Asking for Advice – Relationships

Asking for Advice In English

Asking for Advice about Relationships and Dating is a fun English conversation lesson for ESL students to learn English grammar, phrasal verbs, conditionals, and modal verbs, vocabulary, and phrases about relationships and asking for advice In English.

Watch the ESL video about relationships and use the ESL Printable and Digital storytelling flashcards to practice using modals, phrasal verbs, and conditionals. Get the ESL printable worksheets about Asking for Advice, ESL printable and digital flashcards, ESL listening and reading exercises, and gamify lessons with badges and stamps.

Warm Up Questions

  1. Who do you go to for advice?
  2. Do you ever read blogs, books, etc. about relationship advice?
  3. Can you remember your first love?

ESL Video on Asking for Advice About Relationships

Watch the following YouTube video:

ESL Listening Questions

  1. What does Joey ask Tony for?
  2. Who does Tony like?
  3. Why doesn’t Joey like Cindy?
  4. How has Joey been in contact with Linda Stanton?
  5. Why does Tony advise Joey to wait?
  6. How long does Tony advise Joey to wait?
  7. Does Tony think Linda is a good person?
  8. What does, “on the rebound” mean?

ESL Printable and Digital Flashcards: Talking about Relationships

Use the following ESL printable flashcards to practice asking for advice and talking about relationships.

Asking for Advice
Proposing for Marriage
Asking for Advice In English

Matching: Vocabulary to Ask for and Give Advice

Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right.

1. down to earth
2. on the rebound
3. get one’s head together
4. to tiptoe around
5. to be one’s type
6. to read someone’s mind
7. back off
8. to be upfront with someone
9. to be head over heels about someone
10. to think the world of someone
11. to give someone some space
12. to spill the beans
a. someone who has just ended a relationship and sad
b. to be the kind of person someone is interested in
c. to tell secret information
d. completely in love
e. to be honest
f. to avoid talking about something or someone
g. to think very highly of
h. to stop in order to avoid problems
i. to give someone some time alone
j. to know what someone is thinking
k. someone that is easy to talk to and relaxed
l. to start thinking right; to start thinking with a clear mind

ESL Conversation about Asking for Advice

Joey: Can I ask you for some advice Tony? Actually, I want to tell you how I honestly feel about something and then I want your advice.

Tony: Anytime Joey, that’s what friends are for.

Joey: Please be straight with me. Don’t worry about hurting my feelings and please don’t tiptoe around the question.

Tony: Go ahead. Ask away and spill your guts. I will be completely upfront with you.

Joey: Okay. Here I go. Well… I’m … really crazy about a mutual friend of ours. I’m really head over heels about her. I think the world of this girl, but I don’t even think that she would give me the time of day.

Tony: Hmm. Let me guess. Are you talking about Cindy?

Joey: No. No way. She isn’t my type. I mean she’s a really nice girl and she’s really down to earth, but I’m just not attracted to her.

Tony: Well, spill the beans. Who are you talking about? I can’t read your mind.

What does the idiom, “to spill the beans” mean?

Joey: Well, I can’t stop thinking about Linda Stanton. We went out for a few drinks last week and we sent each other a few text messages.

Tony: What? Joey, she just broke up with her boyfriend. She’s on the rebound. If I were in your shoes, I would back off.

Joey: Yes, I guess you’re right. I should give her some space for a while, right?

Tony: Absolutely. Linda is a great woman with a big heart, but I really think that you should give her some time.

Joey: If you were me, how long would you wait?

Tony: To be honest, if I were you, I would give it at least six months. I really don’t want to see you get hurt. She has a big heart, but she needs time to get her head together.

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