Lesson 21

How to find Mr. Right?

1. What is the best way to meet your boyfriend/girlfriend?

2. Do you know the expression “to have a crush on somebody"?

3. Vocabulary. Match the phrasal verbs with their definitions

Fill in the gaps with phrasal verbs from exercise 3.

1) Sarah is sad because she split up with_______ her boyfriend.

2) Remember that guy from our philosophy course I had a crush on? He has finally _asked___ me _out___.

3) He has this annoying habit of picking up his nose. I simply cannot ___put up____ with it.

4) Jim is still single. I guess he cannot _get over____ his ex-girlfriend.

5) On our last date Tim ___took___ me __out____ to that fancy Chinese restaurant in the city centre.

6) Pablo and Georgia are together now. They started __going out with___ each other last week.

7) The girls used to be very close but over the last couple of months they have grown apart.

4. Match words with the pictures

a) bride b) groom c) bachelor party d) bridesmaids e) a couple f) honeymoon

1. a couple

2. bachelor party

3. bride

4.bridesmaids

5.groom

6. honeymoon

5. Watch the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLltd7E1mCU

Match the words with their definitions

a) Engagement b) Proposal c) Wedding d) Guest-list e) Flower girl

1) Marriage ceremony C

2) Bridesmaid, made of honor E

3) Promise to get married A

4) Marriage offer B

5) Names of everyone invited D

6. Grammar. If Only I were …

a) http://www.englishpedia.net/my-grammar/advanced/wish-if-only/exercises/if-only- wish-clauses-exercises.html

b) http://www.englishpedia.net/my-grammar/advanced/wish-if-only/exercises/if-only- wish-clauses-scramble-test.html

c) http://www.englishpedia.net/my-grammar/advanced/wish-if-only/exercises/test-on- wish-sentences.html

7. Discussion

Marital status – the condition of being married or unmarried.

Think of the things you could do if you were single/ in a relationship/married/divorced.

Use the following pattern to express yourself:

8. Read the article

http://free-online-english.com/index.php/reading-pre-intermediate-1

9. Fill in the gaps:

1) The couple have been married for __85 years_____ .

2) Yang Wang is __102_ year old.

3) The American couple got married in _____1919____ .

4) They were originally from _Tauyuan____ (town).

5) Mr Liu’s suit was of __brown_____ color.

6) _Guinness book______ gave the certificate to Taiwanese couple.

7) Yang Wan started to live with her future husband together at the age of ___5__.

10. Decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F):

1) Mr & Mrs Liu are Taiwan’s longest married couple. T

2) Yang Wan is older than her husband. F

3) The Taiwanese couple married when they were teenagers. T

4) The couple celebrated by singing. T

5) Yang Wan was standing next to her husband. F

11. Discussion.

1) What age is the best to get married at?

2) How big should be a wedding?

3) Where would you go for your honeymoon?

Thank you for the lesson!

Home task.

1. Vocabulary quiz

http://www.englishmedialab.com/Quizzes/advanced/relationship%20vocabulary.htm

2. Watch this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRQkRZU0M0w

Answer the questions

1) Is there somebody who means the word to you?

2) When do you feel pressured?

3) Have you ever hurt somebody’s feelings but you didn’t really mean it?

4) How soon do you think a couple should move in together?

5) What is the worst way to break up with somebody?

6) If a friend of yours decided to get married too quickly, would you suggest her to slow down?

3. Do you know this song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXJCTyg4lqk

If only you could turn back time, what would you do? Write 3-5 sentences.