WORDS TO LEARN
anniversary
bachelor party
best man
birthday
bouquet
bride
bridegroom
bridesmaid
candle
ceremony
christening / baptism
clink glasses
congratulate
dress up
engagement
engagement ring
feast
fiancé /-ée
gift
graduation ceremony
guest
have a toast
hen party
honeymoon
memorable
nameday
newlywed / just married
party
registry office
school leaving ceremony
veil
wedding
wedding party/reception
1) Name what you can see in the pictures.
1. _______________ 2. _______________
3. _______________
4. _______________
5. _______________ 6. _______________ 7. _______________
8. _______________
2) Match the words from the 1st coloumn to the words in the second.
best
bride
brides
dress
engagement
hen
honey
registry
party
office
ring
groom
maid
up
man
moon
3) Unjumble the following letters to have meaningful words.
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4) Match the words with the definitions.
anniversary
christening
congratulate
dress up
engagement
feast
gift
guest
honeymoon
memorable
veil
wedding
1. to put on formal clothes for a special occasion
2. likely to be remembered or worth remembering
3. a Christian ceremony at which a baby is given a name and made a member of the
Christian Church
4. a person that you have invited to your house or to a particular event that you are
paying for
5. a piece of thin material worn by women to cover the face or head
6. to tell somebody that you are pleased about their success or achievements
7. a marriage ceremony, and the meal or party that usually follows it
8. an agreement to marry someone
9. the day on which an important event happened in a previous year
10. a large or special meal, especially for a lot of people and to celebrate something
11. a thing that you give to somebody, especially on a special occasion or to say thank you
12. a holiday taken by a couple who have just got married
5) Complete the sentences with the words listed and translate the sentences into your
language.
anniversary
christening
congratulated
dress up
engagement
feast
gift
guests
honeymoon
memorable
veil
wedding
1. 150 _______________ were invited to the wedding.
2. Annette's performance as Eliza Doolittle in `Pygmalion' was truly _______________.
3. I _______________ Mark on winning the race.
4. You don't need to _______________ to go to the pub - jeans and a T-shirt will do.
5. It was the couple’s twenty-fifth ________________ anniversary last week.
6. I broke up my _______________ to Arthur and gave the ring back to him.
7. "What a _______________!" she said, looking at all the dishes on the table.
8. After the ceremony, the bride lifted up her _______________ to kiss her husband.
9. Tomorrow is the thirtieth _______________ of the revolution.
10. The watch was a _______________ from my mother.
11. After the wedding Sue and Frank went to Venice for their _______________.
12. During his _______________ ceremony my little nephew started cry when the priest
poured water on his head.
6) Define the following words.
1. bachelor party: ___________________________________________________________
2. best man: ______________________________________________________________
3. bouquet:
______________________________________________________________
4. ceremony: ______________________________________________________________
5. clink glasses: ____________________________________________________________
6. graduation ceremony: _____________________________________________________
7. have a toast: ______________________________________________________________
8. hen party: ______________________________________________________________
9. newlywed: _______________________________________________________________
10. registry office: __________________________________________________________
7) Translate the following sentences from Hungarian into English.
Jill nagyon szomorú volt, mert a férje elfeledkezett a házassági évfordulójukról.
Mindenki sokat ivott a legénybúcsún, kivéve a jövendőbeli férjet.
Bob vőfélye a gyermekkori barátja volt.
A születésnapomon kaptam egy hatalmas virágcsokrot a vőlegényemtől.
Nálunk általában az a szokás, hogy a menyasszony fehér ruhát és fátylat, a vőlegény
pedig sötét öltönyt visel az esküvőn.
6. Mindegyik koszorúslány rózsaszín kosztümben volt.
7. Giselle tortáján olyan sok gyertya égett, hogy megolvasztotta a krémet.
8. A templomi szertartás után mindenki gratulált az ifjú házasoknak.
9. A keresztelő azért volt emlékezetes, mert a keresztapa hangosan nevetett.
10. Miután Harry átadta az eljegyzési gyűrűt Marynek, a vendégek koccintottak, és
mondtam egy tósztot.
11. Nem szoktunk nagy lakomát csapni a névnapokon, csak kisebb ajándékot adunk az
ünnepeltnek, és néha bulizunk.
12. Közvetlenül a diplomaosztója után Helga csapott egy lánybúcsút, és másnap
összeházasodott Tommal.
13. Nem voltam meghívva a lagziba, de az anyakönyvi hivatalban ott voltam.
14. Miért öltöztél így ki? Fogadásra mész?
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KEY TO THE EXERCISES
1
) 1. congratulate
2. clink glasses
3. christening
4. graduation ceremony
5. wedding
6. bouquet
7. birthday (party)
8. bride
4
) 1. dress up
2. memorable
3. christening
4. guest
5. veil
6. congratulate
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)
2
)
best man
bridegroom
bridesmaid
dress up
engagement ring
hen party
honeymoon
registry office
5
)
7. wedding
8. engagement
9. anniversary
10. feast
11. gift
12. honeymoon
1. a party for a man who is going to get married, to which
only his male friends are invited
2. a male friend or relation of the bridegroom who stands
with him and helps him during a marriage ceremony
3. a bunch of flowers arranged in an attractive way
4. a public or religious occasion that includes a series of
formal or traditional actions
5. hit glasses against each other
6. an occasion when you receive your degree for finishing
your education or a course of study
7. holding up and then drinking from a glass of alcohol,
especially wine, after a short speech
8. a party for women only, usually one held for a woman
before she is married
9. a person who has recently got married
10. a place where births, deaths and marriages are officially
recorded and where you can get officially married, without
a religious ceremony
7
)
1. guests
2. memorable
3. congratulated
4. dress up
5. wedding
6. engagement
3
)
candle
anniversary
best man
memorable
engagement
reception
7. feast
8. veil
9. anniversary
10. gift
11. honeymoon
12. christening
1. Jill was very sad because her husband forgot about their
wedding anniversary.
2. Everybody drank a lot at the bachelor’s party except for the
would-be husband.
3. Bob’s best man was his childhood friend.
4. I got a huge bouquet on my birthday from my fiancé.
5. It is the custom here for the bride to wear a white dress and
veil and for the bridegroom to wear a dark suit..
6. All the bridesmaids were in pink suits.
7. There were so many candles burning on Giselle’s cake that
they melted the cream.
8. Everybody congratulated the newlyweds after the church
ceremony.
9. The christening ceremony was memorable because the
godfather laughed loudly.
10. After Harry gave Mary the engagement ring, the guests
clinked glasses an I had a toast.
11. We don’t usually have a big feast on namedays but we give
a small gift and sometimes have a party.
12. Right after her graduation ceremony, Helga had a hen party
and the next day she married Tom.
13. I wasn’t invited to the wedding party but I was in the registry
office.
14. Why have you dressed up like this? Are you going to
a reception?