Friends: Break-up Vocabulary
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Friends: Break-up Vocabulary

This lesson plan for adults and teens is inspired by iconic moments from the TV show Friends. Designed for A2/B1 learners, the 60-minute session targets break-up vocabulary and speaking skills through engaging exercises. Students read Ross and Rachel’s story, complete matching activities, fill gaps in opinion-based dialogues, rephrase sentences, and discuss real-life scenarios. Key phrases like "be on a break," "split up," and "fall in love all over again" help learners navigate relationship-themed conversations confidently. Ideal for individual study, this lesson plan combines pop culture with practical language-building tasks.

Skills

  • Can tell a story or describe something in a simple list of points.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Read the phrase below.

Have you heard this phrase before? Where? What does it mean?
2

Read Ross and Rachel's story. Who do you think is right?

3

Match these words to their definitions.

4

Read these opinions and fill in the gaps with suitable phrases. Who do you agree with the most, and why?

5

Rephrase each sentence using one of the phrases on the list.

6

Discuss the following questions.