Relationships vocabulary storytelling activities
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Oral storytelling with phrasal verbs, idioms and other collocations to talk about relationships.
Lesson Plan Content:
Relationships vocabulary storytelling activities
including relationships phrasal verbs, collocations and word formation
Start the story of a romance with one of the cards below, e.g. “After many years of working together, John asked Jane out on a date”. Your partner will choose another card to continue the story. Continue the story with more and more cards until you can bring the story to a natural (good or bad) ending, and then do the same with another story if you have enough cards left.
When your teacher stops you, compare endings with other groups. Then look at an un-cut-up worksheet and ask about any words you don’t understand or couldn’t use to make a story.
Relationships vocabulary word formation
Without looking below, write at least one other form of each word below, e.g. the adjective if it is a noun. Answers not below may also be possible.
- abort
- compatible
- complimentary
- dating
- deep
- disapprove
- divorced
- embarrass
- engaged
- flirting
- infatuated
- jealous
- marry
- matchmaking
- passion
- pregnancy
- propose
- reject
- remarry
- romance
- separate
- tradition
- wed
Check below. Many other answer are possible, so please check with your teacher if you wrote something different.
After doing other language presentation tasks from below, tell another story, this time with just another blank copy of one of the language presentation tasks (not the vocabulary cards) to help.
Relationships phrasal verbs cards
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break up/ split up (with)/ (amicable) divorce
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ask out |
go out (with/ together)/ (blind/ first/ double/ group/ dream) date |
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chat up/ a chat-up line
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cheat on/ mess around/ sleep around/ two time/ have an affair |
throw out/ dump
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fall (head over heels) for/ fall (hopelessly) in love
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live together/ shack up |
matchmaker/ matchmaking/ set up
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reject(tion)/ brush off
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bun in the oven/ knocked up/ pregnant
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sleep with
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settle down
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get on/ get along (well) |
fall out
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come round/ come over/ pop round/ call round
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take out (on a date) |
(can’t) put up with |
Other relationships expressions cards
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(have an) abortion
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(unrequited/ true) love
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(golden/ silver/ diamond/ wedding) anniversary
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anonymous
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(in)compatible/ compatibility |
ask for someone’s hand (in marriage)/ propose/ proposal |
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compliment |
beautiful/ fit/ good looking/ handsome/ pretty
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best man(‘s speech)
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embarrassing/ embarrassment
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engaged/ engagement (ring/ party)
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ex (husband/ wife/ partner/ life partner)
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fancy
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female friend/ male friend/ just good friends
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fiancé/ fiancée
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bouquet/ flowers
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contraception (e.g. the pill)
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sext(ing)
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gold-digger
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(bride)groom
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holiday romance |
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flirt(ing)
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hen night/ stag night
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in-laws
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(fall) (deeply/ head over heels) in love
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(arranged/ second) marriage
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disapprove of/ disapproval
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jealous(y)
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(white) lie(s)
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keep in touch |
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love at first sight
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(civil/ church/ white/ traditional/ shotgun) wedding |
have a soft spot |
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mistress/ bit on the side
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Valentine’s Day (present/ card)
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one night stand
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play hard to get
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fight/ quarrel/ row
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regret
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(just) a crush/ (only) infatuation/ infatuated (with)/ crazy about |
(get) remarried
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separate/ separation
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romantic holiday/ honeymoon
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(wedding) reception
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(passionate/ French/ first) kiss/ pash/ snog
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(internet/ speed) dating (agency)
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Relationships vocabulary collocations
Brainstorm as many collocations as you can to the words below, adding words before and/ or after each word there:
anniversary
date
dating
engagement
fall
have an
kiss
love
marriage
on
out
partner
sleep
together
up
wedding
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Use the words below to help with the task above. Some can go in more than one place.
- abortion
- affair
- agency
- around
- arranged
- ask
- ask for someone’s hand in
- at first sight
- blind
- break
- chat
- cheat
- church
- civil
- deeply
- diamond
- double
- dream
- ex
- female
- first
- for
- French
- get
- go
- golden
- group
- head over heels for
- head over heels in
- hopelessly in love
- in love
- internet
- just good
- knocked
- life
- live
- male
- mess
- out
- party
- passionate
- reception
- ring
- set
- shack
- shotgun
- silver
- speed
- split
- take
- throw
- traditional
- true
- unrequited
- white
- with
Check above. Other combinations are possible, so check if you wrote something different.
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