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Love, living together, marriage and civil partnership

I can explain why people choose to maintain relationships, live together or get married.

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Love, living together, marriage and civil partnership

I can explain why people choose to maintain relationships, live together or get married.

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Key learning points

  1. People can fall in love with people of any gender and may decide to commit to each other.
  2. Sometimes couples choose to live together, get married or have a civil partnership.
  3. You have to be 18 years old in the UK to get married or enter into a civil partnership.
  4. Sometimes people choose to stay together for a long time, sometimes people decide to separate.

Keywords

  • Marriage - a legal commitment between two people who choose to spend their lives together

  • Civil partnership - a legal relationship between two people, like marriage, that gives them similar rights

Common misconception

A marriage must be between a man and a woman.

Marriage can occur between two people regardless of gender in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.


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Ensure pupils know that a marriage or a civil partnership is a legally recognised union between two people.
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Adult supervision recommended

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This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2025), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the word to the definition.
Correct Answer:relationship,the connection between people

the connection between people

Correct Answer:romantic,the connection between people who are in love or drawn to each other

the connection between people who are in love or drawn to each other

Correct Answer:partner,a person who is in a long-term romantic relationship

a person who is in a long-term romantic relationship

Q2.
A heathy romantic relationship should make people happy.
Correct Answer: both, all
Q3.
How should good partners behave towards each other?
Correct answer: respectfully
selfishly
Correct answer: kindly
disrespectfully
Q4.
Which statements are true?
Partners should spend all their time with each other.
Correct answer: Partners should spend time apart from each other.
Correct answer: Partners should respect each other's boundaries.
Partners should pressure each other into doing things they don't want to do.
Q5.
How can a couple keep their relationship healthy?
Correct answer: communicate honestly with each other
Correct answer: listen carefully to each other
make each other feel bad about themselves
get annoyed if their partner has different interests
Q6.
When should a couple break up?
Correct answer: if they can't make the relationship work anymore
if they both feel happy in the relationship
if they both want to be in the relationship
Correct answer: if their partner has made them feel unsafe or disrespected

Assessment exit quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which word means a legal commitment between two people who choose to spend their lives together?
Correct Answer: marriage, a marriage
Q2.
How might a couple commit to each other?
by getting a plant
Correct answer: by getting married
Correct answer: by forming a civil relationship
Correct answer: by living together
Q3.
People can fall in love with any person of any ...
Correct Answer: gender
Q4.
Which statements are true?
Correct answer: Anyone of any gender can get married or form a civil partnership in the UK.
Only opposite sex couples can get married in the UK.
Only same-sex couples can form a civil partnership in the UK.
Correct answer: Same-sex couples will need permission to have a religious ceremony marriage.
Q5.
If a couple are struggling to get on, which of the following might they decide to do to help improve their relationship?
Correct answer: they might talk about their problems to try and resolve their issues
they might seek support from children to help fix their relationship
Correct answer: they might seek support from a trusted friend, family member or professional
Correct answer: they might decide to separate, divorce or end their civil partnership
Q6.
You have to be aged to get married or enter into a civil partnership in the UK.
Correct Answer: 18, eighteen