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24 July 2009: Love & Romance

Love is in the air and all of you who know and remember Hannah will be pleased to hear that she is getting married today! I am sure it will be a wonderful day, that Richard will make a very amusing speech and that Hannah will look lovely in her dress. I am sure that you will join all of us here at English in Chester in wishing them every happiness in their future life together. So with love and romance in the air I thought we would look at words and expressions to do with love and romance today.

Exercise 1
Match the words below with their meanings.
Drag-and-drop your chosen answer into one of the spaces below. Only use each answer once.
boyfriend
bride
blind date
honeymoon
in-laws
to get engaged
bridesmaid
to propose
stag party
to play gooseberry
MeaningWord
1:A meeting between two people who have not met each other before. Often the meeting is arranged by their friends who would like them to have a romantic relationship.
2:A woman or girl who helps a bride before and during the marriage ceremony.
3:Your relatives by marriage.
4:A woman on her wedding day.
5:To ask someone formally to marry you.
6:To agree to get married.
7:A boy/man someone has a romantic relationship with.
8:A holiday taken by a couple who have just got married.
9:To be the third person with two people who have a romantic relationship.
10:A celebration where a man who is about to get married spends time with his male friends.
Drag-and-drop your chosen answer into one of the spaces below. Only use each answer once.
boyfriend
bride
blind date
honeymoon
in-laws
to get engaged
bridesmaid
to propose
stag party
to play gooseberry
Exercise 2
Now complete the blank in the following sentences with one of the words or expressions from the list above.
It was terrible. I felt I was   . Sam and Jo spent all the time looking into each others' eyes and didn't speak to me at all.
Have you seen Mary recently? She looks really happy. Has she got a new    or something?
Richard got down on his knees to    to Helen. It was so romantic. Luckily she said "yes" or I don't know what he would have done.
The    looked beautiful in her long white dress.
Nick got so drunk on his    that he wasn't able to go to work the following day.
A: "How did you meet Tom?"
B: "Well it was very strange. Our friends had arranged for us to meet on a    and we really liked each other immediately."
Where are you going for your   ? Somewhere hot and romantic I hope.
The trouble about getting married is that you acquire a whole new family and sometimes the    can be quite difficult to get on with.
The    was really sweet. She was only 6 but took her responsibilities very seriously and followed the bride up the aisle.
They    last week but haven't decided when to get married yet. I expect they will wait a year or so.

Here are the ideal stages in a relationship according to Mathew and Jan in the office. See if you can put them into the correct order. You may well disagree with the order they have decided (in brackets).
• Move in together (10)
• Go on a first date (3)
• Fall in love (6)
• Meet someone (1)
• Introduce him/her to your parents and meet his/her parents (7)
• Fancy someone (2)
• Start going out together (5)
• Become more serious about each other (8)
• Have the first kiss (4)

Expressions to do with love to learn this week:
• To fall in love at first sight
• To have a row
• To kiss and make up
• To split up
• To meet someone new

Have a great two weeks and let me know if you decide to get married!
From Harriet and everyone at English in Chester!


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