Hello students!
This week we read a text about courting and courtship through the ages. We also learned some collocations with phrasal verbs which you can find below.
EX 5 Phrasal verbs - collocations
Answers
- break up - a conversation / a fight / a relationship / with your boyfriend
- fall for - a trick / a new classmate
- turn down - some help / the volume
- strike up - a conversation / a relationship
- bump into - the door / a new classmate
- come up with - a trick / a good idea
- settle down - to do some work / with your boyfriend
- do with - some help / a good idea
Use the following links to research about other courtship and marriage rituals and prepare a short presentation.
http://jezebel.com/5804701/the-antique-courtship-rituals-of-facebook
http://www.sacred-texts.com/etc/mco/ml07.htm
http://mentalfloss.com/article/28950/9-strange-courtship-rituals-around-world
http://genealogy.about.com/cs/timelines/a/romance_history.htm