English Vocabulary Exercises | Wedding

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Exercise 5

Complete with the following words:

• destroyed our marriage
• broke up
• get a divorce
• left him
• got custody of the children
• saved our marriage
• didn’t work out
• separated

1. His wife —destroyed our marriagebroke upget a divorceleft himgot custody of the childrensaved our marriagedidn’t work outseparated two years ago for another man.

2. I was so happy when I got married but things —destroyed our marriagebroke upget a divorceleft himgot custody of the childrensaved our marriagedidn’t work outseparated and we split up three years ago.

3. Our marriage —destroyed our marriagebroke upget a divorceleft himgot custody of the childrensaved our marriagedidn’t work outseparated after my wife discovered I’d been seeing somebody else.

4. My wife and I —destroyed our marriagebroke upget a divorceleft himgot custody of the childrensaved our marriagedidn’t work outseparated last year. We hadn’t been very happy for a while. We‘ve now decided that the best thing is to —destroyed our marriagebroke upget a divorceleft himgot custody of the childrensaved our marriagedidn’t work outseparated.

5. A few years ago my husband started seeing another woman. I tried to forgive him but it was impossible. In the end it —destroyed our marriagebroke upget a divorceleft himgot custody of the childrensaved our marriagedidn’t work outseparated

6. Things started to go wrong after about three years. I guess we just got bored of each other. Then I had a baby and things got much better. I think that’s what —destroyed our marriagebroke upget a divorceleft himgot custody of the childrensaved our marriagedidn’t work outseparated

7. I got divorced five years ago. Unfortunately, my ex-wife —destroyed our marriagebroke upget a divorceleft himgot custody of the childrensaved our marriagedidn’t work outseparated and now I only see them at the weekend and for a few weeks during the summer.

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ANSWERS

1. His wife left him two years ago for another man.

2. I was so happy when I got married but things didn’t work out and we split up three years ago.

3. Our marriage broke up after my wife discovered I’d been seeing somebody else.

4. My wife and I separated last year. We hadn’t been very happy for a while. We‘ve now decided that the best thing is to get a divorce.

5. A few years ago my husband started seeing another woman. I tried to forgive him but it was impossible. In the end it destroyed our marriage.

6. Things started to go wrong after about three years. I guess we just got bored of each other. Then I had a baby and things got much better. I think that’s what saved our marriage.

7. I got divorced five years ago. Unfortunately, my ex-wife got custody of the children and now I only see them at the weekend and for a few weeks during the summer.

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