A love-hate story

Love is one of the greatest feelings in life. When we fall in love, we see the world in a different color. We are optimistic all the time, we appreciate every moment with the other person, and we can do anything just to show our love. When the other person feels right the same way, we experience the best moments in life, but what if the relationship changes? Love is a very intensive feeling, and if things go wrong that feeling can change to hate. This is what happened to Karen who was a girl that fell in love with Pancho.

Look at the following timeline in order to know more about their love-hate story.

Karen felt terrible after the incident

Karen felt terrible after the incident with Pancho and she went to talk to Lupita who is her best friend. In Lupita’s opinion, Karen needs to go to the police to tell them about the incident. Karen agrees, so she decides to go.

In the police station, an officer tells Karen that she needs to write all the events from the moment she met Pancho until the last moment she saw him. Karen is nervous, so she needs your help to write the description about her relationship with Pancho.

Writing exercise

Unscramble the following options and write them in the correct place in the text. Read the timeline again for extra help.

1. to date / we kissed / and started / at a party / Third /, /. /
Third, we kissed at a party and started to date
2. Pancho / that / I realized / a good guy / wasn't / Finally /, /. /
Finally, I realized that Pancho wasn't a good guy
3. because / classmates / a class / we were / we had / together / First /, /. /
First, we were classmates because we had a class together
4. because / we came across / We became friends/ on our way to school / in the bus /, /. /
we became friends because we came across in the bus on our way to school
5. and / hit me / got angry / again / Pancho / Then /, /. /
Then, Pancho got angry and hit me again

Pancho and I met at high school when we were in our last semester. First, we were classmates because we had a class together. Second, we became friends because we came across in the bus on our way to school. We talked and realized we had things in common. Third, we kissed at a party and started to date. During 3 months we were deeply in love. Later, we started to have problems. For example, one day Pancho got drunk and he hit me because he felt jealous. Then, I broke up with him, but the next day he gave me some flowers and begged for my pardon, so I decided to give him another chance. One day, Pancho invited me to his house to watch a film but he wanted to sleep with me. I wasn't ready, so I didn't accept. Then, Pancho got angry and hit me again. Finally, I realized that Pancho wasn't a good guy, so we split up and this time is forever.

Retro
You can check your answers when you finish the activity.