Phrasal Verbs ESL Lesson - to get a black eye.

Custom Search

ESL Teacher Resources (Printable ESL Lessons) | Study English in Canada | Teach English in Korea | ESL Blog Posts | Home

Phrasal Verbs ESL Lesson - to get a black eye.

A black eye is when the skin around your eye becomes dark, black or blue, because of bruising. This is also called ‘a shiner’.

A: Did you see Dave? He has a black eye.
B: Yeah. I was with him when he got it.
A: Really! What happened?
B: He was waiting to catch a taxi and this jerk cut in line*. When he told the man to go to the back of the line, the jerk punched him.
A: No way!** That’s crazy.
B: But true! I was there.

*cut in line is used when people are waiting in a line, such as at a bus stop, and someone walks up and takes a place in the middle or front of the line, not at the back

**No way is used to show that you can’t believe something, or you won’t do something. Here, A believes what B is saying but is just expressing surprise.

My friend Brian got a black eye while playing rugby when another player’s head bumped his.

John’s got a real shiner this morning.

Q: Have you ever gotten a black eye?
A: When I was 14, I got hit by my bedroom door so I had a black eye.

Ask your pen(key)pal/partner these questions.

Have you ever gotten a black eye. How did you get it?
Have you ever given someone a black eye? How?

Join our E-mail list, and be the first to get new ESL lessons, Korea jobs info, and study English in Canada info. Fill in the form below:

We know you don't like spam, we don't like it either. if you choose to be on our email list by signing up above, we will contact you from time to time with our site related announcements. You will always have the option to unsubscribe. Thank you.