10. Are the following statements true (t) or false (f)? Correct the false ones.

1. There are many changes in typical British family.

2. Changes in society don’t influence the British family.

3. In fact one marriage in every five ends in divorce.

4. Most divorced people remarry.

5. Family members see each other less nowadays.

6. Children obey their parents without question nowadays.

7. Children spend the holidays often away from their families.

Grammar: questions, question tags

11. Here are some incorrectly formed questions. Correct them.

1. What the family to consist of?

2. Can you tell me why the number of divorces increases?

3. Do the relations within the family are different now?

4. Members of the family keep in touch, do they?

5. Are you agree?

6. How parents treat their children?

12. Here are the answers to some questions about the British family. Write the questions.

1. Who_____________________________________________________?

It consists of mother, father and two children.

2. Why_____________________________________________________?

It is easier to get a divorce.

3. Why_____________________________________________________?

Because people often move away from their hometown to work.

4. What____________________________________________________?

Christmas.

5. How____________________________________________________?

They treat them as equals.

6. Why_____________________________________________________?

Because the mother goes out to work.

Pronunciation

Question tags are used to check information.

Example: You’ve got two sisters, haven’t you?

• If you are fairly sure that your information is correct, your voice should fall on the question tag.

• If you are not very sure whether your information is correct or not, your voice should rise on the question tag.

13. Read the sentences as if a) you are fairly sure

b) you are not very sure.

1. You haven’t got a car, have you?

2. She’s going to tell him, isn’t she?

3. They won’t come on Monday, will they?

4. You don’t eat meat, do you?

5. He doesn’t like her, does he?

14. Work with other students and check what you know about them and their family using question tags and the appropriate intonation.

Example: You’ve got two brothers, don’t you?

Listening

15. Match the following words with the definitions

1) hanging out a) family members

2) extended family b) a child that has no siblings

3) relatives c) full of excitement, activity, or confusion

4) only-child d) relatives in addition to your nuclear family

5) nuclear family e) spending time together

6) hectic g) parents and siblings

16. Listen to the dialogue between Mary and Martha talking about their families. They know each other for a week only. Listen to the 1^st part and fill in the gaps with the missing information.

Martha’s Dad is from _____ and Mom from _____.

She has ____ in California and grandpa in _____.

Martha ____ after her Mom. They look like sisters.

17. Listen to the 2^nd part and fill in the gaps with the missing information.

Mary has ___ aunts, ___ uncles, ___ cousins.

Mary’s siblings are ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, and ____ years old.

Mary sees her family _________.

18. Answer the questions:

1. What is good and bad about being an only child?

2. Would you like to have a twin? Why or why not?

3. Who do you look like in your family? Who do you take after the most?

4. On what occasions does your family get together?

Reading: Types of family

19. In pairs, discuss what are the similarities and differences between these pictures.

20. Read the text and find the definitions of

1. Nuclear family

2. Single parent family

3. Extended family

4. Childless family.

Types of family

When we think of a family, the image of a mother, father and children comes into the mind. Family units are different and involve individuals living under one roof. These are the forms of family: Nuclear family, Single parent family, Extended family and Childless family.

Single Parent Family

In this family there is only one parent in the household raising the children. Because of high divorce rates and adults choosing not to marry, this is the fastest growing family form in North America. One in four children is born with their mothers not married, usually teenage mothers. Single parents have many problems; the biggest one is expensive child care.

Nuclear Family

A nuclear family consists of a mother, father, in other words traditional family. In nuclear families there is love, emotional support and a stable economic environment. There are three types of married nuclear families. In the first type, the man works outside the home while the woman works inside the home and takes care of the children. In the second type of married nuclear family, the woman works outside the home and the man cares for the children. In the third kind of nuclear family, both the wife and the husband work outside the home.

Extended Family

An extended family is two or more adults from different generations of a family, who live together. It may be a family that includes parents, children, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents etc. The extended family may live together for many reasons: to help raise children, to support an ill relative, or to help with financial problems.

Childless Family

There are more North American families without children in the home than with them today. Families without children at home have different interests, more free time and often greater financial resources than couples with children. Many childless families choose not to have children because they want to make careers, or like to travel. To replace children, childless families usually have pets.