Phrasal verbs

Hi everyone!

I'm sharing an activity to work on phrasal verbs with intermediate students. This task was developed in the context of relationships, and that's why I chose this great movie: Before Sunset. This romantic films contain very interesting dialogues and will definitely be embraced by women, although I believe this story can be enjoyed by anyone, regardless of the gender.

As a warm up, I would show them first movie trailer, and ask them the following questions:

What does he invite her to do? How does she convince her?
Describe the events using sequence adverbs: First, then, after that, finally.
They decide not to exchange phone numbers or any personal information, and meet there a year later. Do you think this will happen? Why or why not?

Watch the second movie trailer and check whether the statements are true or false:

1. Nine years ago they met by chance                                              T                        F

2. They arrange a date                                                                     T                        F

3. He communicated with her by phone                                            T                        F

4. She invented a story                                                                     T                        F

5. They need to discover whether they belong together or not           T                        F

6. They have little time                                                                      T                        F

7. He searched for her phone number                                                T                        F

8. She appears in his dreams                                                             T                        F

9. She has become a bit pessimistic                                                   T                        F

10. She disappointed him                                                                   T                        F

Re-write the sentences using the following phrasal verbs:

       

set up	show up	turn into	run out of	look up
make up	let down	run into	call up	find out

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As a follow up:

Students could take the man and the woman's role and send the other an e-mail letting him/ her know what he/ she has decided to do with his/ her future. They should exchange the e-mails at the same time and check whether their decisions are compatible.

Here's the worksheet.

Teacher’s copy

1. Nine years ago they met by chance T                        

2. They arrange a date F

3. He communicated with her by phone F

4. She invented a story F

5. They need to discover whether they belong together or not T               

6. They have little time  T                        

7. He searched for her phone number F

8. She appears in his dreams   T

9. She has become a bit pessimistic T                        

10. She disappointed him F

Possible answers:

1- Nine years ago they ran into each other.

2- They set up a date.

3- He didn’t call her up. She didn't call him up.

4- She didn’t make up a story.

5- They need to find out whether they belong together or not.

6- They are running out of time.

7- He didn’t look her phone up.

8- She shows up in his dreams.

9- She has turned into a pessimistic woman.

10- She let him down.