Opposite verbs
Find the opposite verbs in the list
borrow / catch / drop off / fail / finish / get / hate / learn / leave
fix / lose (x2) / pull / remember / sell / turn off / upload
1. arrive (early) leave 10. pass (an exam) fail
2. break (your phone) fix, repair 11. pick up (somebody at the...) drop off
3. buy (a house) sell 12. push (the door) pull
4. download (a song) upload 13. send (an email) get
5. find (your keys) lose 14. start (a race) finish
6. forget (a name) remember 15. teach (math) learn
7. lend (money) borrow 16. turn on (the TV) turn off
8. love (cooking) hate 17. win ( a game) lose
9. miss (a train) catch
Vocabulary
People
ex / classmate / close friend / colleague / couple / fiancé / partner / roommate
1. _________ two people who are married or in a romantic relationship.
2. _________ your husband, wife, boyfriend, or girlfriend.
3. _________ the person that you are engaged to be married to.
4. _________ a person that you share an apartment with.
5. _________ a person that you work with.
6. _________ (colloquial) a person that you used to have a relationship with.
7. _________ a very good friend that you can talk to about anything.
8. _________ a person who is in the same class as you at school.
The Perfect Date
Listen to Elspbeth Gordon, a journalist,
talking about a dating experiment.
My name’s Elspeth. I’m 25, I’m a journalist, and I’m single. It’s not easy to
meet people. So, who can help me? My mother… and a dating app. My favorite
dating app, called Tinder, shows you photos of possible partners with a little
information about them. You look at the photos and swipe, swipe, swipe. Swipe
right if you like them, and swipe left…well…swipe left if you don’t.
If a guy likes you and you like him, you have a match. Then you can start
messaging the person and from this, romance follows…or so they say.
I’ve tried it, but with no success. So I decide to give my mother my phone.
She can swipe all the men she likes, and then look at my matches and choose
the people that she likes the best. I’ve promised to go on a date with the men she
chooses.
1. What kind of app does Elspbeth use?
2. What do you do if you like someone?
3. What’s Elspbeth’s mother going to do?
4. What’s Elspbeth going to do?
Date 1
My first date is with a nice guy named John. I sit at a table in a café and wait for
him to arrive.
An old man walks towards the table, and for two awful seconds I think it’s all a
terrible mistake, but he walks past and then my date arrives. He’s very tall, six
feet, two inches. Good job, Mom! I’m tall myself, so I always look for tall men, as
my mom knows well. We start chatting, and it’s all very easy. Mom has good
taste. He’s a teacher. We get along well and it’s a fun date, but sadly there isn’t a
spark. So I try again.
Date 2
I arrive a little early again, and I sit there waiting for Sebastian to arrive.
Suddenly, I realize that I can’t remember anything at all about him, not even
where he’s from. Then he comes through the door: tall, dark, and handsome.
“Mom, you’re amazing,” I say to myself. He’s from Argentina, but he lives in the
US. He’s a real gentleman. At the end of the evening, he asks for a second date.
Mom is very happy. I agree to the date, but I don’t really think it’s going to work.
Date 3
Date number three is George. He suggests a restaurant near the river. I arrive
early – I’m definitely the most punctual person in the world. I stand outside, very
confused: the restaurant is closed. For a moment I think Mom finally got it wrong.
But a few minutes later he arrives – he just didn’t know the restaurant was
closed. We go somewhere else and start chatting. He tells me he works in IT and
is from just outside the city. This guy is a lot of fun. He’s very relaxed and
interesting – he’s traveled a lot. He tells a lot of funny stories. It’s all going well,
and I’m getting very enthusiastic, when my phone pings.
How does Elspbeth feel? Do you think they have a second date?
