Valentine’s Day vocabulary relative clauses definitions game

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Using defining relative clauses to explain Valentine's Day gifts, places, and other love and relationships vocabulary, including a relative pronouns grammar presentation, and moving onto other festivals and celebrations.

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Valentine’s Day vocabulary relative clauses definitions game

Take turns defining vocabulary related to Valentine’s Day without saying the name of the thing with definitions like those on the next page.

Ask about any vocabulary that you still don’t understand, definitions which you think could be better, etc.

Without looking at the next page, put one word into each gap below. Words not on the next page may also be possible.

anonymous… – It’s something such as a Valentine’s Day card on __________________ there is no name.

 

arrow – It’s a long weapon ________________ is on many Valentine’s Day cards and _______________ is shot by Cupid.

 

back seat of the movies – It’s a place _______________ couples like to sit to watch films.

 

Cupid – He’s a god _____________ looks like a baby angel and ________________ arrows make us fall in love.

 

date – It’s a time ______________ people who are romantically interested in each other meet up, for example going to the cinema together.

 

fiancé and fiancée – They are people __________________________ are engaged.

 

posh restaurant – It’s a place _______________________ people go for very romantic dates, for example when they are planning to propose.

 

proposal – It’s a time ____________________ people ask other people to marry them.

 

Check with the next page. What are the rules for those words?

Which words are used after words with these meanings?

  • people (x3)
  • things (x2)
  • times
  • places

Define things related to other festivals and celebrations like May Day and Easter for your partner(s) to guess.

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anonymous… – It’s something such as a Valentine’s Day card on which there is no name.

 

arrow – It’s a long weapon that is shot by Cupid and is on many Valentine’s Day cards.

 

back seat of the movies – It’s a place where couples like to sit to watch films.

 

bow – It’s the thing which Cupid uses to shoot arrows. It’s also the name for the shape that is made when you tie a ribbon.

 

card – It’s something that has a picture on the front and a message insider, and which is given for Xmas, birthdays, Valentine’s Day, etc.

 

chocolates – They are sweets which are usually brown but often have fillings like strawberry and toffee inside.

 

Cupid – He’s a god who looks like a baby angel and whose arrows make us fall in love.

 

date – It’s a time when people who are romantically interested in each other meet up, for example going to the cinema together.

 

diamond – It’s a jewel that can been seen through like glass.

 

fiancé and fiancée – They are people that are engaged.

 

Hallmark – It’s a company which makes many cards for Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, etc.

 

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harp – It’s an instrument which has many strings and which plays very romantic music.

 

heart – It’s the part of your body which pumps your blood.

 

perfume – It’s liquid which has a nice smell when you put it on your body.

 

poem – It’s a piece of writing that is usually short and often has rhyming lines.

 

posh restaurant – It’s a place where people go for very romantic dates, for example when they are planning to propose.

 

proposal – It’s a time when people ask other people to marry them.

 

ring – It’s jewellery that goes on your finger (or sometimes your toes).

 

rom-com – It’s a movie which is about love but is funny.

 

secret admirer – It’s a person who is romantically interested in you but has never told you.

 

teddy bear – It’s an animal which is soft and cuddly and so makes a cute gift.

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