1) | What do you know about Valentine's Day? | ||||||||||||||||||||
2) | Do you like Valentine's Day? | ||||||||||||||||||||
3) | What are the good things about Valentine's Day? | ||||||||||||||||||||
4) | What would be your perfect Valentine's Day? | ||||||||||||||||||||
5) | What Valentine's Day message would you like someone to write to you? | ||||||||||||||||||||
6) | Tell me about the perfect Valentine's Day meal. | ||||||||||||||||||||
7) | Is Valentine's Day a bad day for people who are single? | ||||||||||||||||||||
8) | Someone once said: "Why was Cupid was to represent Valentine's Day. When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon." Do you agree? | ||||||||||||||||||||
9) | What are the most romantic Valentine's Day words in your language? | ||||||||||||||||||||
10) | Should Valentine's Day be a national holiday?
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Watch this video about the history of Saint Valentine and answer the questions:
Valentine facts
Visit www.history.com/topics/valentines-day-facts and decide whether the following facts are
true (T) or false (F). Correct those that are false.
1. There are 34 single men aged 65 or older for every 100 single women of the same age.
2. In the US, there are 2.2 million marriages every year, which is more than 600
a day.
3. More than 50% of all Valentine’s Day cards are bought in the six days before
the celebration.
4. In 2004, there were 21,667 florists across the US and between all these businesses 109,915
people were employed.
5. 70%: the percentage of men and women aged 30 to 34 who had been married at some
point in their lives in 2006.
6. Valentine’s Day is the most popular time to send greetings cards with 141 million cards sent
every year.
7. In 2008, 112,185 marriages were performed in Nevada. So many couples ‘tie the knot’ there
that it is the fifth most popular US state in which to marry even though it only ranks 35th in
terms of population.
8. 904: the number of dating service companies in America in 2002.
9. More than 50% of the US population celebrate Valentine’s Day by purchasing a
greetings card.
10. There are 100 single women in their 20s for every 119 single men of the same age.
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