Phrasal Verbs and Discussion About Relationships

Phrasal verbs and Discussion about relationships
A Getting to know someone

Tamara: You and Lee Have been going out together(1) for ages now, haven’t
you?
Isabelle: Yes, we have. Longer than I’d ever have imagined when we first met.
Tamara: Why? Didn’t you like him much at first?
Isabelle: No, I warmed to(2) him at once- It was just the odd way we met.
Tamara: Oh, how was that? At a club or at work?
Isabelle: No, we got stuck together in lift that broke down. That’s what brought
us together(3)! We were the only people there and we were there for nearly an
hour, so we soon struck up(4) a conversation. We discovered we’d got a mutual
friend- Jenny Gordon. You know her, don’t you?
Tamara: I know of(5) her. I’ve heard of(6) her because my brother used to talk
about her a lot, but I’ve never actually met her. She went to work in Australia,
didn’t she?
Isabelle: That’s right. Lee had just heard from(7) her, so, he told me all her news
and then we got on to all sorts of other things. Anyway, I thought he was really
nice.
Tamara: So, you flirted with(8) him, no doubt!
Just a little, perhaps. Anyway, by the time they’d repaired the lift he’d asked me
to go out with(9) him. And that was six months ago!
1- Having a romantic relationship
2- Started to like
3- Caused us to be friendly with each other
4- Started (collocates with conversation, friendly)
5- Have heard of her but don’t know her personally
6- Know a little about her because of being told about her
7- Receive news
8- Act or behave in a way something thinks you’re sexually attracted to them
9- To have a romantic relationship
B Relationship problems
Ask the readers

Let our readers help you with your relationship problems. Here are this
week’s posts. We’ll publish some of your answers next week.
A- I really like a boy in my English class. I’d love to ask him to come
out(1) with me, but should I wait for him to make the first move?- Anna,
London
B- I am worried about my partner. He got mixed up with(2) some

untrustworthy people when he started a new job six months ago. Should I
say anything to him? – Bea, Dundee
C- I have been happily married for ten years. However, lately, my husband
has been getting more and more distant with me. I now suspect he may
be cheating on(3) me. What should I do? – Melanie, Belfast
D- A few weeks ago I told my daughter-in-law that she fusses too

much over(4) her children. I didn’t mean to upset her, just to help. But it
has caused a major bust-up(5) in our relationship and it’s come
between(6) me and my son as well. How can I patch things up(7)? –
Carla, Glasgow
E- My best friend is always sucking up to(8) our lecturer. I think she’s

trying to butter him up(9) so she gets better grades. It’s annoying and
unfair. Should I say anything – Di, Cardiff
1- say something suddenly

2- To be involved with someone else
3- (informal) havind a sexual relantionship with someone else
4- pays too Much attention to
5- (informal) break (in a relantionship)
6- spoilt the relantionship
7- improve the situation
8- (informal) trying to make the lecturer like her by doing and saying things that will please
him
9- (informal) be very nice to someone so they will do what you want
Putting into practice
1- Rewwrite the underined parto f each sentence, using a phrasal

verb from A opposite. Make any Other necessary changes.
a) Cindy: Do you know the novelist Jenny Parker?

Alex: No, but I know a bit about her from what one or two people
have told me.
b) Robert: I was surprised to hear Nick and Kirsten have got engaged.
Anna: I wasn’t. They’ve been having a romantic relantionship for
two Years.
c) Max: Did you see Tim talking to that American girl at the party?
Will: Yeah, he was chatting to her and behaving in a way which
showed he was attracted to her all Evening.
d) Jane: Did you have any success getting to know that dark- haired
guy?
Fiona: No, I tried to start a conversation with him, but he wasn’t
very friendly.
e) Derek: You seem to like the new boss, anyway.

Freda: Yes, I started to like him straight Away in fact. He’s very
nice.
f) Sara: Did you and Liam frist meet at the tennis club?
Diane: Yes, You could say it was tennis that caused us to be friendly
with each other.
2- Answer these questions:
1- Janice and Roger are trying to patch things up. Are things good or
bad between tham at the moment?
2- If you warm to somebody, do you feel (a) anger towards them, (b)
in love with them, (c) a liking for them?
3- If a discussion about Money comes between two people, what does
it do to them?
4- If you suck up to your teacher, do you (a) say things to annoy

him/her, (b) say things to please him/her, (c) respect him/her?
5- If you want someone to do something for you, what could you do

to encourage them?
6- If you have a bust-up with someone, do you have (a) a big party
to celebrate something, (b) a match or competition to see who’s best,
(c) an argument causing a break something in your relantionship?
7- If someone says ‘Mary got mixed up with some guy from London’,
do they think Mary was in a good relantionship ora n undesirable one?
8- Which is correct in this sentence, go or come, or both?

“I really like Josh, I wish I had the courage to ask him to_______out
with me.
Discussion time
• Describe a perfect date.
• Describe the character of the person you would like to date?
• Do older girls/boys have a problem dating younger girls/boys?
• Do younger girls/boys have a problem dating older
girls/boys?
• Do you believe in love at first sight?
• Do you know anyone who has had an arranged marriage?
• Can you still love your partner and not like him/her?
• What is your opinion of arranged marriages?
• Do you think fairy tales influence our choice of a partner?
• Do you think getting married means giving up freedom?
• Do you think it's OK for a man to have two wives?
• Do you think it's OK for a wife to have two husbands?
• Have your parents ever disapproved of any of your relationships?
• If your parents did not approve of a person you loved and wanted to
marry, would that be a difficult situation for you? Why or why not?
• What are some of the main reasons people get divorced?
• What do you think of people who get divorced?
• What makes a good husband/wife?
• What makes a happy marriage?
• What do you think are some things that contribute to a successful
marriage?
• What qualities in a partner are important to you?
• What was the most boring date you've ever been on?
• What was the most interesting date you've ever been on?
• What would you consider "the perfect date" for you?
• Do you think its possible to wait for the man or woman you love while
he or she is in jail?

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Phrasal verbs and Discussion about relationships

A Getting to know someone

Ask the readers

B- I am worried about my partner. He got mixed up with(2) some

D- A few weeks ago I told my daughter-in-law that she fusses too

E- My best friend is always sucking up to(8) our lecturer. I think she’s

1- say something suddenly

1- Rewwrite the underined parto f each sentence, using a phrasal

a) Cindy: Do you know the novelist Jenny Parker?

e) Derek: You seem to like the new boss, anyway.

2- Answer these questions:

4- If you suck up to your teacher, do you (a) say things to annoy

5- If you want someone to do something for you, what could you do

8- Which is correct in this sentence, go or come, or both?

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