Family Relationship & Marital Status Vocabulary in English (With Simple Meanings & Emojis) | Interactive practice with keys

Marital Status and Relationship

Understanding marital status vocabulary in English is very important for daily conversations, forms, exams, and English learners. In this post, you will learn and practice commonly used words relating to relationship and marital status with easy meanings in English and Khmer plus colorful emojis to help you remember them quickly. This lesson is perfect for students, ESL learners, teachers who are looking to teach or learn relationship and marital status vocabulary.

Marital status and Relationships with English Meanings

• Single 🧍‍♂️🧍‍♀️: not married
• Engaged 💍: formally agreed to get married
• Married 👰🤵: legally become husband and wife
• Separated 🚪↔️🚪: husband and wife living separately
• Divorced 📄✂️: formally ended a marriage
• Widowed 🖤🕊️: losing a husband or wife through death
• Fiancé 🤵💍: a man engaged to get married
• Fiancée 👰💍: a woman engaged to get married
• Spouse ❤️💑: husband or wife
• In-laws 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦⚖️: relatives by law
• Ex-wife 🔙💔: former wife

Marital status and Relationships with Khmer Meanings

• Single : នៅលីវ
• Engaged : ភ្ជាប់ពាក្រ
• Married : រៀបការ
• Separated : រស់នៅផ្សេងគ្នា
• Divorced : លែងលះ
• Widowed : ពោះមាយ
• Fiance : គូរដណ្តឹងប្រុស
• Fiancee : គូរដណ្តឹងស្រី
• Spouse : ប្តីប្រពន្ធ
• In - laws : បងប្អូនថ្លៃ
• Ex-wife : អតីតប្រពន្ធ

Describing Marital Status

To describe someone's marital status or relationship, there are 2 basic ways.

Sub + be + marital status.

Example

- She is single.

- They are married.

- He is widowed.

- ROZA is engaged. 

- John and Mary were divorced last year.

Sub + get/got + marital status.

Example

- She got married to an American man.

- They got divorced last month.

- ROZA and Tom will get engaged next week.

- They got separated last year.

More Example

Single 🧍‍♂️🧍‍♀️
👉 She is single and lives alone.
Engaged 💍
👉 They are engaged and plan to marry next year.
Married 👰🤵
👉 My parents have been married for 20 years.
Separated 🚪↔️🚪
👉 The couple is separated but not divorced yet.
Divorced 📄✂️
👉 He is divorced and has two children.
Widowed 🖤🕊️
👉 She became widowed after her husband died.
Fiancé 🤵💍
👉 Her fiancé will move to the city soon.
Fiancée 👰💍
👉 His fiancée is a teacher.
Spouse ❤️💑
👉 You can bring your spouse to the party.
In-laws 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦⚖️
👉 She is visiting her in-laws this weekend.
Ex-wife 💔🔙
👉 He still talks to his ex-wife about their children.

📝 Gap-Filling Practice: Family & Relationship Status

Instructions:
Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the box.
Word Box:
Single · Engaged · Married · Separated · Divorced · Widowed · Fiancé · Fiancée · Spouse · In-laws · Ex-wife

1. She is still ________ and not looking for a relationship.
2. They got ________ last month and will marry soon.
3. My parents have been ________ for 25 years.
4. The couple is ________ but they are not divorced yet.
5. He is ________ and lives alone after ending his marriage.
6. She became ________ after her husband passed away.
7. Her ________ bought her a beautiful ring.
8. His ________ is planning the wedding.
9. You may bring your ________ to the company dinner.
10. We are visiting my ________ during the holidays.
11. He still respects his ________, the mother of his children.

Family Relationship & Marital Status Practice

 

Marital Status & Relationships

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