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Correct the mistakes exercise
Theme: Explain wedding traditions
• Identify and describe vocabulary
‘Getting married’
• Practice speaking, writing and reading
skills
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Activity: Vocabulary. Define the following words or phrases.
Getting married
The events
An engagement (get
engaged)
A (marriage)
ceremony (get
married)
A wedding
A reception
A honeymoon
Explain
wedding
traditions
The people
A fiancé
A fiancée
A bride
A groom
The newlyweds
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5/29Activity: Speaking. Read the following saying or proverb about
weddings and marriage Discuss what they mean.
Explain wedding traditions
Italy: “ Marry off your son when you wish. Marry off your
daughter when you can.”
Ireland: “Marriages are all happy. It’s having breakfast
together that causes all the trouble.”
South Africa: “Marriage is just friendship if there are no
children.”
Poland: “The woman cries before the wedding and the
man after.”
United Kingdom: Advice to the bride: “Wear something
Explain
wedding
traditions