Everyday Idioms✎
Lesson 14 of 20 :
Falling in Love
1. Warm Up ☀
Answer and discuss these questions in pairs or as a class.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Do you like to go camping?
Where are good places to go camping?
Have you ever been in love?
How do you celebrate dating or wedding anniversaries?
Where do you most want to go on vacation?
2. Dialogue Building ✎
The dialogue below is not in the right order. Your teacher
will provide you with cut up dialogue strips. Work alone or
with a partner to put the dialogue in the right order.
___ Jon: Weʼre like two peas in pod.
___ Amy: Itʼs such a beautiful night.
___ Amy: Do you know whatʼs coming up next month?
___ Amy: These past few months with you have been so
special.
___ Jon: Letʼs paint the town red. Weʼll go for dinner and
then dancing.
3. Find the idioms ✓
There are several idioms in this dialogue. Circle any
phrase you think is an idiom from Task 2. With your class,
go over your circled answers and then write the idioms
into the table below.
New Idiom List ✎
___ Amy: Jon... Can I tell you something?
___ Jon: Of course. What is it?
___ Amy: We sure are. These are great times!
___ Amy: Iʼm falling head over heels in love with you.
___ Jon: Yeah. We picked a great day to get away.
___ Jon: Amy! Thatʼs music to my ears. I feel the same
way.
___ Jon: I know. I love spending time with you. We get
along so well.
___ Jon: Let me guess... Our one year anniversary?
___ Amy: You read my mind! Thatʼs exactly what I was
thinking.
___ Amy: You got it! What should we do to celebrate?
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Lesson 14 of 20 :
Falling in Love
4. Match these idioms to their correct definitions. ☑
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
get away
get along
head over heels
paint the town red
music to oneʼs ears
coming up
you got it
read oneʼs mind
two peas in a pod
____ a.
____ b.
____ c.
____ d.
____ e.
____ f.
____ g.
____ h.
____ i.
to have fun in the city
to become completely in love with someone
you are right
to know what someone is thinking
to take a vacation
7. Comprehension questions. ☑
to be a lot alike
1. How does Amy feel about the time
happening soon
she has spent with Jon?
sounds good
to be on good terms
2. Is Jon in love with Amy?
3. How do Jon and Amy plan to
celebrate their anniversary?
5. Fill in the blanks with the correct idioms from above. ✎
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Iʼm not surprised that Tim and Sara got married. Theyʼre like ________________________.
When my teacher told me I passed the test, I told her that was _______________________.
I think my mother can ______________________. She said she knew I was on the phone before she even answered!
My birthday is _______________________ and I hope no one forgets!
We all need to _________________________ after school ends this semester. How about a trip to the lake?
I ______________________ with my roommate really well. I hope she never moves away!
Ana told me that she is __________________ in love with her new boyfriend and theyʼve only been dating three weeks!
Letʼs ___________________________ after the final exam!
6. Dialogue Practice
Practice the dialogue with your partner a few times. Take turns being each
character. Then try having the conversation without looking at the sheet.
Amy: Itʼs such a beautiful night.
Jon: Yeah. We picked a great day to get away.
Amy: These past few months with you have been so special.
Jon: I know. I love spending time with you. We get along so well.
Amy: Jon... Can I tell you something?
Jon: Of course. What is it?
Amy: Iʼm falling head over heels in love with you.
Jon: Amy! Thatʼs music to my ears. I feel the same way.
Amy: Do you know whatʼs coming up next month?
Jon: Let me guess... Our one year anniversary?
Amy: You got it! What should we do to celebrate?
Jon: Letʼs paint the town red. Weʼll go for dinner and then dancing.
Amy: You read my mind! Thatʼs exactly what I was thinking.
Jon: Weʼre like two peas in pod.
Amy: We sure are. These are great times!
8. Write your own sentence
examples for each idiom from
today's lesson in your
notebook. ✎
9. Write your own dialogue. ✎
Work alone or with a partner.
