Lesson 11, Exercise 5 - Is Steven engaged?
You become "engaged" when you agree to marry someone.
Watch the video, then answer the question.
Subtitled video:
Interviewer: And, are you married?
Howie: No, not yet.
Interviewer: I know you are.
Irving: _ _ _.
Interviewer: Are you married?
Steven: No, I'm not, no.
Interviewer: Are you going to get married?
Steven: Soon, yeah.
Interviewer: Are you engaged?
Steven: No!
Interviewer: Are you married?
Steven: _ _, _'_ _ _ _.
Vocabulary notes:
not yet (adverb, negative): In the future, yes. Now, no.
engaged (adjective): Pledged to marry. These two are engaged:
Are you going to get married?
"Going to do" = near future. It begins in Real English Lesson 40.
Howie: No, not yet.
Interviewer: I know you are.
Irving: _ _ _.
Interviewer: Are you married?
Steven: No, I'm not, no.
Interviewer: Are you going to get married?
Steven: Soon, yeah.
Interviewer: Are you engaged?
Steven: No!
Interviewer: Are you married?
Steven: _ _, _'_ _ _ _.
Vocabulary notes:
not yet (adverb, negative): In the future, yes. Now, no.
engaged (adjective): Pledged to marry. These two are engaged:
Are you going to get married?
"Going to do" = near future. It begins in Real English Lesson 40.
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