Idioms- love

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ID2 Idioms describing love
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Match the idiom with its definition
match made in heaven
to like someone in a romantic way
fall head over heels
a perfect pair
apple of someones eye
to become deeply in love
a person or thing that someone cherishes
take ones breath away
to feel surprised by the beauty of something
have a crush on
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Match the idiom with its definition
love at first sight
falling in love the first time you meet someone
hit it off
a date with a person that you havent previously
met
blind date
get along well with someone immediately
split the bill
go Dutch
ask someone to marry you
pop the question
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Match the idiom with its definition
tie the knot
get married
something said to start a conversation with
someone who you are interested in romantically
pick up lines
theres plenty more fish in the sea
a former lover
begin to have feelings of love for another person
an old flame
used to tell someone whose relationship has ended
that there are many other people that they can
have a relationship with
fall in love
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Use a verb in the correct tense

• 1. I went to dinner with Alex. We _____ Dutch.
• 2. The moment I saw her for the first time, she
  _____ my breath away.
• 3. He _____ a crush on her since he was a
  teenager.
• 4. I introduced my friend to my colleague and
  they _____ it off immediately.

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Use a verb in the correct tense

• 5. Carole and Simon _____ the knot last month.
• 6. They have been happily married for 40 years.
  They are truly a match made in _____.
• 7. She _____ on a blind date tonight with the man
  she met on the bus.

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What about you?

• A soul mate is a person with whom you share a
  deep connection, unlike any other.
• Do you believe in soul mates?

Love at first sight is the idea that two people
can fall in love the moment they meet each
other. Do you believe in love at first sight?
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Complete the love story with an idiom(put the
idiom in the correct form)

• As I sat there in English class, I stared at the
  girl next to me. I met her a few years ago and we
  _____ immediately. She was my best friend. I
  stared at her beautiful long hair, and wished she
  were mine. I _____ her since the day we met. It
  was _____ for me, but she didnt notice me like
  that, and I knew it. After class, she walked up
  to me and asked me for the notes she had missed
  the day before. I gave them to her.
• She said, "Thanks" and gave me a kiss on the
  cheek. I wanted to tell her. I wanted her to know
  that I am in love with her but I was just too shy.

15 years old
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Complete the love story with an idiom(put the
idiom in the correct form)

• The phone rang. She was in tears, crying about
  how her boyfriend _____.
• She asked me to come over because she didnt want
  to be alone. After two hours, some ice cream and
  convincing her that _____, she clearly felt
  better.
• She looked at me, said, Thanks, and gave me a
  kiss on the cheek. I wanted to tell her that I
  am _____ in love with her. I was just too shy.

16 years old
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Complete the love story with an idiom(put the
idiom in the correct form)

• As we were walking together to class she told me,
  My date is sick. Hes not going to go to the
  dance. I didnt have a date, and in the past, we
  had made a promise that if neither of us had
  dates, we would go together as friends.
• So we did. That night, after everything was over,
  I dropped her off at her house. I stared at her
  as she smiled at me. She _____.
• She said, I had the best time, thanks! and gave
  me a kiss on the cheek. I wanted to tell her that
  she was _____.

17 years old
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Complete the love story with an idiom(put the
idiom in the correct form)

• A day passed, then a week, then a month. Soon,
  it was graduation day. I watched as she got her
  diploma. Before everyone went home, she came to
  me in her graduation gown, and cried as I hugged
  her.
• I wanted to tell her that we were a _____, but I
  couldnt.
• Years later, her boyfriend _____. I tried my best
  to smile, as I sat in church, watching them
  _____. I wanted her to be mine, but she didnt
  think of me in that way, and I had to accept it.

graduation day
wedding day
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Complete the love story with an idiom(put the
idiom in the correct form)

• Years passed, and I looked down at the coffin of
  a girl who used to be my best friend.
• At the funeral, they read a diary entry she had
  written in her high school years.
• This is what it read
• I _________ with him the moment we met. I
  stared at him wishing he was mine, but he doesnt
  think of me in that way, and I know it. I want to
  tell him, I want him to know that I am __________
  in love with him but Im just too shy to tell
  him, and I dont know why. I wish he would tell
  me that he loved me!

many years later
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What about you?

• Have you ever had a crush on someone? Did you
  tell him or her?

An old flame is a former boyfriend or girlfriend.
Do you still talk to any old flames?
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A pick up line is something said to start a
conversation

• with someone whom you are interested in
  romantically.

Can you match the beginning of the pick up line
with its ending?
Something is wrong with my eyes.
I lost my phone number.
Do you believe in love at first sight?
Can I have yours?
I cant take them off you.
Did you just come out of the oven?
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What about you and your country?

• To go Dutch means to split the bill or check at a
  restaurant.

In your country, is it usual to go Dutch when you
go out to eat? In your opinion, should a man
always pay for the first date? Do you think
younger people are more likely to go Dutch?
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What about you and your country?

• A matchmaker is a person who organizes blind
  dates.

Have you ever gone on a blind date? Are
matchmakers common in your country?
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What about you and your country?

• To pop the question means to ask someone to marry
  you.
• In your culture, how do people usually pop the
  question?

To tie the knot means to get married. At what age
do most people in your country tie the knot?
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Match the sentence with the picture
A
C
D
B
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Complete the idiom with the missing word

1. A _______ date is a date with a person who you
   havent met (or even seen) previously.
2. An old ______ is a former boyfriend or
   girlfriend.
3. If youre interested in someone romantically, you
   can use a pick up ________ to get his or her
   attention.
4. To _______ the question is to ask someone to
   marry you.

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Complete the idiom with the missing word

• 12. To tie the ________ means to get married.
• 13. You might comfort a friend by saying, Dont
  worry, theres plenty more _________ in the sea.
• 14. If someone or something is very beautiful, it
  can take your breath _______.
• 15. If you hit it _______ with someone, you have
  an immediate connection.

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Complete the idiom with the missing preposition

• 16. If two people are a match made _______ heaven
  it means that they are a perfect pair.
• 17. We use the expression falling _______ love to
  describe the time when you are just beginning to
  love someone romantically.
• 18. If you have a crush ______ someone, you like
  them romantically.

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Complete the idiom with the missing preposition

• If youre deeply in love, you can say that you
  are head _______ heels.
• My grandfather really cherishes my grandmother.
  Theyve been married 50 years. Shes the apple
  ______ his eye.
• 21. Do you want to go ______ a date with me?

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