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Valentine’s Day activities

EXERCISE 1: VALENTINE’S DAY ACTIVITIES

The nouns are missing from the Valentine’s Day activities below. Find the nouns in the word soup (down
or across) and use them to complete the activities. You can use each noun only once.
After they have finished, ask students to tell you which of the activities they have done, would never do
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or would like to try this year.
EXAMPLE: have a date night

J U V P A R T Y M N Y F C
L W O F E E L I N G S L B
E C O M E D Y T Y I E O V
T A F R I E N D I F M W L
T S W D A T E A S T E E O
E K I N D N E S S S A R V
R O P L I N I G H T L S E
P E O P L E P A R T N E R

A. watch a romantic comedy E. send flowers to a friend who is single

B. send a hand-written love letter
C. enjoy your favourite meal (alone or with
someone)
D. exchange personal gifts with your
significant other
F. throw a party
G. express your feelings for your partner
H. show kindness to people around you

EXERCISE 2: QUOTES
Look at some quotes about love and Valentine’s Day and guess what the missing words might be. The
first letters are provided.
After they have finished, ask students to choose two quotes about love (A–E) and explain what they
T mean in their opinion. Then, ask them to choose the quote which best describes their attitude towards
Valentine’s Day (F–I). Ask them to explain.
LOVE
A. The only happiness in life is to love and to be loved. – George Sand, author
B. Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time. – Maya Angelou, poet
C. The strongest relationships are between two people who can live without each other but don’t
want to. – Harriet Lerner, psychologist

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D. The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for. – Bob
Marley, musician
E. Love doesn’t need to be perfect, it just needs to be true. – unknown

VALENTINE’S DAY
F. Love is in the air on Valentine’s Day. – unknown
G. You can’t buy love, but you can pay heavily for it. – Henny Youngman, comedian
H. Oh, here’s an idea: Let’s make pictures of our internal organs and give them to other people we love
on Valentine’s Day. That’s not weird at all. — Jimmy Fallon, comedian
I. All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt. — Charles M. Schulz,
cartoonist
J. Valentine’s Day is the poet’s holiday. – Ted Kooser, poet

EXERCISE 3: PERSONALITY
Put the letters in bold in the right order to create positive adjectives to describe people.
After they have finished, ask students to choose three adjectives they think are the most important in a
partner or a friend. Alternatively, you can can ask them to choose three adjectives that describe their
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partner or a friend. Then, ask them to give examples of the partner’s or friend’s behaviour that the
adjectives describe. For example: My friend is charming because she gives me a lot of compliments.
A. He is kind, mraghcin charming and genuinely interested in other people.
B. It’s important to be nthoes honest with your family. If you see a problem, just talk about it.
C. My partner is very mintocra romantic. Last Valentine’s Day, she planned the whole day for just the
two of us.
D. Sofia is very viitessne sensitive so I talk to her when I need some advice about relationships.
E. Luka helped us a lot last week. He’s so rnciga caring! He would be a fantastic nurse or
schoolteacher.
F. I’m lucky to have such a givoln loving friend like you.
G. My spouse has been making me breakfast every morning so that I have more time to prepare for the
conference. He’s so optispurev supportive.

EXERCISE 4: DATING AND FRIENDSHIP APPS

Choose the correct words to create steps for using a dating app or friendship app (an app to find
friends). Then, put the steps in the logical order.
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Before students start doing the task, ask them the following questions: Have you or anyone you know
ever used a dating app or friendship app? What is your/their experience? Would you use an app to find
a partner or a friend? Why/Why not?
After students have finished the task, ask them to think about dating apps and name: two pieces of
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information that can be found in a bio; two things people (probably) look at when they are browsing
other people’s profiles; two reasons someone might swipe left (reject a profile); two steps someone
can take when they get a match; two things people (probably) write about when they exchange
messages on a dating app.
Order of steps: 2, 4, 1, 5, 3
1. If you like someone’s profile, swipe/swear/swag right.
2. Once you have downloaded the app, upload a profile picture and write a short summary/bio/diary.
Other users will want to know who you are and what you are looking for!
3. You can now start scrolling/exchanging/swiping messages. If you like the person, suggest a
meeting! You can get a coffee or go for a walk together.
4. When your profile is ready, you can start seeking/chasing/browsing other people’s profiles.
5. The message ‘It’s a catch/batch/match!’ means the person whose profile you liked also liked your
profile.

EXERCISE 5: ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS

Complete the gaps with verbs to create phrases related to relationships. Use the same verb for both
parts. Two verbs can be used twice.
After students have finished the task, ask them to create a story using at least ten of the phrases and
one of the following titles: From enemies to lovers, A digital romance or A Valentine’s Day disaster.
T Students could work in pairs, in which case Student A creates the beginning of the story using one of
the phrases, Student B adds the second part to the story using another phrase, etc. You could also ask
students to create a story with as many of the phrases as possible.
A. fall in love, fall out of love E. ask someone out, ask someone to move in
with you
B. go out, go on a blind date
F. be/get married, be/get divorced
C. break up, break someone’s heart
G. be in a long-distance relationship, be mad at
D. get to know someone, get engaged
someone
H. have a fight, have a crush on someone

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