English for Catholics of Other Languages

Relations with other people

Vocabulary and phrases

Baptism I was born on the 5th of July 1980 in a hospital.  I had a mum and a dad, two brothers and a sister.  I was baptised when I was 1 month old.  My family, aunts, uncles and grandparents were at the Baptism.

Passive I/he/she was born [singular] You/we/they were born [plural] I was baptised I was confirmed Verbs: present tense-past simple have/has - had [children] to be - was [sing.] /were [plural] die/dies - died teach/teaches - taught make/makes - made         to make friends wear/wears - wore meet/meets - met get/gets engaged - got engaged get/gets married - got married to say - [say sorry, prayers] to kneel to want to think [about] ... to study Talking about the past used to ..+ present tense verb ...years ago Relative clauses when who which where                                   before - after later - earlier at the side of ... strict = disipline quiet - noisy beautiful = pretty[girl] handsome = good looking [boy] small - large intelligent - stupid bossy - easy going both = me and her/him (2)

My grandmother died when I was 2 years old.  My grandfather taught me to say prayers before bed.  We used to kneel at the side of the bed and say the 'Our Father' and 'Hail Mary'.  My grandfather was strict and quiet.

First Holy Communion I made my First Holy Communion when I was 8 years old with friends from school and my cousins.  We wore beautiful white dresses and the boys wore black suits with a white shirt.

Confession and Confirmation I first went to confession when I was 8 years old.  Four years later, when I was 12 years old, I was Confirmed.  For my Confirmation I wore a smart suit.   The monks from the school made a small party for us, after our Confirmation.

I met my girlfriend 3 years ago.  She is intelligent, pretty and makes friends easily.  Her mother is very bossy and her father is quiet.  We got engaged last month and we want to get married next year.  We both want to have children.  My brothers are already married.  Philip has two children, a girl aged 8 and a boy aged 4.  Daniel has only one child called Antonin and he is 3.  My sister is single and she is thinking about being a nun.  She is studying to be a nurse.

Useful phrases We would like to get married.         Congratulations! Best wishes! We are expecting [a baby].              Congratulations! When is the big day? [Big day = wedding day] I would like to make Confession. Do you have Confirmation classes?   Yes, we have them in ... Do you have Marriage Preparation Classes?  Yes, ... Do you know any other ...[Korean/Spanish] people in the parish? This is my ... friend/boyfriend/family/nephew/niece/daughter]

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