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Reading: wedding and vocabulary match exercise

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Mon, 07/14/2008 - 00:00 — Chris McCarthy

The happy couple!

Read the following article about weddings in Britain and match up the descriptions to the key words in bold:

"Marriages in Britain are heavily tied to tradition. Usually the man proposes to his girlfriend and buys his new fiancé an engagement ring. It is their choice if they want to have a long or short engagement while they plan their wedding. Although it is expensive, many people have a big church wedding followed by a wedding reception (wedding party). On the big day, the bride wears a white dress and walks with her father up the aisle (area in-bewteen the chairs for people to walk) where the groom is nervously waiting. During the ceremony the couple exchange rings and at the end they kiss. People throw confetti over the newly-weds as they leave the church on the way to the reception. At the reception people eat, drink, dance and make speeches. Soon after the wedding, the husband and wife go somewhere special on honeymoon - usually to a romantic place. This is the start of their new life together!
If you discover that you and your wife hate each other, don’t worry! It is pretty simple (and common) for couples to get a divorce!"

 The bride and groom walked down the aisle.

 

Tennis: reading and vocab match

  • Very small colourful pieces of paper.











  • Another name for the man on his wedding day.











  • An agreement to get married.











  • A woman on her wedding day.











  • Legally end a marriage











  • To ask someone to marry you.










  • A holiday after a wedding










  • A couple who have just got married











  • The man or woman you are going to marry.














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Comments

Mon, 07/28/2008 - 12:07 — paulvanbiaktha

van

van

Mon, 09/29/2008 - 03:57 — Hla Maung

gremmar

Very good

Wed, 08/13/2008 - 01:43 — baobaoxin

It's helpful!

Thanks a lot!

Wed, 08/27/2008 - 12:00 — grivna

Good lesson

I've got some new words and expressions: newly-weds, aisle. Thanks a lot.

Fri, 09/26/2008 - 13:36 — hodhod213

hi

thanxx.But i still need much more to learn.

Sun, 09/28/2008 - 21:42 — jasonla

Who is going to learn

Who is going to learn english with a test that has the same answers for almost every question, you may as well just ask the questions and have the answers written out once and have them select a b c d etc for each question if i were learning english this would confuse me so much i see the word honeymoon over and over and over again it's going to make me question my previous answer. As for honeymoons, my wife and I just last year took a trip and had a great time i'd highly suggest a cruise if you are a people person love warm weather and outdoor activity.

Thu, 10/16/2008 - 09:11 — Vickymogne

wedding

Wow what interesting lesson, I learn a lot
Thank you, very useful

Thu, 01/29/2009 - 15:32 — jonesmaria

Thank you fro the lesson

Thank you fro the lesson this helpful specially about the meaning of divorce.

Mon, 04/20/2009 - 06:53 — Yura

I like the cartoon

Lovely lesson, I like it.But best of all I like the cartoon, befoare the text. Marvelous Laughing

Mon, 09/14/2009 - 17:34 — olka20

I have a question about last

I have a question about last word- "fianace". I could find two words in my dictionary: Fiance(male) and fiancee(female). Is it "fianace" an Americam english word or it is common for British english too?

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 09:44 — ynastia

Wedding vocabulary

Very interesting lesson and cartoons above. I learnt some new words: confetti, fiance, fiancee, newly-wed. I agree with olka20 there could be a misprint with word "fianace".