San Jose City College
   The Language of Love and Marriage

Choose words from this table to complete the sentences. Focus on the part of speech needed for each blank and use each word only once. Hit the Tab key after typing the word. Green signifies correct and red, incorrect.

celebration symbolizes customary customs
ceremony signify fabric everlasting
modesty incorporated newlyweds exchange
duration wealthy wealth symbolic
symbols invitations engraved vice versa

1. The of marriage has been a common practice since ancient times.

2. The surrounding marriage vary from region to region.

3. In the United States, it is for the bride to wear a special white dress made of beautiful and a white veil made of very thin material. White purity, and the veil, which covers the head and sometimes the face of the bride, comes from a very old tradition and was originally meant to signify secrecy and .

4. In a double-ring the bride and groom wedding rings. The ring is of eternal or love.

5. Sometimes the bride has the groom's name into her ring and .

6. Asian brides often wear red and orange as these colors joy and happiness.

7. The wedding are printed on red paper with gold lettering. These colors are of and happiness.

8. It is customary for the to go on a honeymoon shortly after the wedding day.

9. The honeymoon has been into wedding customs in many places throughout the world. The place and of the honeymoon depend on how the couple are.

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