I am an ESL teacher. I have a B1 student from Italy who is struggling to understand phrasal verbs with 'get':

previously i did this lesson worksheet for her but it was too overwhelming and she became discouraged:

""Now I get it! – phrases with get
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1. Complete each sentence with one word (preposition or adverb).
a) We’re moving to Kansas, so we have to get rid of a lot of old furniture.
b) He got into/in financial trouble after the divorce and couldn’t pay the bills.
c) I really hate getting up at 6 am. It’s too early for me.
d) Give me a call when you get back from your trip.
e) When the bus stops and you hear the signal, you can safely get off it.
2. Study the sample sentences, words and definitions. Then, complete the
definitions of the phrasal verbs with the correct words.
a) It can take weeks to get over an illness like that.
I know from personal experience that you never ever really get over an awful
loss like this in your family.
1) start 2) want 3) seem
b) We're getting on much better now that we don't live together.
It's important that you get on with your colleagues.
1) bad 2) unstable 3) good
c) They thought they could get away with cheating with their taxes.
How can he get away with speaking to his mother like that?
1) and 2) with 3) without
d) I was trying to get across how much I admired them.
What message are you trying to get across to the consumer?
1) quickly 2) clearly 3) finally
e) Sometimes you have to be ruthless to get ahead in business.
One in four parents believes that good education is essential in getting ahead
in life.
1) famous 2) rich 3) successful
get over = start to feel happy or well again
get on = have a/an good relationship
get away with = do something bad without being punished or criticized for it
get across = manage to communicate an idea clearly
get ahead = become successful in one's life or career
Now I get it! – phrases with get
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3. What do the quotes below mean? Do you agree or disagree with them?
• “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
― Mark Twain
• “Good posture and an attitude let you get away with anything.”
― Lorna Landvik
• “Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across.”
― Cyndi Lauper
• “Well, I get on with people who believe in something.”
― Ken Livingstone
• “Forget it enough to get over it, remember it enough so it doesn’t happen
again.”
― unknown
4. Complete the dialogues with the words in the box.
a) A: I took a job as a secretary to get a foot in the door.
B: That’s a good start. You need to work hard now and look for ways to get
promoted.
b) A: How was the meeting?
B: Terrible! John talked so much that nobody could get a word in edgewise
for an hour.
c) A: Oh, I can’t listen to him! He’s really getting under my skin.
B: Yeah, I know he can be really irritating. Just ignore him and relax.
d) A: You seem to work really hard.
B: We're still trying to get this new project off the ground and that’s why
I’ve been working a lot of overtime lately.
e) A: We have a crisis in the organization and I don’t want the press to get
wind of it.
B: I know. I’ll make sure that no one says a word about it.
f) A: What’s wrong? You look really annoyed.
B: Nothing. I just got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.
foot ground side skin wind word
Now I get it! – phrases with get
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5. Match the phrases from the dialogues in ex. 4 with their meanings.
a) get a foot in the door 5
b) get a word in edgewise 2
c) get under someone’s skin 4
d) get something off the ground 6
e) get wind of something 3
f) get up on the wrong side of the bed 1
1) be in a bad mood and to be easily
annoyed all day
2) have an opportunity to speak
3) find out about something secret
4) annoy someone
5) get your first opportunity to work in a
particular organization
6) start something and make it successful
6. Take one card from the pile of cards and describe its meaning to your
partner. Your partner needs to guess the phrase. Remember: you can’t use
words listed under the main phrase.
Now I get it! – phrases with get
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GET RID OF SOMETHING
throw away
rubbish
unwanted
GET IN TROUBLE
difficulty
wrong
bad
GET UP
morning
bed
sleep
GET BACK
return
come back
before
GET OFF SOMETHING
bus
train
leave
GET OVER
recover
better
illness
GET ACROSS
message
communicate
say
GET ON WITH SOMEONE
good
relationship
friend
GET AWAY WITH SOMETHING
cheat
crime
punish
GET AHEAD
succeed
successful
become
Now I get it! – phrases with get
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GET A FOOT IN THE DOOR
job
company
start
GET SOMETHING OFF THE
GROUND
start
successful
project
GET A WORD IN EDGEWISE
say
talk
much
GET WIND OF SOMETHING
secret
information
discover
GET UNDER SOMEONE’S SKIN
annoy
irritate
angry
GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE
OF THE BED
morning
mood
feel""

So, i thought i'd try again. I found a useful podcast transcript that i want to adapt into a lesson. Do you think it's a good idea?:

""

Intro: 
Jack: Hey Rich, you’re a bit late. Did you get stuck in traffic again?

