Phrasal Verbs: Making Arrangements

This mini-lesson will come in handy if you need to use English in everyday situations or at work and you want to sound more fluent and informal.

Below you will find a list of phrasal verbs used commonly for making arrangements (=plans): you’ll learn how to schedule or reschedule meetings, invite people to spend some time together, or change your plans.

Levels tested: Intermediate

Topics tested: Vocabulary

Time to complete: 10-15 minutes

The list of common verbs for making arrangements in English

Check all the unknown words in a good dictionary (I recommend you use Collins Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary, or Merriam-Webster – for American English), record them, and then practise with the quiz.

Set up a meeting: To arrange a time and place for people to come together and talk.
Meet up / Catch up / Get together: To meet someone to spend time with them and share news.
Invite somebody out: To ask someone to go somewhere with you, usually for fun.
Ask somebody out: To invite someone to go on a date with you.
Go out: To leave your home to do something fun.
Stay in: To remain at home instead of going out.
Bring something forward / Move up: To change the time of an event to an earlier time.
Put something off / Put something back / Push back: To change the time of an event to a later time.
Call something off: To cancel an event.
Look forward to something: To be excited about something that is going to happen.
Fit someone in: To find time to see someone, even if you are busy.
Wrap something up: To finish or complete something.