32302 phrasal verbs and dating

A Read this love story and work out the meaning of the phrasal verbs in bold.. Then match the phrasal verbs to their definitions: Sally had been going out with Mike for over a year but t

A) Read this love story and work out the meaning of the phrasal verbs in bold Then match the phrasal verbs to their definitions:

Sally had been going out with Mike for over a year but they had split up because he had let her down Sally considered that sincerity was the most important in a relationship and she had found out that he had been cheating on her with her best friend She was feeling really upset

and decided to go to a different high school Maybe she could get over if she didn’t see them every day

Classes started and the first day she took the only free seat next to a guy called Harry They hit

it off each other immediately One morning he asked her out during the English lesson They decided to meet at a pub in the town centre but he didn’t turn up Had Harry stood her up?, she asked to herself As she was getting angry and bored, she started to chat up with some guys in the pub But then someone hugged her tenderly It was Henry! They made out and the

guys started to clap

Two months have passed and Harry has really fallen for her Sally is happy but she still needs

some space She has been deeply heartbroken once; now she‘s determined: she’s going to get

it right

1 To ask somebody out a.- To have a romantic relationship with sb

3 To cheat on somebody c.- To have a secret romantic or sexual

relationship with someone who’s not your boy/girlfriend or couple

4 To fall for somebody d.- To invite somebody to something, such as

dinner, for a romantic date

5 To go out with somebody e.- To disappoint somebody because you fail

to do what you were expected or promised to do

6 To let somebody down f.- To fail to keep an appointment with

someone, especially a romantic date

7 To hit it off g.- To kiss someone passionately and for a

long time

8 To make out h.- To get along with somebody very well

9 To stand somebody up i.- To flirt with somebody

B) Optional follow-up: Why don’t you invent your own love story by using some of the

phrasal verbs we have been working with? Or, why don’t you make up some sentences

on the topic by describing true facts about dating and relationships you’ve learned about (please, change real names!)?

ANSWER KEY

1 d

2 i

3 c

4 b

5 a

6 e

7 h

8 g

9 f