Introduce yourself

Exercise 1. Read and translate.

1) My dear friends! 2) quite a haughty person; 3) really a fine girl; 4) too long or too short; 5) in my mother’s opinion; 6) all our relatives; 7) an experienced lawyer; 8) an amiable man; 9) a very young journalist; 10) our grandparents’ house; 11) their grandfather’s garden; 12) her grandmother’s sister; 13) his grandson’s car; 14) their granddaughters’ teachers; 15) her uncle’s face; 16) my aunt’s eyes; 17) our cousins’ names; 18) my nephew’s puppy; 19) her nieces’ boyfriends; 20) rather a reserved man; 21) my handsome brother-in-law; 22) a beautiful sister-in-law.

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences.

1. My father’s mother is my … .

2. My mother’s father is my … .

3. My grandfather and my grandmother are … .

4. My name is Jack. I’m my grandfather’s … .

5. My name is Sally. I’m my grandparents’ … .

6. My sister and I are our grandparents’ … .

7. My mother has got a sister. She is my … .

8. My father has got a brother. He is my … .

9. My aunt’s son and daughter are my … .

10. My sister’s son is my … .

11. My brother’s daughter is my … .

12. My sister’s husband is my … .

13. My brother’s wife is my … .

14. The mother of my sister’s husband is her … .

15. The father of my sister’s husband is her … .

16. I’m married. My wife’s brother is my … .

17. I’m married. My husband’s sister is my … .

18. My grandparents, my aunt, my uncle, my nephews and nieces are my … .

Exercise 3. Read the text and answer the questions:

Hello! My name is Paul Savchenko. I’m from Ukraine. I’m Ukrainian. I’m from Vinnytsia. It is a very beautiful and old city. Vinnytsia is very dear to me. It’s my native city.

I’m a student of Durham University in the north of England. My friends are students of this University, too. My English is rather good now. My friends and I are fond of pop music and sports. I’m happy here. The only trouble is my parents are far away and I miss them greatly.

We’re four in the family: my father, my mother, my sister and I.

My father’s name is Bohdan Petrovych. He’s fifty-seven. He’s a good-looking man, rather thin, with dark brown hair and blue eyes. Father is a very intelligent, sociable man and an experienced lawyer.

My mother is a very intelligent woman, too. She’s a school teacher. She’s a teacher of English. She’s fond of children. Her name is Halyna Serhiyivna. Mother is fifty-two, but she’s still a very attractive woman. She’s very slim. Her hair is short, thick and fair. Her eyes are large, hazel and very kind. I’m fond of my mother.

My sister Olha is a young woman. She’s twenty-nine. She’s a children’s doctor. Olha is married. Her husband’s name is Sasha. Sasha is thirty-three. He’s a journalist. He’s a very clever and amiable young man and my parents are fond of their son-in-law. Sasha and his mother-in-law are very good friends. They are, really!

Olha and Sasha have got three lovely kids, two girls and a boy. They’re my nieces and nephew and I’m their uncle. The girls’ names are Lina and Ann. They’re twins. My nieces are very quick, merry and very much alike. They’re fond of candies, oranges, nuts and apples. They’re only five.

My nephew’s name is Roman, Roma for short. Roma is eleven. He’s a schoolboy: and he’s a very diligent pupil. Roma is rather a shy and reserved boy. Actually, he hasn’t got many friends. He’s fond of books and computer games.

My father has got a sister. Her name is Vira Petrivna. Aunt Vira is fifty. She’s a hospital nurse. She’s divorced from her husband and she’s got a son. His name is Borys. He’s eighteen and he’s a student. Borys is very lazy and aunt Vira has got а lot of problems with my cousin. Borys and I are not friends. Actually, in his opinion, I’m too haughty.

Olha, Borys and I have got grandparents. They’ve got a large house in a small Ukrainian village. Its name is Bohdanivka. Bohdanivka is a very beautiful and quiet village. The people in this village, like all the Ukrainians, are very amiable, good-natured and kind.

My grandfather is eighty-four and my grandmother is eighty. They’re pensioners. They’re not healthy people, but they’re still fond of their garden, their apple trees, their animals, their children, their grandsons and granddaughter.

I’m fond of my relatives and I miss them all greatly.

1. What is the young man’s name? Where is he from?

2. What kind of city is Vinnytsia? Why is it very dear to Paul?

3. What is Paul’s occupation? Are his friends students, too? What are they all fond of?

4. Is Paul happy in England? Are his parents in England, too? Where are they?

5. Is Paul’s family large? What is his father’s name? How old is he? Is he a good-looking man? What is his occupation? What kind of person is he?

6. What is the name of Paul’s mother? How old is she? Is she a lawyer, too?

7. Is Halyna Serhiyivna a tall woman? Is she stout or slim? What kind of hair has she got? Are her eyes hazel or blue?

8. What is the name of Paul’s sister? How old is she? Is she a teacher like her mother?

9. Is Olha married or single? What is her husband’s name? How old is he? Who is Sasha to Paul?

10. What is Sasha’s occupation? What kind of person is he? Are Paul’s parents fond of their son-in-law?

11. How many children have Sasha and Olha got? Whose nieces and nephew are they? What are the girls’ names? Are they very much alike? Why?

12. How old are the girls? What are they fond of?

13. What is the name of Paul’s nephew? How old is he? Is he a schoolboy? Is he a diligent or a lazy pupil? Is he a sociable boy? What is he fond of?

14. Has Paul got an aunt? How old is she? Is she married? How many children has she got? Has she got many problems with her son? Why?

15. Are Paul and Borys friends? What kind of person is Paul in Borys’s opinion?

16. Has Paul got a grandfather and a grandmother too? Are they in Kyiv? What kind of village is Bohdanivka? Are the people of Bohdanivka amiable and good-natured?

17. How old are Paul’s grandparents? Are they pensioners? What are they fond of?

18. Is Paul fond of all his relatives?

Exercise 4. Match the columns.

1) haughty a) доброзичливий

2) diligent b) розумний

3) reserved c) старанний

4) amiable d)гордовитий, зарозумілий

5) lazy e) стриманий

6) intelligent f) ледачий

Exercise 5. Make a dialogue. Answer the following questions about yourself and make your own topic.

1. What is your name and what is your surname?

2. Are you Ukrainian?

3. Where are you from?

4. Is your town (village) large or small? Is it beautiful?

5. What street is your house (flat) in? What is the number of your house (flat)?

6. How old are you?

7. In your opinion, are you an attractive person?

8. Are you tall or short? Is your hair dark or fair? Is it thick and long? What colour are your eyes?

9. Is your face oval or round? Is your nose straight or turned-up?

10. Are you a sociable person or reserved and shy?

11. What are your parents’ names? Are they young or middle-aged people?

How old are they?

12. What is your parents’ occupation?

13. Are you the only child in the family?

14. What is your brother’s (sister’s) name? Are you very much alike?

15. Is your brother (sister) a student, too? Has he got many friends?

16. Is your brother (sister) married or single?

17. Have you got a nephew or a niece? Are they small?

18. Have you got many other relatives?

19. Have you got an aunt and an uncle? How many children have they got?

20. What kind of people are your cousins? What is their occupation?

21. Have you got grandparents? Are they very old? How old are they? Are they pensioners?

22. Are you a good grandson (grand¬daughter)? Are you attentive to them?

23. Are you fond of music? What else are you fond of?

24. Are you a happy person?

Exercise 6. Read the text and answer the questions.