Write your own conversation
using at least four idioms from
today's lesson. Practice and
memorize the dialogue, then
present it in front of your class.
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Lesson 14 of 20 :
Falling in Love
In Task 2, your students are required to put the dialogue in the correct order. Itʼs more fun for students to put the dialogue in
order by physically rearranging dialogue strips. Below are two shuffled copies of the dialogue. Give each student or pair a
shuffled dialogue. Have them cut each into strips and rearrange them until they have put them in the correct order.
Note: Two copies of the dialogue are provided to minimize photocopying and paper usage.
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Amy: Iʼm falling head over heels in love with you.
Amy: Iʼm falling head over heels in love with you.
Jon: Yeah. We picked a great day to get away.
Jon: Yeah. We picked a great day to get away.
Amy: These past few months with you have been so
special.
Amy: These past few months with you have been so
special.
Jon: I know. I love spending time with you. We get
along so well.
Jon: I know. I love spending time with you. We get
along so well.
Amy: You read my mind! Thatʼs exactly what I was
thinking.
Amy: You read my mind! Thatʼs exactly what I was
thinking.
Jon: Of course. What is it?
Jon: Of course. What is it?
Amy: Itʼs such a beautiful night.
Amy: Itʼs such a beautiful night.
Jon: Amy! Thatʼs music to my ears. I feel the same
way.
Jon: Amy! Thatʼs music to my ears. I feel the same
way.
Amy: You got it! What should we do to celebrate?
Amy: You got it! What should we do to celebrate?
Jon: Let me guess... Our one year anniversary?
Jon: Let me guess... Our one year anniversary?
Amy: Jon... Can I tell you something?
Amy: Jon... Can I tell you something?
Jon: Weʼre like two peas in pod.
Jon: Weʼre like two peas in pod.
Jon: Letʼs paint the town red. Weʼll go for dinner and
then dancing.
Jon: Letʼs paint the town red. Weʼll go for dinner and
then dancing.
Amy: We sure are. These are great times!
Amy: We sure are. These are great times!
Amy: Do you know whatʼs coming up next month?
Amy: Do you know whatʼs coming up next month?
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Falling in Love
Teachersʼ Answer Key
2. Dialogue Building
14. Jon: Weʼre like two peas in pod.
1.
Amy: Itʼs such a beautiful night.
9.
Amy: Do you know whatʼs coming up next month?
3.
Amy: These past few months with you have been so special.
12. Jon: Letʼs paint the town red. Weʼll go for dinner and then dancing.
5.
Amy: Jon... Can I tell you something?
6.
Jon: Of course. What is it?
15. Amy: We sure are. These are great times!
7.
Amy: Iʼm falling head over heels in love with you.
2.
Jon: Yeah. We picked a great day to get away.
8.
Jon: Amy! Thatʼs music to my ears. I feel the same way.
4.
Jon: I know. I love spending time with you. We get along so well.
10. Jon: Let me guess... Our one year anniversary?
13. Amy: You read my mind! Thatʼs exactly what I was thinking.
11. Amy: You got it! What should we do to celebrate?
4. Matching
1. e
2.i
3. b
4. a
5. h
6. g
7. c
8. d
9. f
5. Fill in the blanks
1. Iʼm not surprised that Tim and Sara got married. Theyʼre like
2. When my teacher told me I passed the test, I told her that was
3. I think my mother can
coming up
5. We all need to
get away
get along
and I hope no one forgets!
after school ends this semester. How about a trip to the lake?
with my roommate really well. I hope she never moves away!
7. Ana told me that she is
8. Letʼs
music to my ears .
read my mind . She said she knew I was on the phone before she even answered!
4. My birthday is
6. I
two peas in a pod .
head over heels
paint the town red
in love with her new boyfriend and theyʼve only been dating three weeks!
after the final exam!
7. Comprehension
1. Amy thinks that the time she has spent with Jon has been very special.
2. Yes, he is.
3. They want to go for dinner and then dancing.
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