Aunt Agather and the French Chef Phrasal verbs withgo

My Aunt Agather is looking for a boyfriend. I suggested a friend who is a chef. She said he once went out with a chef. She didn’t want to go through that experience again. She has met him the year before. His name was Jean-Paul, he was a famous French Chef. She wanted to impress him but she didn’t know anything about cooking so she went on a cookery course. On the first day she bought the necessary ingredients for the first lesson, some milk. It was very expensive, the price had gone up! Prices are always going up, she thought. And when she opened the carton, she realised it had gone off! Then the teacher arrived! It was her boyfriend. She decided to carry on. He went through the first recipe. “This is a famous English recipe that goes back to the Romans.” Explained Jean-Paul. It was very complicated. Aunt Agather knew she could never make it. Then the teacher went out of the room. She suddenly had an idea. She stuck her fork into the electric socket. Bang! The lights went out, and then the alarms went off. Then the sprinklers went off. It was chaos. Aunt Agather never went back to the cookery class and she never saw Jean-Paul again.

Exercise 1. Match the phrasal verb with the definition

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  1. Go through an experience
  2. Go off (alarm, bomb, lights)
  3. Go out with someone
  4. Go on a course/trip
  5. Go up (prices)
  6. Go back to somewhere
  7. Go back to the eighteenth century
  8. Go through an exam
  9. Go off (milk)
  10. Go out of a room/building
  1. Have an experience
  2. Explode(Bomb), become unlit (lights), start working (alarm)
  3. Return
  4. Do a course, have a trip
  5. Examine an exercise or exam from beginning to end
  6. Become sour, not fresh
  7. Leave a room
  8. Be the boy/girlfriend/partner of someone
  9. Have it’s historical origin in (the eighteen century)
  10. Increase, rise (intransitive)

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Read through the story with a partner and see if you can remember which verbs go in each gap.

My Aunt Agather is looking for a boyfriend. I suggested a friend who is a chef. She said he once ______a chef. She didn’t want to ______that experience again. She has met him the year before. His name was Jean-Paul, he was a famous French Chef. She wanted to impress him but she didn’t know anything about cooking so she ______a cookery course. On the first day she bought the necessary ingredients for the first lesson, some milk. It was very expensive, the price had______! Prices are always______, she thought. And when she opened the carton, she realised it had______! Then the teacher arrived! It was her boyfriend. She decided to carry on. He ______the first recipe. “This is a famous English recipe that ______to the Romans.” Explained Jean-Paul. It was very complicated. Aunt Agather knew she could never make it. Then the teacher ______of the room. She suddenly had an idea. She stuck her fork into the electric socket. Bang! The lights______, and then the alarms______. Then the sprinklers______. It was chaos. Aunt Agather never ______to the cookery class and she never saw Jean-Paul again.

Ask you partner these questions. Use the phrasal verbs in your answers.

  1. Have you ever been in a building when the fire alarm went off? What did you do?
  2. Would you ever go out with someone who was very famous? If not, why not?
  3. Have you noticed that prices are going up? For what things?
  4. Can you think of somewhere you have been to on holiday that you would like to go back to?
  5. Have you ever accidentally drunk milk that has gone off?

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