Good morning!Traditions around the

world

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Activity: Speaking. Read the conversation. Practice the conversation with a partner

Wish someone a good holiday

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Activity: Speaking. Read the conversation. Practice the conversation with a partner

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Correct the mistakes exerciseTheme: Explain wedding traditions• Identify and describe vocabulary

‘Getting married’• Practice speaking, writing and

reading skills

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5/29Activity: Vocabulary. Define the following words or phrases.

Getting marriedThe events

An engagement (get engaged)A (marriage) ceremony (get married)A weddingA receptionA honeymoon

Explain wedding traditions

The peopleA fiancéA fiancéeA brideA groomThe 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 old and something new, something borrowed and something blue.”

Explain wedding traditions