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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.

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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.

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 

 

(have an) abortion

 

 

(have) an affair

 

 

(golden/ silver/ diamond) anniversary

 

anonymous

 

 

arranged marriage

 

 

ask for someone’s hand (in marriage)/ propose

 

ask someone out (on a date)

 

 

beautiful/ fit/ good looking/ handsome/ pretty

 

best man(‘s speech)

 

 

bi(sexual)

 

 

blind date

 

 

break up/ split up

 

 

bun in the oven/ knocked up/ pregnant

 

chat up (line)

 

cheat (on)/ two time/ mess around

 

 

compliment

 

contraception (e.g. the pill)

 

 

crazy about

 

 

(just) a crush/ (only) infatuation/ infatuated (with)

 

dating agency

 

 

disapprove of/ disapproval

 

 

divorce

 

 

double date/ group date

 

 

dump someone/ throw someone out

 

embarrassing/ embarrassment

 

engaged/ engagement (ring/ party)

 

ex

 

 

fancy someone

 

 

female friend/ male friend/ just good friends

 

fiancé/ fiancée

 

 

first date

 

 

first kiss

 

 

flirt/ flirting

 

 

flowers

 

 

go out with

 

 

going out/ going steady

 

 

gold-digger

 

 

(bride)groom

 

 

head over heels (in love)

 

 

heavy petting

 

 

hen night/ stag night

 

 

in-laws

 

 

(really/ deeply) in love

 

 

dream date

 

internet (dating)

 

 

jealous(y)

 

 

(white) lie(s)

 

 

live together (before marriage)/ shack up

 

love at first sight

 

 

(civil/ church) marriage/ wedding

 

matchmaker/ matchmaking/ set up (by) someone

 

mistress/ bit on the side

 

 

(serial) monogamy/ monogamous

 

one night stand

 

 

(life) partner

 

 

play hard to get

 

 

polygamy/ second wife

 

 

propose/ proposal

 

 

quarrel/ row

 

 

regret

 

 

reject(tion)/ brush off

 

 

(get) remarried/ second marriage

 

same sex

 

 

separate/ separation

 

 

settle down

 

 

sexting

 

 

revenge (porn)

 

 

sexual harassment

 

 

shotgun wedding

 

 

sleep around/ sow your wild oats

 

sleep with

 

 

snog/ passionate kiss/ pash (e.g. French kiss)

 

speed dating

 

 

split the bill/ go Dutch

 

 

STD

 

 

(complete) stranger

 

 

unrequited love

 

 

Valentine’s Day (present/ card)

 

wedding ceremony

 

 

wedding reception

 

 

white wedding/ traditional wedding

 

workplace romance/ office romance

 

your type

 

 

fall in love/ fall for someone

 

romantic holiday/ honeymoon

 

(in)compatible/ compatibility

  

 

 

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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