8 DO YOU GET ON?

Vocabulary: getting on
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Worksheet A
1 Read out the questions and replace the underlined phrase with the one
your partner gives you.

1 Are you good friends with your neighbours, or do you prefer to be alone?

2 Are you a very curious person?

3 Do you find it easy to start a good relationship with new people you meet?

4 Do you have any neighbours who interrupt your privacy?

5 What kind of behaviour annoys you?

2 Now listen to your partner’s questions and give them the correct phrase from the box.

get on well with mind their own business a nuisance

invite your neighbours over get to know

3 Discuss your answers to the questions.

Worksheet B
1 Listen to your partner’s questions and give them the correct phrase from the box.

keep yourself to yourself disturb you gets on your nerves

make friends with nosy

2 Now read out the questions and replace the underlined phrase with the one
your partner gives you.
1 Do you have a good relationship with everyone in your family?

2 Do you ever ask your neighbours if they want to come to your house for a coffee?

3 When you have a problem, do you like people to help or do you prefer them to
not get involved?

4 In your work/studies, is there anything which is annoying?

5 How do you find out about people you’ve just met?

3 Discuss your answers to the questions.

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