Sham weddings are often staged for profit
Yvonne and Rob talk about sham weddings, after a vicar in the UK was jailed for conducting 360 false marriages in his church.
This week's question:
How long was the world’s longest-lasting marriage?
a) 79 years
b) 82 years
c) 86 years
Listen out for the answer at the end of the programme!
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Sham weddings
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Grammar
- a sham wedding
a wedding which is false or not real, perhaps arranged to gain money dishonestly
- phoney
fake or false
- bogus
not genuine
- scrutiny
careful observation or examination of something
- a loophole
a way of avoiding a rule or law
