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Here are the words for the stages in our lives, for some things connected to romance, and for different relationships with other people. There are also some questions and answers we use to discuss relationships. Relationships with other people. 1. Our lives. We have different stages in our life. Which stage are you in? Here are the main stages which we go through.
Age Name of the stage0 newborn baby 0-2 baby 2-3 toddler 4-11 child 13-19 teenager 14-18 adolescent 20-29 in your twenties 30-39 in your thirties 40-60 middle-aged 60+ retired, in your old age
2. Romance. Here are the stages for a romantic relationship with another person. Are you in love with anyone?To begin we meet someone we like.You ask them out or ask them for a date.You might have a blind date with someone (= your friends invite you to meet someone you do not know).If you like each other, you go out together.Then you get to know him/her very well.It is possible you fall in love with each other.The man proposes to the woman (asks her to marry him).They get engaged (= the stage before marrying).The man and the woman get married.After the marriage couples go on honeymoon.The couple have children.They might get divorced.If you have a romance with someone who is already married, you have an affair.
3. Relationships and status. Here are the types of relationships people have and different ways of talking about people's status. How do you talk about yourself? If someone is single, they are not married.If someone is your ex, you did have a relationship with them but you do not anymore e.g., ex-girlfriend.If you have a boyfriend / girlfriend, you have a romance with them.If two people are engaged, they are going to get married soon.If someone is married, they have a husband or wife.If two people are a couple, they are together and may or may not be married.If you have a partner, you live with someone but are not married to them.We all have best friends.We also have our own group of friends.If married people split up, they first get separated and then they get divorced.If your husband or wife is dead, you are widowed.
4. Talking about people and their relationships. Here are some useful ways of talking and asking about people's relationships with each other. Are you going out with anyone? No, not at the moment. Who is she going out with? With Alan. Is he married? No, he's divorced. Who were you talking to yesterday? That was my ex. I am going out with my best friend tonight. How old is Jane? She's still a toddler. We are getting engaged! Congratulations. Sue has fallen in love with Peter! Is his wife still alive? No, he's widowed. Where are you going on your honeymoon? To New York. Read these sentences about Harry's life. Drag a number next to each sentence to put them in the order they happened. 3. As a child he loved reading books. 7. Harry retired in 1995. 2. He spent his time as a toddler in London. 5. He started going out with Maria in his twenties. 1. He was born on January 11th 1935. 6. In his thirties Harry started his own business. 8. Now Harry is widowed. 4. When he was an adolescent his family moved to France. Read about Alan and Joanne's love affair. Drag the missing words into the correct space in the short story. Alan and Joanne's Romance. Alan met Joanne in 1995 at a party. They immediately got on quite well and Alan asked Jane out for dinner the following Friday. They had a great time and went dancing afterwards. Jane and Alan started to go out with each other regularly. They fell in love. After dating for two years Alan proposed to Joanne and she accepted, they got married in July 1997. It was a large wedding immediately followed by a honeymoon in California. They now had three children all girls. Things did not work out between them, however. In 2002 Joanne divorced Alan when she found out he was having an affair with a woman he worked with. Read these sentences about these people's relationships with each other. Type in the missing relationship word. Paul, Mike and Sheila are not married so we say they are George was married to Anne, now they are divorced. Anne is
George's Dave is going out with Sara so we say she is his girlfriend. Tony and Lynn are going to get married in two months time. Now they are engaged. Jon is married to Gaye but he is going out with Diane as well. We say Jon is having an affair with Diane. Ted's wife Liz is dead so he is Meg lives with Ben but they are not married. So Meg is Ben's
Helen and Ivan are getting divorced but at the moment they are
accepted (v)if you accept something, you say yes. born (v)when you are born you come into the world. congratulations (expression)this is said when you want to say 'Well done' to someone. dead (adj)not alive or living. immediately (adv)at once. marriage (n)a marriage is the act of getting married. regularly (adv)at equal spaces of time. romance (n)a romance is a love affair. spent (v)here, passed time. split up (phrasal verb)if you split up from someone, you do not have a relationship with them anymore. stages (n)steps or periods of time. status (n)your status is your place in society. work out (phrasal verb)if things do not work out, they go badly. |