Marriage is the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce). E.g. A long and happy marriage we have the following marriage related words: Courtship, date (dating), bride, bride, groom, bride price, dowry, fiancée, spinster, bachelor, reception, engagement, wedding, matrimony, wedlock, white wedding.
- White wedding: – A traditional wedding in which the bride wears a white dress.
- Courtship: – A man’s country of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
- Bride price: – Money or property given (in some societies) by the bride groom to the family of his bride.
EVALUATION
Read the comprehension passage on page 4 of NOSEC – Use your dictionary to find out the meaning of 5 words that are related to marriage.
ASSIGNMENT: – Guided composition (NOSEC pg. 16)
See also:
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT | THE LIBRARY
Tenses | The Present Tense
LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH: Folktale
COMPOSITION – FORMAL LETTER