Choose the best alternative to fill in the gaps in each of the following sentences

1. We need a family for ---- and protection.

a) comfort b) extended c) annoying

2. ----- is important in extended family

a) happiness b) privacy c) discussions

3. ------ respect can substitute for love in a family.

a) interdependent b) mutual c) general

4. He is always going on his working class -----.

a) past b) roots c) background

5. The children are being well ----- for.

a) look b) cared c) take care

6. I ----- your worries about this.

a) share b) trust c) believe

7. Living with my -----, is just like living with my own parents.

a) relatives b) friends c) in-lows

8. One of the most important problem in families is a problem of generation ----.

a) gap b) clap c) problem

9. My ----- parents are really kind people.

a) foster b) adoptive c) receiving

10. Caring and sharing are the main ---- in my family.

a) custom b) tradition c) values

Read the following dialogues and make up your own using the examples.

- Where were you born?

- In London. But my parents come from Manchester.

- How interesting! I come from Manchester too.

- Oh, it’s a small world, isn’t it?

- Look Jake, have you got a family of your own?

- Oh, no, I’m not married yet. I live with my parents.

- Is your family large?

- I don’t think so. My parents have got only two daughters.

- And which of you is the eldest?

- It’s me. I’m twenty.

- How old is your younger sister? I wonder what her name is?

- Susan. She’s a lovely girl. She is ten.

- It’s a pleasure to have such a young sister, isn’t it?

- Certainly. She’s the apple of my eye.

Read the following text. Use the information given in it while speaking about your family.

scruffy   неряшливый, нечесаный
to tower   выситься
morose   угрюмый
sullen   сердитый
to mutter   бормотать
hem   рубец на платье
tights   колготки
bluish   голубоватый, синеватый
to splash   брызгать(ся),шлепать(по грязи)

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