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For each question choose the best answer.

1:

Do you want to… ?

a: meet for a coffee one time
b: meet up for a coffee sometime
c: go on a date with me

2:

What are you… ?

a: up to after work?
b: down to after work?
c: around after work?

3:

If you want to join us, … .

a: feel free
b: feel freely
b: feel us free


4:

I was thinking I might go to the pub after work, … .

a: if you fancy so
b: if you fancy me
c: if you fancy it

5:

… I give you my mobile number?

a: Let
b: Why don’t
c: Why should

How to …

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ANSWERS

1:

Do you want to… ?

a: meet for a coffee one time
Wrong – we tend to use ‘ one time’ to talk about an occasion in the past, not the future.
b: meet up for a coffee sometime
Correct – this is a natural way to set up a date.
c: go on a date with me
Wrong – this isn’t grammatically wrong, but it’s very embarrassing! Choose your words more
carefully.


2:

What are you… ?

a: up to after work?
Correct – ‘What are you up to?’ means ‘What are you doing?’
b: down to after work?
Wrong – we can say ‘to get down to something’, but it means to start doing something
difficult or unpleasant, a chore.
c: around after work?
Wrong – You can’t say ‘What are you around?’, but you can say ‘Are you around after
work?’

3:

If you want to join us, … .

a: feel free
Correct – this means ‘you are welcome’.
b: feel freely
Wrong – this isn’t a phrase in English.
b: feel us free
Wrong – this isn’t a phrase in English.


4:

I was thinking I might go to the pub after work, … .

a: if you fancy so
Wrong – this isn’t a phrase in English.
b: if you fancy me
Wrong – this is an embarrassing mistake, since ‘to fancy someone’ means to find them
attractive.
c: if you fancy it
Correct – this means ‘if you like’.

How to …

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5:

… I give you my mobile number?

a: Let
Wrong – you can say ‘Let me give you my mobile number’ but this sentence is a question.
b: Why don’t
Correct – ‘Why don’t I…’ means ‘Shall I…’.
c: Why should
Wrong – this sounds like you don’t want to give the person your number. Don’t you want to
go on a date?!