Rich: No, not today. I had to get the bus! I hate getting the bus. I’ve got a horrible cold too. I’m not having had a good start to the day.

Jack: The bus? What’s wrong with your car? Did you get a flat tyre again?

Rich: No, but it did break down. I didn’t get in till eleven.

Jack: Did you get someone to help you?

Rich: Yes, I got my wife to come. She knows more about cars than me.

Jack: I could have helped.

Rich: I sent you a message.

Jack: I didn’t get it. Sorry.

Rich: I didn’t even get home in time to watch the football. 

Jack: Harry Kane got his first Champions League hat-trick for Spurs and Liverpool drew with Spartak Moscow. They should have won, though. It was a good game.

Rich: I was gutted to have missed it but I’ll get over it. They’re playing again in a couple of weeks. 

Welcome - Get
Rich: Hello my name’s Rich

Jack: and I’m Jack

Rich: and welcome to this week’s Premier Skills English podcast

Jack: Where we talk about football and help you with your English.

Jack: What’s happening this week, Rich?

Rich: In this week’s podcast, we’re looking at vocabulary and going to look at some phrases that will help you sound more natural when you’re speaking.

Jack: That’s right. We’re going to look at the word ‘get’ and how we can use it to sound friendlier - especially when we are talking in informal contexts.

Rich: And, we’ve got a couple of tasks for you to do while listening to the podcast so listen carefully.

Jack: Don’t forget, there is more information about the language we use on the page below and activities to help you understand. 

Rich: Make sure you listen to the end of the podcast because we’ve got another football phrase for you as well.

Topic Focus
Jack: Did you know that the word ‘get’ is the verb with the longest entry ... well, one of the longest entries ... in the dictionary? 

Rich: No, I didn’t, but I did know that it has lots of different meanings and can be used in many different ways.

Jack: The dictionary I’m looking at has got two pages - just about get.

Rich: So, are we going to teach the word ‘get’ in this podcast?

Jack: No, I think that would be too much, but we are going to look at some of the ways it is used.

Rich: That’s a good idea. It’s a very important word. It’s not only important because it has lots of meanings but it’s also important in other ways too.

Jack: A lot of the phrases we use with get are very common and if you use them, your English will sound natural. For us teachers, it’s easier to teach simple verbs with clear meanings, but they are not always the verbs we use.

Rich: Yes, it sounds much more natural and friendly if I say I got a present from my mum than if I say I received a present from my mum or Do you think we’ll get to the match on time instead of Do you think we will arrive on time?

Jack: Some of the messages we get ... not receive ... on the Premier Skills English website are perhaps a bit too formal. This can often happen if you speak a Latin-based language like French, Spanish, Italian or Portuguese.

Rich: This is because it’s often easier to choose a word that is similar in your own language, but the problem is that sometimes using the Latin-based words can sound too formal or sometimes a bit unfriendly.

Jack: So, if we want to sound friendlier we should use more phrases with get?

Rich: Yes ... and no. We don’t want you to use phrases like get lost. That can be rude. But, usually, phrases with get sound more natural and friendlier when you are talking.

Jack: What else is important about get? What about pronunciation? Gotten I sometimes hear this. It’s American, isn’t it?

Rich: Yes, you could hear a phrase like ‘he had gotten us tickets for the match’ which means something like he had gone and got us some tickets.

Jack: It’s actually an Old English word that is not used in the UK anymore but is still used in the US. We still use forgotten but we don’t use gotten anymore.

Rich: The most common way to speak about something that you have to do is to say ‘I’ve got to’ or ‘I’ve gotta’

Jack; It’s important to focus on the pronunciation here. Have a listen. Gotta … I’ve gotta go to work this morning. I’ve gotta remember to buy some milk.

Rich: So, we’ve spoken about the pronunciation and why get is important and in the next part we’re going to look at some common phrases and collocations that use get.

