Unit 26: It must be love
Present perfect and past simple
Select a unit
- 1Nice to meet you!
- 2What to wear
- 3Like this, like that
- 4The daily grind
- 5Christmas every day
- 6Great achievers
- 7The Titanic
- 8Travel
- 9The big wedding
- 10Sunny's job hunt
- 11The bucket list
- 12Moving and migration
- 13Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
- 14New Year, New Project
- 15From Handel to Hendrix
- 16What's the weather like?
- 17The Digital Revolution
- 18A detective story
- 19A place to live
- 20The Cult of Celebrity
- 21Welcome to your new job
- 22Beyond the planets
- 23Great expectations!
- 24Eco-tourism
- 25Moving house
- 26It must be love
- 27Job hunting success... and failure
- 28Speeding into the future
- 29Lost arts
- 30Tales of survival
Session 1
Love is in the air! We listen to someone who has met the right person. But what does his friend think? Will he get hurt again? And we look at all the useful expressions they use for talking about love and romance.
Activity 2
Finding the right words
The language of love
When you fall in love, you want the whole world to know about your new relationship. But how do you express your feelings in English? Use the expressions from Activity 1 to talk about falling in and out of love.
Complete the activity
To do
Dave and Mike used a lot of new language to talk about falling in love. Try and use the new words and expressions in the quiz. Check the vocabulary box for some more new words that come up in the questions.
Finding the right words
7 Questions
How well can you use the new words and expressions to talk about love? Do the quiz to find out. Choose the best word or expression to complete the sentneces.
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Activity
How well can you use the new words and expressions to talk about love? Do the quiz to find out. Choose the best word or expression to complete the sentneces.
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It seems like it’s overQuestion 1 of 7
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Activity
How well can you use the new words and expressions to talk about love? Do the quiz to find out. Choose the best word or expression to complete the sentneces.
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It was the first time they saw himQuestion 2 of 7
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Activity
How well can you use the new words and expressions to talk about love? Do the quiz to find out. Choose the best word or expression to complete the sentneces.
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The speaker is not happyQuestion 3 of 7
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How well can you use the new words and expressions to talk about love? Do the quiz to find out. Choose the best word or expression to complete the sentneces.
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The speaker thinks looks are importantQuestion 4 of 7
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How well can you use the new words and expressions to talk about love? Do the quiz to find out. Choose the best word or expression to complete the sentneces.
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The speaker wants to go on a date with the womanQuestion 5 of 7
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How well can you use the new words and expressions to talk about love? Do the quiz to find out. Choose the best word or expression to complete the sentneces.
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He thinks the unknown woman finds him attractiveQuestion 6 of 7
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How well can you use the new words and expressions to talk about love? Do the quiz to find out. Choose the best word or expression to complete the sentneces.
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They have a very close relationshipQuestion 7 of 7
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Next
Join Neil and Catherine in 6 Minute Vocabulary and find out when the letter c is pronounced /s/ and when it's pronounced /k/.
Session Vocabulary
relationship
(here) a romantic or sexual friendship
express
to show or tell people about your feelings or opinions
falling out of love
to stop loving someone
split up
stop having a relationship with someone
dumped
(informal) ended a romantic relationship with someone, possibly quickly and unexpectedlydare
be brave enough to do something
staring
looking at somebody or something for a long time with wide-open eyes
