Dating & Appointment Phrases (Natural American English)

1. Asking Someone Out / Setting Up a Date

Key Phrasal Verb: call on = visit someone

Example sentence: He called on me last Sunday.

He came over to see me last Sunday.

• Would it be okay if I stop by your place tomorrow?
• Do you think you could come over to my house tomorrow?
• I’d like to see you in my office tomorrow.
• I’d love to meet up with you tomorrow.
• Are you free next Friday?
• Are you busy tonight?
• What are your plans for this weekend?
• I’d like to invite you to a show.
• Can I ask you out sometime?
• Do you have any plans tonight?
• Would you want to come see a movie with me?

2. Confirming Time & Location

• What time should we meet?
• Where should we meet?
• Does tomorrow work for you?
• How about tomorrow?
• Let’s lock it in for tomorrow. A: What time do you want to get together? B: How about seven o’clock?

3. Agreeing / Saying It’s Convenient

• Any time works for me.
• Sounds like a plan.
• Yep, our usual spot.
• That works perfectly for me.
• Alright.
• Okay, I’ll see you then. A: Where would you like to meet? B: Any spot you’re comfortable with is fine.

4. Saying You’re Unavailable

• I won’t be able to meet you next Sunday.
• I’m busy all day next Sunday.
• Sorry, Saturday doesn’t work for me.
• Saturday’s a little tricky for me, I’m afraid.

5. Rescheduling or Canceling Plans

• Can we push our meetup to next Monday?
• Instead of 8 tomorrow afternoon, could we meet at 3?
• Is it possible to meet a little later?
• I’m afraid we’ll need to reschedule our plans.
• Would you mind if we postpone our dinner date?

Word Note: postpone (v.) = delay, push back

Sample sentence: We postponed the game from March 5 to March 19.

• Something urgent just came up.
• I’m sorry, I have to cancel our plans.

Word Note: cancel (v.) = call off, revoke

Sample sentence: She canceled her order.

• I’m sorry, I can’t make it to our meetup this afternoon.