Serious Not serious

B) NOW USE THESE EXPRESSIONS TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

A) MATCH THE BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS OF THE EXPRESSIONS BELOW. USE THE ENDINGS TWICE

1. She fancies a. with him.

2. She's not really interested b. about him.

3. She's absolutely crazy c. in him.

4. I don't know what she sees d. you.

5. She's always flirting

6. Julie seems to really like Ian, but I personally, ………. He must be at least ten years older than her.

7. John isn't very happy at the moment. He really likes this girl at college but ……… at all.

8. Debbie goes bright red every time she talks to you. I'm sure ……….

9. Tina spends almost every evening with this new guy. ……….

10. Liz fancies that guy in the accounts department. ……….

EXERCISE 4. MATCH THE BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS OF THE SENTENCES BELOW

STARTING A RELATIONSHIP

1. Sarah's very happy at the moment. She's seeing a. going out together

2. Have you heard about Mark? He's going out b. her for a date

3. Have you heard about Laura and Joe? They've started с. with James Roberts,

the manager

4. Apparently, Phil and Liz have been seeing d. some guy she met on

holiday

5. Did Sally tell you about Mike? He asked e. a lot of each other

recently

  In American English you say that you are dating somebody instead of seeing or going out with them.

EXERCISE 5. READ THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES AND PUT THE UNDERLINED WORDS AND PHRASES INTO THE CORRECT COLUMN BELOW

FALLING IN LOVE

1. It started out as just a casual relationship but one day I realized I had fallen in love.

2. Tina and Mike spend every minute together. They're obviously madly in love.

3. I met a guy when I was in Greece, but I knew it was just a holiday romance. I never saw him again after we got back.

4. John's been with Linda for ages. He absolutely adores her.

5. I haven't had a girlfriend for a while now. I had a brief relationship with someone a few months ago, but it didn't really work out.

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EXERCISE 6. USE THESE EXPRESSIONS IN THE SITUATIONS BELOW

THE END OF A RELATIONSHIP

finished with never stop fighting split up

had a huge row weren't right for

1. – Do you think I should invite Jeff and Sue to the party?

– Haven't you heard? They've finally decided to ……….

2. Didn't you know I'm not seeing James any more? I ……… him last week. It was fine while it lasted, but I think we both knew we ……… each other.

3. We invited Dave and Kate to dinner last Saturday. It was really embarrassing. They ……… and Kate went home in the middle of the main course.

4. Julie and Dave ………. I'm surprised they stay together.

EXERCISE 7. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITH THE WORDS AND PHRASES BELOW

a. destroyed our marriage b. broke up c. get a divorce d. left him

e. got custody of the children f. saved our marriage g. didn't work out

h. separated

1. His wife ……… two years ago for another man.

2. I was so happy when I got married but things ………. and we split up three years ago.

3. Our marriage............ after my wife discovered I'd been seeing somebody else.

4. My wife and I........... last year. We hadn't been very happy for a while. We've now decided that the best thing is to ………..

5. A few years ago my husband started seeing another woman. I tried to forgive him but it was impossible. In the end it ………..

6. Things started to go wrong after about three years. I guess we just got bored with each other. Then I had a baby and things got much better. I think that's what ……….

7. I got divorced five years ago. Unfortunately, my ex-wife ………. and now I only see them at the weekend and for a few weeks during the summer.

EXERCISE 8. COMPLETE THE RESPONSE IN FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS

– I hear Mark and Lucy have split up. What happened?

– She found out that he was ……….

1. being a. somebody else.

2. seeing b. unfaithful.

3. having c. on her.

4. cheating d. an affair.

EXERCISE 9. TRANSLATE

1. У чому ви вбачаєте відмінність між коханням та романтикою? 2. Дівчата обожнюють романтичні стосунки. Всі ці квіти, подарунки та прогулянки під місяцем. 3. Вона шаленіє від свого нового бойфренда. 4. Цей юнак зацікавив її, особливо своєю освіченістю. 5. Кейт постійно фліртувала із чоловіками, але жоден із них не виявив бажання одружитися з нею. 6. Він був дуже нещасний, оскільки дівчина, яка йому подобалась, не звертала на нього уваги. 7. Моя сусідка майже щовечора ходить на побачення з новим хлопцем. 8. Вони шалено кохають одне одного. Це можна побачити з першого погляду. 9. Він обожнює свою дружину, але так і повинно бути. 10. Завжди важко розлучатись, особливо коли ще кохаєш людину. 11. Вона нарешті розлучилась після двох років судової тяганини. 12. Я був дуже щасливий, коли одружився, але ми прожили в шлюбі лише три роки й розлучились. 13. Чоловік зрадив мене, і саме тому я негайно хочу розлучитись. 14. Я не розумію, що вона в ньому побачила. 15. Родинні стосунки мають ґрунтуватись на любові та повазі. 16. Вона була вражена гарним букетом квітів. 17. Розлучившись, вони зрозуміли, що накоїли. 18. Марія отримала гарний подарунок від свого нареченого. 19. Мабуть, усі шлюбні пари пам’ятають перший поцілунок. 20. Джейн порвала із Джеком. То був лише курортний роман.

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