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Lesson 05 / Communication
5 phrases · 12 minutes · Look, listen and try.
Invite friends to hang out, visit and talk about new things.
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He wants to ask her out for dinner.
He wants to ask her out for dinner.
I was nervous when I asked him out.
I was nervous when I asked him out.
“Ask out” often means a date, not just any invitation to go out.
Cambridge Dictionary · ask out
Would you like to come over after work?
Would you like to come over after work?
My cousins are coming over for lunch.
My cousins are coming over for lunch.
“Come over” here means to visit, usually to the speaker's house.
Cambridge Dictionary · come over
We hang out at the park on Saturdays.
We hang out at the park on Saturdays.
I like hanging out with my school friends.
I like hanging out with my school friends.
This is an informal way of talking about being together to relax, without needing a specific activity.
Cambridge Dictionary · hang out
I get along with my new roommate.
I get along with my new roommate.
Do you get along with your neighbours?
Do you get along with your neighbours?
Keep this three-word expression together. Put the person after “with”.
Cambridge Dictionary · get along with
I want to catch up with my old friends this weekend.
I want to catch up with my old friends this weekend.
We had coffee and caught up with each other.
We had coffee and caught up with each other.
In the context of friends, this is a meeting to update new stories; different from the meaning of catching up.
Cambridge Dictionary · catch up with
The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 7, 26, 61, 49, 20. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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Phúc shyly offers Vy, a girl his own age, a flower and invites her to walk with him in the school garden. The two children have an innocent crush on each other.
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A friend stands at the door and waves to Phúc, who is welcoming the visitor.
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Two friends sat on a park bench, drinking water and chatting.
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The two housemates happily cooperated in preparing a meal.
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Two long-time friends met again, drinking coffee and looking at new photos on their phones.
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Read the conversation and find the expressions you have learned.
Would you like to come over on Saturday?
Would you like to come over on Saturday?
Yes. We can hang out and catch up with each other.
Yes. We can hang out and catch up with each other.
My new flatmate will be there. We get along with each other very well.
My new flatmate will be there. We get along with each other very well.
Is Sam coming too?
Is Sam coming too?
No. He asked someone out, and they are having dinner together.
No. He asked someone out, and they are having dinner together.
“Come over” usually means visit a home; “hang out” means spend time together informally. “Ask someone out” often suggests a date, so it does not replace every invitation to friends.
“Get along with someone” describes a friendly relationship. With an old friend, “catch up with someone” means exchange news since the last meeting; in a race, it can mean reach someone ahead of you.
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The answers below are models. Other answers can also work if they preserve the facts, meaning and structure requested in the task.
A neighbour invites three families to her flat. Separately, Ben wants a romantic dinner with Jo.
Which invitation is a visit to someone’s home?
The neighbour is inviting the families to come over.
The neighbour invites people to her own flat, so “come over” describes the home visit.
Complete Ben’s request: May I ask you ___ on a date?
out
“On a date” makes the romantic meaning of “ask you out” explicit; “you” precedes “out”.
Write a group invitation without suggesting a date.
Would you like to hang out with our neighbours on Sunday?
“With our neighbours” identifies a group activity; “hang out” does not suggest a private romantic date.
The usage comparisons are checked against the Cambridge Dictionary entries linked beside the compared expressions. The additional conversations and exercises are written for this course.
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