Task 1
Rich: Every week we give you a task to do in the comments at the bottom of the page on the Premier Skills English website. 

Jack: Last week we asked you to answer some questions about football and write other questions for our listeners and at the same time leave gaps where you might have to write articles such as the or a.

Rich: We are very happy to see you using the comments section to do the task. Sabonaleg from Ukraine correctly identified Eric Cantona

Jack: And thanks to Hariyuki from Japan for his question and thanks to Liubomyr from Ukraine for answering it.

Rich: It was also interesting to find out that neither Ukrainian nor Japanese use articles in their language. It’s great to see you all interacting with each other on the website. What’s this week’s task, Jack?

Jack: This week we’ve actually got two tasks for you to do. First we’re going to ask you to complete some sentences using phrases with get. Your second task is more complicated. We want you to change some language and use phrases with get so that it sounds a bit more natural.

Rich: So, your first task is to listen to five different sentences with gaps in and then listen to explanations of how we use get. You can use the explanations to complete the sentence. OK ... let’s go. Sentence 1.

Sentence 1

Jack: The train is not going to ______ until six so I’ll be a bit late, sorry. 

Rich:  Some common phrases with get mean to arrive. It is often added to places. You can get home, get to work or school, or you might say ‘I got there at six’ or ‘I’m going to get there before you.’ You can also get in. I might say I got in late when talking about arriving at my house.

Jack: Rich said that he got in at eleven last night. He got home at 11 ‘o’clock.

Rich: Did you complete the sentence?

Jack: The train is not going to get in / get there / get to the station / get to Manchester until six so I’ll be a bit late, sorry. 

Sentence 2

Rich: The players _________ when it started to rain. 

Rich: Some phrases with get can mean to become. You can get wet, get tired, get rich, get angry, get scared.

Jack: Rich got angry when his car broke down.

Rich: I didn’t get angry. I got a little cross but I didn’t get angry.

Jack: Did you complete the sentence?

Rich: The players _________ when it started to rain. 

Sentence 3

Jack: I’ve ______ a cold and I feel awful. I think I’ve ______ the flu.  

Rich: Some phrases with get can mean to catch something, like infectious illnesses, that you can catch from other people. You can get a cold or measles. You can get malaria from mosquitoes.

Jack: You can also catch public transport. You can get a bus or you can get a train. Rich’s car broke down so he had to get the bus today.

Rich: Yes, I did. I hate having to get the bus …  anyway … Did you complete this sentence?

Jack: I’ve got a cold and I feel awful. I think I’ve got the flu. 

Sentence 4

Rich: What did you ___ for your birthday?

Jack: Some phrases with get can mean to receive something. You might get help with your English from a teacher or you might get a present for your birthday or get a promotion or pay rise at work.

Rich: Harry Kane got his first Champions League hat-trick. He got the match matchball after his hat-trick this week.

Jack: Did you complete the sentence?

Rich: What did you get for your birthday?

Sentence 5 

Jack: I don’t _______.

Rich:: Some phrases with get can mean to understand. You might not get a joke when someone tells one or you might not get what someone is trying to say to you. I’m going to tell you a joke. Why did the chicken cross the road?

Jack: Err … I don’t know. Why did the chicken cross the road?

Rich: To get to the other side. ... Did you complete the sentence?

Jack: I don’t get it.

Task 2
Jack: We said earlier that using phrases with get are common when you are speaking and help you sound more natural and are often friendlier.

Rich: The language that learners sometimes use is too formal and serious which can make you sound a bit unfriendly.

Jack: This is often the case if your first language is latin-based like Spanish or French.

Rich: Our second task for you today is to change some sentences to make them sound friendlier and more natural.

Jack: We’re going to read out five sentences. Your job is to listen to each sentence and write a different sentence in the comments section without changing the original meaning.

Rich: When you change each sentence you need to include a phrase with get. If you find this difficult, there are some clues on the page.

Jack: Number one: Sorry I’m late. I was delayed by traffic.

Rich: Number two: We are very good friends. We have a friendly relationship.  

Jack: Number three: He’s sick but I’m sure he will recover in the near future.

Rich: Number four: You can’t always receive everything that you desire.

Jack: Number five: I’ll send you a message when I arrive at my house.

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