2017-10-25
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extended family fight parents grandfather wife grandmother
aunt relatives share quarrel husband cousin
1. My mother has three sisters, so I have three …
2. I have many uncles and aunts, so I have many…
3. There are only three rooms in our apartment, so I have to …. a room with my brother.
4. Sometimes I …. with my brother about computer time.
5. My father’s father is my ….. He’s got married nearly 50 years ago. His …. Is my ….
6. My sister Charlotte is married, too. Peter is her….
7. Charlotte and Peter have a little girl, Elizabeth. She is my….
8. Grandparents, parents, children, uncles, aunts: people live together with a large number of relatives, big families, so-called …..
9. I get along well with my brother. We never ….
10. My…..(mother and father) are my best friends.
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
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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) |
