Are you in love? Extra Practice (Optional)

ARE YOU IN LOVE?
READING-COMPREHENSION EXERCISE
Material elaborado por la Prof. Viviana Giménez ©

The following are the main ideas of the paragraphs that start and end as indicated below. Match the ideas with the corresponding paragraphs from the reading.

a. You speak to the person (face to face or on the phone), whenever you need to (or you make excuses when you don’t need to).
b. After some time, things change. Maybe you don’t talk about the person you love, or you don’t call him / her so much. However, this person is very important to you now.
c. You are in love, but how can you stay in love?
d. You like things that you didn’t like before.
e. These are some symptoms of falling in love.
f. Although you think love has come to your life, you are confused because in the past you thought it was love but it was just a strong attraction.
g. You can be honest with the person you stay in love with. At the beginning, you didn’t feel comfortable just being yourself, but now you know this person accepts you.
h. You talk about the person all the time, even when it’s not relevant to mention him / her.


1.“You think you’re falling....this time?”
2.“Here’s what our readers...in love”
3.“You’ll find yourself talking....there’s not.”
4.“You’ll find yourself bringing...last week”.
5.“You might suddenly...sports announcer”.
6.“OK, so you’ve . . . in love?”
7.“If you stay in love,...in your life”.
8.“You’ll find that you can...as you are”.

ANSWERS

1.“You think you’re falling....this time?”. f. Although you think love has come to your life, you are confused because in the past you thought it was love but it was just a strong attraction.

2.“Here’s what our readers...in love” e. These are some symptoms of falling in love.

3.“You’ll find yourself talking....there’s not.” a. You speak to the person (face to face or on the phone), whenever you need to (or you make excuses when you don’t need to).

4.“You’ll find yourself bringing...last week”. h. You talk about the person all the time, even when it’s not relevant to mention him / her.

5.“You might suddenly...sports announcer”. d.You like things that you didn’t like before.

6.“OK, so you’ve . . . in love?” c.You are in love, but how can you stay in love?

7.“If you stay in love,...in your life”. b.After some time, things change. Maybe you don’t talk about the person you love, or you don’t call him / her so much. However, this person is very important to you now.

8.“You’ll find that you can...as you are”. g.You can be honest with the person you stay in love with. At the beginning, you didn’t feel comfortable just being yourself, but now you know this person accepts you.