First dates

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Learning English Grammar

2026-01-13

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Was Pippa's date with her friend a success? Neil and Beth talk about dates and teach some phrasal verbs like 'get on', 'hit it off' and 'settle down', with grammar guru Georgie. TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET: Find a full transcript for this episode and a worksheet ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/learning-english-grammar/260113 THE READING ROOM: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/the_reading_room FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ 6 Minute Vocabulary ✔️ The English We Speak They're all available by searching in your podcast app.
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  • She was from the US and she had to go back in three weeks after we met, so we broke up very quickly.

  • And we got on really well, but it took him a long time to ask me out on a date.

  • Hello and welcome to Learning English Grammar.

  • I'm Beth.

  • And I'm Neil.

  • We just heard Pippa and Phil talking about dating.

  • We're going to hear more from them later.

  • And we'll learn some phrasal verbs to talk about relationships and how we can use them.

  • A phrasal verb is a verb plus a particle.

  • A particle could be a preposition or an adverb.

  • Some examples of phrasal verbs are go out with or break up.

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  • Beth, have you ever been on a memorable date?

  • I once went on a blind date, so I didn't know who I was meeting and it didn't go that well.

  • We didn't really hit it off, so it wasn't very successful.