


07:58 PM Feb 10 2008 | 回复

Superior Lord

China

Hey,man,it's too easy!All of us know that.However,your explanation is quite good.Are you a teacher for beginners?

10:11 AM Feb 10 2008 | 回复

smiler_2008

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

Thanks alot

02:14 AM Jan 27 2008 | 回复

xinfang1111

China

what a reallistic topic and the author describes it so clearly ,we can get the idear easily

09:26 PM Jan 22 2008 | 回复

tiffintime

tiffintime

Sri Lanka

Nicely written.

10:50 AM Jan 17 2008 | 回复

honey_bee2009

India

nice lesson

06:46 AM Jan 17 2008 | 回复

daomai

daomai

Viet Nam

thanks a lot

 

10:00 PM Jan 15 2008 | 回复

itolwfn

China

thank you

08:56 PM Jan 15 2008 | 回复

busayobright

Nigeria

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

08:25 PM Jan 15 2008 | 回复

spring410

Bermuda

it's good .

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

02:49 PM Jan 15 2008 | 回复

paola_andrea

Colombia

is good this aclaration

08:08 AM Jan 15 2008 | 回复

Drakon

Drakon

Kyrgyzstan

thank you

08:22 PM Jan 10 2008 | 回复

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. 

04:32 AM Jan 10 2008 | 回复

qawasmeh

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Thanks alot

01:27 AM Jan 10 2008 | 回复

rooia

rooia

Iraq

oh..good

12:11 AM Jan 10 2008 | 回复

Mus

Mus

Malaysia

thanks for for the lesson.

11:16 PM Jan 09 2008 | 回复

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!

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