Collocations with GET
Practise eight common collocations with get, including get lost, get drunk, get angry. Use the meanings and examples to prepare for eight matching B2 discussion questions.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Eight expressions with meanings and example sentences
- Eight matching discussion questions
- One printable page
- Open-ended speaking practice
Practise eight GET collocations through meanings, examples and matching discussion prompts. Learners move beyond treating get as one fixed meaning, using patterns such as get involved in, get permission to and get better at.
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Before the lesson
Print the single adult B2 discussion page. There is no fixed-answer key. The alcohol-related question can be discussed hypothetically or omitted if unsuitable for the group.
- Compare get lost, get angry and get the impression that. Read the examples and identify which phrases describe changes, opportunities or impressions.
- Allow preparation before discussing the eight prompts in pairs. Encourage full phrases, including the prepositions and following verb forms, rather than isolated uses of get.
- Invite follow-up questions about community projects, permission and improving a skill. Give feedback on natural collocations, not on whether opinions match a model answer.
Support and extension
For support, provide beginnings such as I'd like to get better at. Extend by retelling a hypothetical experience using several expressions; do not require personal accounts of drinking.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
