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Online Dating And Its Global Impact (B2 - C1)
Preview 1
Part 1. Discussion about dating. Answers will vary.
Part 2. Choose the correct word / phrase.
(1) horizons (2) barriers (3) hand-in-hand (4) move
Part 3. Agree / Disagree topics. Answers will vary.
Preview (2)
Part 1. Multiple choice. (1) a (2) a (3) c
Part 2. Choose the correct phrasal verb. (1) b (2) b (3) a
Viewing Activity
Part 1. Short answers.
(1) In 1995, the first dating app on the market called [Link] was launched.
(2) Whitney Wolfe is the co-founder of Tinder, and founder of Bumble. She believes that
online dating has completely revolutionized people’s dating lives.
(3) Before online dating, your dating life was limited to your social network or the people
you knew personally.
(4) Online dating apps have been popular amongst minority groups. 70% of gay couples in
America now meet online.
Part 2. Choose whether the information was given (G) or not given (N).
(1) N (2) G (3) G (4) G (5) N
Post-Viewing 1
Part 1. Vocabulary context usage.
(1) goes / exploit (2) run (3) break
Part 2. Unscrambled words.
1 Although dating apps used to be taboo, now they’re “the thing to do”.
2 Whitney Wolfe is described as the world’s most prolific “cupid”.
3 The majority of straight couples in the USA still meet through friends.
Part 3. Rewriting sentences.
1 In Whitney Wolfe’s dating app “Bumble”, women make the first move.
2 Online dating in America has led to more interracial marriages.
3 Whitney Wolfe thinks that dating apps expand horizons.
Post-Viewing 2
Part 2. Sentences using do / does / did + [base verb] for emphasis.
(1) does cause (4) did treat
(2) do cost (5) does worry
(3) did meet
TEACHER’S GUIDE Fluentize, LLC. Copyright 2021. For use only with license.
Online Dating And Its Global Impact (B2 - C1)
Post-Viewing 3
Speaking Task. Answers will vary. Correct students’ speaking mistakes and contribute your own
thoughts to the conversation.
Vocabulary Task. Writing definitions based on the context examples. Teacher’s answers:
(1) hook up: to have casual sex with someone who you aren’t in a relationship with
(2) hit on someone: to approach and try to start a conversation with someone you’re
attracted to
(3) ghost someone: to not return someone’s message on an online dating app
Quiz & Review
Part 1. Questions. Refer to Viewing Activity.
Part 2. Vocabulary.
(1) taboo: socially or culturally unacceptable or forbidden
(2) make the first move: to initiate first contact with someone in dating
(3) go hand-in-hand: exist or happen together
Part 3. Vocabulary.
(1) led (2) break (3) exploit
Part 4. Grammar. Sentence from the video using do + [base verb].
I really do think that online dating expands horizons.
Part 5. Bonus. Say which phrasal verb is defined in each definition:
(1) hit on someone
(2) ghost someone
(3) hook up (with someone)
