Vocabulary

biography about myself parents mechanic garage younger pensioner living room study bathroom bedroom modern conveniences running water duty electricity tidy classmate educated favourite to prefer physical exercise to go in for sports

биография о себе родители механик гараж младшая пенсионер жилая комната кабинет ванная спальня современный удобства холодная вода обязанность электричество опрятный одноклассник образованный любимый предпочитать зарядка заниматься спортом

Language activity

1. Answer the questions.

1.What is your name?

2. How old are you?

3. Where do you live?

4. Do you live alone?

5. Where do you study?

6. How large is your family?

7. What are your father and mother?

8. How many rooms are there in your flat?

9. What conveniences have you got?

10. What are your duties about the house?

11. What was your favourite subject at school?

12. What books do you like to read?

13. What music do you like to listen to?

14. Do you go in for sports?

15. Do you have many friends?

16. What kind of person are you?

2. Read and translate a short story and do tasks below. Doreen’s Family

I have quite a large family, actualy. My grandmother lives with my mother and father, and she’s called Ellen. Then I have a brother who’s called Richard, who lives in Oxford, that’s quite near London, and a sister, called Camilla who lives in London. My aunt is called Sarah and my uncle is called Tony. Then, of course, there’s my husband Pete. His family comes from Cambridge, and that’s where we live now. Oh, I nearly forgot, my mother is called Mary and my father is George. We are very close.

a) Complete the sentences with the words MOTHER, BROTHER, HUSBAND, DAUGHTER, WIFE, SISTER.

1) Doreen is Richard’s sister. 2) Richard is Camilla’s …….. . 3) Camilla is George’s ……. . 4) George is Mary’s ……… . 5) Mary is Doreen’s …….. 6) Doreen is Pete’s …….. .

b) Rewrite the sentences in the previous activity using possessive adjectives.

1) Doreen is his sister. 2) Richard is ………. . 3) Camilla is ……….. . 4) George is ………... . 5) Mary is …………. . 6) Doreen is ………

c) What is each person’s relationship to Doreen? Match the names with the words in the right column.

Elen Richard Camilla Sarah Tony George Pete Mery

mother sister father grandmother brother aunt husband uncle

3. There are different types of families such as:

a. a nuclear family b. an extended family c. a single-parent family d. a couple who adopted a child e. a couple with no children

Read the description of the families and match the type.

1. We’re married with three kids. Our eldest son, Simon, has just started secondary school, our daughter, Lisa, is eight and our youngest son, Luke, is only five.

2. We’ve only been married for a year. We’re not planning to start a family just yet.

3. I’m a single mum. I bring up my son Josh on my own. Josh doesn’t mind being an only child but I think he’d like a brother or sister one day.

4. We share the house with my mother and father and my wife’s sister and her kids. Everyone helps to look after all the children.

5. We couldn’t have children of our own so we decided that adoption was the only answer. Lily came to live with us two years ago. She seems very happy at the moment but we realize that she might want to find her real mother one day.