6.9.Read the text 5 and match the questions with each paragraph. There is one extra question.

a. Who’s the head of the family?

b. How often does the family get together?

c. How many people live in your house?

d. How long do people live with their parents?

e. How many people live in the same house?

6.10. Which paragraphs give specific information about Corinne’s family? Which paragraphs give more general information?

6.11.Complete a family tree ...

Task

1. Make a family tree for your family. Write in the names of six people.

2. Decide which extra information you can give about each person. Don’t write it down!

Ask your teacher for any words or phrases you need.

a) my mother b) my father

c) my brother

Complete the gaps.

a) My father is my mother’s …husband……..

b) My mother’s mother is my..........................

c) My mother’s brother is my..........................

d) My sister is my father’s..........................

e) My mother and father are my..........................

6.12.Read about four people.

^Who:

a) is an actress? … Beatrice Santini

b) is a taxi driver? ……………………

c) is from France? ……………………

d) are musicians? ……………………

e) is from London? ……………………

f) is from Edinburgh? ……………………

g) is a bus driver? ……………………

8. is 45 years old

Beatrice Santini

Beatrice Santini is from France.

She’s 28 years old, and she’s an actress.

She’s married; her husband is film director,

Karol Bolewski. Karol is 56 years old.

Their home is in Paris.

Danna Fiorelli

Danna Fiorelli is from New York.

She’s a taxi driver. She’s 45 years old

Is she married? ’Yes, I am…I’m

Married to my job.’

Magnus Mills

‘Hello. My name is Magnus Mills.

I’m a bus driver in London.

I’m also a writer: my first book is

Bus Driver on Holiday.’

Plankton

Allan, Doug, Richard and Kirsty are Plankton …

Four musicians from Aberdeen, in Scotland.

Their manager is Betty Booth.

Betty is from Edinburgh, and she’s 25 years old.

6.13. Read the text about the Iglesias family: Text 6

A Famous Family

Julio Iglesias is from Spain. The world’s number 1 Spanish singer in the 70s and 80s, with songs like Begin the Beguine, he is now the father of a famous family. The three children from his marriage in the 1970s to actress Isabel Preysler – two sons and a daughter – are now all famous too. His daughter, Chaveli, is a TV presenter in the United States. His sons’ names are Julio Junior and Enrique: Julio Junior is a model, actor and singer. His songs are in English and Spanish. Enrique Iglesias is also a singer. His home is in Miami, Florida. He’s got two Porsche cars at home!

6.14. Complete the information in the family tree about the Iglesias family:

…Julio Iglesias… a………………...

b………………… c………………… d…………………

6.15.Complete the gaps with is (‘s) I are or has (‘s) I have (‘ve) got.

a. My grandmother ...is............... in her d. My dad ............... a moustache,

seventies, but she .............. a very young but he (not) ............... a beard any

face. She ............... lovely teeth and skin more – he shaved it off a few weeks ago!

and she ............... (not) any white hair!

b. My brother and sisters ............... very e. Joe ............... like his father – he

similar to look at – they ............... all ............... very tall and slim.

very pale and they ............... green eyes

and red hair.

c. The baby ............... only a few days old,but she ............... lost and lots of hair.

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