Valentine’s Day Lesson (A0/A1-)

Ex 1: Match the vocabulary to pictures before comparing with a partner.

1. 2. 3. 4.

Chanel

5. 6. 7. 8.

Roses are red

Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
and so are you

9. 10. 11. 12.

heart teddy bear present/gift poem

box of chocolates jewellery greetings card get married

perfume red rose Cupid love letter

Ex 2: Complete the text with the Present Simple verbs below, before comparing in pairs.

Hi, I’m Kevin. I’m very romantic. My wife and I got married on Valentine’s day, so it is an extra
special day for us. Every Valentine’s morning, I 1. __________ breakfast for my wife and give her a
homemade Valentine’s card and a red rose. I usually 2. __________ hearts or Cupid on the card.
I am not a very good artist, but the pictures make my wife smile. In the afternoon, I 3. ________
her a love letter and a poem by email.

Sometimes, in the evening, we ________ to a restaurant for a romantic meal, and I 4. __________
the bill, of course. If we can’t find a table in a restaurant, I 5. ________ her a delicious dinner at
home, and after we finish dessert, I 6. ________ her a present, usually jewellery or
perfume, with a box of chocolates and a love heart teddy bear.
I think my wife is a very lucky woman!

make send give cook draw pay go

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 Teacher’s Notes
Lesson: Valentine’s Day Lesson Level: A0/A1- Time: 25 minutes +

Preparation:
- Print handouts or display them for online lessons.
- Ideally, students should be familiar with the Present Simple before doing this lesson.

Teaching Method:
Step 1:
- Students complete exercise 1, matching the vocabulary to the pictures and comparing in pairs. You may
want to tell them that the American English spelling of jewellery = jewelry
- Go through the answers and drill correct pronunciation.
Step 2:
- Students complete the text in exercise 2 with the missing verbs.
- You may need to pre-teach romantic, wife, homemade, artist, smile, afternoon, evening, meal, bill, of
course, delicious, dessert, and lucky before they begin and/or allow them to use a dictionary.
- Go through the answers by asking the students to read the text, in turn, focusing on use and
pronunciation.

Answers: Pronunciation:
Exercise 1: Exercise 2: Vocabulary: British: American:
1. love letter 1. make chocolates ˈʧɒkəlɪts ˈʧɔkləts
2. heart 2. draw Cupid ˈkjuːpɪd ˈkjupɪd
3. get married 3. send delicious dɪˈlɪʃəs dɪˈlɪʃəs
4. red rose 4. go dessert dɪˈzɜːt dɪˈzɜrt
5. Cupid 5. pay draw drɔː drɔ
6. greetings card 6. cook get married gɛt ˈmærɪd gɛt ˈmɛrid
7. box of chocolates 7. give gift gɪft gɪft
8. gift/present greetings card ˈgriːtɪŋz kɑːd ˈgritɪŋz kɑrd
9. poem heart hɑːt hɑrt
jewellery ˈʤuːəlri ˈʤuəlri
10. perfume
love letter lʌv ˈlɛtə lʌv ˈlɛtər
11. teddy bear
lucky ˈlʌki ˈlʌki
12. jewellery
meal miːl mil
Try our other Valentine’s-themed perfume ˈpɜːfjuːm ˈpɜrfjum
lessons for more practice! poem ˈpəʊɪm ˈpoʊəm
present ˈprɛznt ˈprɛzənt
Did you enjoy this lesson? red rose rɛd rəʊz rɛd roʊz
romantic rəʊˈmæntɪk roʊˈmæntɪk
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smile smaɪl smaɪl
teddy bear ˈtɛdi beə ˈtɛdi bɛr
wife waɪ waɪf

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