Oral Interaction 9. Wedding,

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Appendix A: Questions to make small talk at a wedding
Are you a friend of the bride or the groom?

What do you do then? (informal, asking about work)

Have you known the bride/groom long?

I don’t think we’ve met, my name is...

Isn’t it a beautiful day for a wedding?

Doesn’t the bride look wonderful?

It’s a lovely wedding isn’t it?

Appendix B: Sentence stems for a surprising aspect or a secret
I know this isn’t the time to talk about it, but...

Please don’t tell anyone I told you...

I shouldn’t really say this but...

Did you know that...

You may not believe this but...

Well, I heard that...

Somebody told me that...

Appendix C: Reacting to surprising news
Really!

No way!

I can’t believe it!

You’re kidding!

That’s terrible!