Topical vocabulary

What’s your marital status? Are you married or single?

to get engaged, bride/ fiancée, (ex) bridegroom/ fiancé, wedding, to get married/ to marry smb./ to be married to smb, Mrs, Mr, Miss, spouse, honeymoon, to be single, bachelor/ spinster, to be divorced/ to get divorced, love affair, widow/ widower

I. Match the words and their definitions:

1. bride

2. bridegroom

3. wedding

4. Mrs

5. Mr

6. spouse

7. honeymoon

8. to be single

9. Miss

10. bachelor

11. spinster

12. to get engaged

13. to marry

14. to be divorced

15. love affair

16. widow

17. widower

a) a woman who has never been married

b) a woman whose husband has died and who hasn’t married again

c) a ceremony in which two people getting married

d) used as a title before the name of a married man

e) a sexual relationship between two people

f) to agree to marry

g) a husband and a wife

h) used as a title before the name of a married woman

i) a holiday that is taken by a man who have just got married

j) the woman who is getting married

k) a person who is not married

l) a man whose wife has died and he hasn’t married again

m) to take smb. as your husband or wife

n) the man who is getting married

o) to end legally one’s marriage

p) a man who hasn’t yet married

q) used as a title before the name of a girl or unmarried woman

II. Fill in the gaps with suitable words:

1. Too many marriages end in ….

2. Their … was planned on September.

3. John is Mary’s ….

4. The priest will only …you if you are the members of the church.

5. A … is a man who has never been married.

6. My parents got …when I was three. Since that time I have been living with my mother.

7. She became a … in 1943, when her husband was killed in the war.

8. A husband and a wife are called a ….

9. He denied that he was having a … …. with his secretary.

10. We went to Hawaii for our ….

11. This is my … Dave. We got … a few weeks ago.

III. Guess the meanings of the underlined expressions from the context:

1. He married for love/money.

2. She married (off) her two daughters to rich farmers.

3. It was a marriage of convenience.

4. Was it a civil or church marriage?

5. Harry and Linda split up because they always had arguments.

6. Now Harry is dating a girl, who once was a neighbour of ours.

7. Now I’m an ex – fiancée, I’m no longer engaged to my boy - friend, we parted two months ago.

8. She has been married twice. Her second son by her first marriage is a surgeon.

9. They had a grand wedding reception at a big hotel.

10. A wedding can take place in church or in a registry office.

IV. Translate the sentences into English:

1. Она вышла замуж, когда ей было 18 лет.

2. Зачем он женился на этой женщине?

3. Он выдал замуж старшую дочь за миллионера.

4. Она замужем за врачом.

5. Говорят, они поженились весной.

6. Об их женитьбе много говорят.

7. Жених и невеста решили обручиться.

8. Муж всегда прислушивается к мнению жены.

9. Моя сестра и ее муж - идеальная супружеская пара.

10. Все мои друзья не женаты, они слишком молоды.

11.Ты замужем или нет? – был первый вопрос моей подруги, с которой мы не виделись 3 года.

12. Джейн была разведенной женщиной и жила одинокой жизнью.

13. Молодая супружеская пара провела медовый месяц в Париже.

14. Недалеко от нас был дом старой вдовы, которую мы почти не видели на улице.

15. Они не были счастливы в браке и решили развестись.

16. Холостяки всегда пьют пиво и ходят в ночные клубы.

17. Моя сестра вышла замуж по расчету, а не по любви.

V. Сhoose the suitable word and prove your choice:

1. She … him a year after their marriage.

a) got engaged b) divorced c) fell in love

2. This is my … Dave. We got engaged a few weeks ago.

a) boy - friend b) lover c) fiancé

3. It was a … marriage, they didn’t go either to the church or to the registry office.

a) civil b) convenient c) church

4. The day I … Sarah was the happiest day of my life.

a) divorced b) dated c) married

5. They tried to … their daughter off to a wealthy businessman.

a) get engaged b) marry c) wed

6. We wanted a quite ….

a) wedding b) divorce c) honeymoon

7. Please state whether you are …, …, or ….

a) a bachelor, a spinster, a spouse b) married, single, divorced

c) a widow, a widower, a bride

8. They had an unforgettable … after the wedding.

a) marriage b) honeymoon c) argument

9. He is …, because he values his freedom very much.

a) single b) a bachelor c) a widower

10. I have been … with a boy for three years but then we … up for the reason of misunderstanding.

a) engaged, parted b) divorced, separated c) dating, split

11. My brother is a confirmed …, he courts women, but he never makes them a proposal.

a) widower b) bachelor c) bridegroom

12. The girl had numerous … …, they say she is a real man – chaser.

a) business affairs b) domestic affairs c) love affairs

13. Sarah has been going … with Bob for five years.

a) back b) in c) out

14. When they first met at college they fell in love at first ….

a) glimpse b) sight c) view

15. There were over 60 … at the wedding ceremony.

a) hosts b) visitors c) guests

VI. Read about the following wedding rituals. Are any of them common in your country? What do you think each ritual means?

v The bride and groom cut the wedding cake together.

v The groom gives the bride gold coins during church ceremony.

v Guests pin money on the bridegroom’s suit during the reception.

v Guests throw rice over the bride and groom as they leave the church.

v An older person holds a black umbrella over the bride’s head as she leaves her home to go to the groom’s home.

v The bride throws her bouquet of flowers over her shoulder in to the crowd of guests.

VII. Work with a partner. Choose the best way to complete the following quotations about marriage.

v Marriage is a long journey of disappointments/discovery.

v Marriage is for ever/other people.

v Marriage is not a word. It’s a novel/sentence.

v Marriage is the beginning of the end/end of the beginning.

v Marriage is the most advanced form of love/warfare in the modern world.

v Marriage is the sole cause of happiness/divorce.

VIII. Be ready to speak about your parent’s friendship and marriage, touch upon the following facts:

v when and where they met each other

v how old they were when they met

v their parents approved or disapproved their choice of partner

v why they were attracted to one another

v what made them compatible

v where, when and what time of year the wedding ceremony took place

v what they were wearing

v where they went for the reception

v how the day ended

IX. Make up the dialogues on the following topics:

v a middle – aged married couple are planning their typical weekday evening at home.

v the headline in a newspaper «Hollywood Movie Star’s sixth marriage ends».

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