Husband and Wife

Verb + husband / wife

  • look for a husband / wife

  • meet your husband / wife

  • live with your husband / wife

  • leave your husband / wife

  • lose your husband / wife

Adjective + husband / wife

  • your present husband / wife

  • your ex- / former husband / wife

  • your late husband / wife

  • a loving husband / wife

Exercise

Verb + husband / wife

  1. My brother lives with his wife and two kids in Geneva.

  2. I lost my wife last year. I've been very lonely since she died.

  3. Have you heard that Margaret Duncan has left her husband? She walked out on him after she found out he was having an affair.

  4. I met my wife at school when I was only 13.We got married when I was 18.

  5. All my old school friends are married now, but I'm still looking for a wife!

Adjective + husband / wife

  1. She's been married four times now. Her present husband is 20 years younger than her!

  2. Lawrence was a family man and a loving husband. We will all miss him.

  3. My former / ex- wife is now a millionaire. Sometimes I wish I hadn't divorced her!

  4. These photographs bring back fond memories of my late husband, Jack. They were taken on holiday the year before he died.

Notes

  1. You can talk about your first wife / her second husband.

    My first husband died of a heart attack when he was 35.

  2. Your late husband means that he is dead.