Love and Relationships Vocabulary
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Practising love and relationships vocabulary through a fun Q&A truth or dare coin game, with a personal relationships vocabulary phrasal verbs, other idioms and other collocations presentation.
Lesson Plan Content:
Love and relationships vocabulary ask and tell game
with love and relationships collocations
Choose one card and make a (personal or opinion) question about that thing and/ or using those words, then flip a coin. If you get heads (= the picture side) you can ask that question to someone else in your group, but if you get tails (= the number side) you must answer your own question. In other words:
- Heads = Ask
- Tails = Tell
If whoever is asked the question rejects it (with “I’d rather not say”, “That’s a bit personal”, etc), they miss their next chance to make a question. People can ask follow up questions if they like, but you don’t have to answer those extra questions if you don’t want to.
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Suggested questions about love and relationships “At what age…?” “Are you good at…?” “Do you approve of…?” “Do you think it’s okay to…?” “Do you think it’s true that…?” “Do you think people should…?” “Do you think… is a good enough reason to…?” “Has anyone you know…?” “Have you ever…?” “How can you decide if…?” “How do you feel about…?” “How important is… (to you)?” “How would you feel if…?” “How would you… (if you had to/ if the opportunity arose)? “Under what circumstances is it okay to…?” “Under what circumstances might you…?” “What are the (dis)advantages of…?” “What do you (usually) do…?” “What do you think about…?” “What have people told you about…?” “What kind of…?” “What would make you…?” “What would you do if your son/ daughter/ boyfriend/ girlfriend/ father/ mother/ husband/ wife/ sister/ brother…?” “What would you do if… told you that…?” “What would you… if…?” “What’s the best/ worst/ most… (if…)?” “When did you first/ last…?” “Would you (ever)…?” “Would you… if…?” “Would you say (that you)…?” |
When your teacher stops the game, ask about any vocabulary you don’t know, are not sure you used correctly, etc, working together to make suitable questions each time.
Love and relationships vocabulary to ask questions about/ with
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(have an) abortion
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(have) an affair
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(golden/ silver/ diamond) anniversary |
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anonymous
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arranged marriage
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ask for someone’s hand (in marriage)/ propose |
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ask someone out (on a date)
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beautiful/ fit/ good looking/ handsome/ pretty |
best man(‘s speech)
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bi(sexual)
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blind date
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break up/ split up
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bun in the oven/ knocked up/ pregnant |
chat up (line)
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cheat (on)/ two time/ mess around
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compliment |
contraception (e.g. the pill)
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crazy about
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(just) a crush/ (only) infatuation/ infatuated (with) |
dating agency
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disapprove of/ disapproval
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divorce
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double date/ group date
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dump someone/ throw someone out |
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embarrassing/ embarrassment |
engaged/ engagement (ring/ party) |
ex
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fancy someone
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female friend/ male friend/ just good friends |
fiancé/ fiancée
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first date
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first kiss
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flirt/ flirting
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flowers
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go out with
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going out/ going steady
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gold-digger
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(bride)groom
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head over heels (in love)
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heavy petting
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hen night/ stag night
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in-laws
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(really/ deeply) in love
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dream date |
internet (dating)
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jealous(y)
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(white) lie(s)
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live together (before marriage)/ shack up |
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love at first sight
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(civil/ church) marriage/ wedding |
matchmaker/ matchmaking/ set up (by) someone |
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mistress/ bit on the side
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(serial) monogamy/ monogamous |
one night stand
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(life) partner
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play hard to get
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polygamy/ second wife
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propose/ proposal
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quarrel/ row
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regret
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reject(tion)/ brush off
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(get) remarried/ second marriage |
same sex
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separate/ separation
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settle down
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sexting
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revenge (porn)
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sexual harassment
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shotgun wedding
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sleep around/ sow your wild oats |
sleep with
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snog/ passionate kiss/ pash (e.g. French kiss) |
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speed dating
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split the bill/ go Dutch
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STD
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(complete) stranger
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unrequited love
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Valentine’s Day (present/ card) |
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wedding ceremony
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wedding reception
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white wedding/ traditional wedding |
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workplace romance/ office romance |
your type
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fall in love/ fall for someone |
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romantic holiday/ honeymoon |
(in)compatible/ compatibility
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Love and marriage collocations
Brainstorm as many collocations as you can to the words below by adding words before and/ or after them.
marriage
wedding
date
up
love
Mixed answers
Use the words below to help with the task above
- ask for someone’s hand in
- ask someone out (on a date)
- at first sight
- blind
- break
- ceremony
- chat
- deeply in
- fall in
- first
- head over heels in
- knocked
- re-
- reception
- second
- shack
- speed
- split
- traditional
- unrequited
- white
Check your answers with the cards on the first worksheets. Many other collocations are possible, so please check with your teacher if you wrote something different.
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