Get vs. become

[akdisli]

Test No. incompl/inter-7 "A Holiday Report", question 10

I ......... a lot of presents for my birthday.

(a) got
(b) became
(c) become

Test No. incompl/inter-7 "A Holiday Report", answer 10

I got a lot of presents for my birthday.

Correct answer: (a) got
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Hi
would you explain this question

[Stefanie]

Hi,

"to get" with the simple past "got" here means to receive or to be given something
while "to become" means to start to be (as in "become a father", "become cold", "become fat"...).
Became is the simple past of "to become".

It's - at least in German, I don't know about other languages - a "false friend".

Here "got" is the correct answer as you received the presents on your birthday.