Exercise 4. Read the dialogues

I

— Have you a large family?

• No, my family, is rather small: my wife, my only son and I.

• What's your son's name? How old is he? What is' his hobby?

• Not so many questions at once. My son is eleven, his name is Alec. He is fond of collecting stamps.

II

—Is your family large?

• Not very. We are four: my wife, my two children and I.

• How old are your children?

• My son is fourteen and my daughter is twenty.

• What are they?

—My son is a schoolboy, my daughter is a student.

—I see.

III

Nick: Ann! Ann! Come here, please. Meet my new English friend Davy Reed.

Ann: Oh, how do you do, Mr. Reed. I'm very glad to meet you,

Mr. Reed: Pleased to meet you, too.

Nick: Well, Ann, where are the kids? Are they still at school?

Ann: Yes, they are.

Exercise 5. Finish the following:

1. My mother's sister is my ... and her brother is my ....

2. My wife's mother is my ... and her father is my ....

3. My wife's sister is my ... and my wife's brother is my ..

4. My uncle's son is my ... and my aunt's daughter is my .

5. My mother has a sister, her son is my mother's ....

6. My father has a brother, his daughter is my father’s …

Exercise 6. What are your relatives?

Model: My father is an engineer. |

mother	a cook
father	a pensioner
wife	a housewife
husband	an economist
son	a secretary
daughter	a schoolgirl
brother	a student
sister	a teacher
cousin	a computer-operator
uncle	a doctor
aunt	a worker
grandfather	a dancer
grandmother	a business man

Exercise 7. What is your (your friend’s; your son’s; your wife’s …) hobby?

A. Model: My son’s hobby is sports.

Use the words: pets, music, tennis, football, basketball, table-tennis, hockey, etc.

B. Model: My wife’s hobby is knitting.

Use the words: to dance, to sing, to work in the garden, to collect stamps, coins, etc.

Exercise 8. Use the right word:

brother, a worker, son, at an office, uncle, in the army, a policeman, a dentist, a taxi-driver, a teacher, the school, head.

1. My father is ... . 2. His ... is a computer-operator, 3. He is a clerk ... . 4. His ... is an office worker. 5. My ... is a rich businessman. 6. Their son is ... now. He is a soldier. 7. He is ... and his brother is ... . 8. She is ... and her sister is ... . 9. This man is ... of our department. 10. Her aunt is headmistress of ... .

Exercise 9. Talk about your family in a few sentences.

Exercise 10. Read the text and reproduce it.

About myself

Let me introduce myself. My name is Ann or Anya for my friends. My surname or last name is Sokolova. I was born on the first of October in 1985. Now I am a first-year student at the Technical Institute. In five years I’ll an engineer.

I am fond of sports and music. I love to listen to modern music and dance. My hobby is English.

I would like to tell you about my family. There are five people in our family. My father is very busy with the work in the office. My mother is a housewife. She has a lot of work to do about the house. I have a junior sister. She is in the fifth form. My gr5andmother lives with us. She very kind and helps us a lot. Our family is very friendly, we have many friends. Also we have many relatives.

Exercise 11. Read and learn the poem.