- •Module 1 There’s no place like home Characters:
- •Families have a great-great future
- •1. What do we call these people?
- •2. Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below.
- •3. Match the right description with appropriate type of family:
- •4. Enter the correct word to build expressions related to family relationships.
- •Multiple-choice quiz
- •Preposition combination
- •Iceland The Thoroddsen family
Iceland The Thoroddsen family
The Thoroddsen _________in a quite a large detached house in Hafnarfjordur, a small town eight kilometers from Reykjavik.
Summers in Iceland are quite mild but winters are cold. Surprisingly, most houses in Iceland __________central heating. Instead of fireplaces heat _________from volcanic activity.
Bjorn is a pilot and _________most of his time in the air or on the ground in other countries. And when he ___________for his job he is usually up in his private plane. As a result, most of the housework and childcare is done by Margaret, who ____________her family life with her hat-making business. She also ________time to go riding with her children on their Icelandic horses and to practice the cello by herself or with her young son.
The three youngest children ___________Olduhinsskoli Elementary School. At weekends, the family often _________to the thermal pool in Hafnarfjordur.
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China The Wu family
The Wu family live in a small town called Shiping, about 150 km from Kunming, in southern China. The nine members of the Wu family ____________an attractive house surrounded by trees, next to a lake. Every three days, different members of the family ___________the boat out on the lake and ___________the plant called water hyacinth which is used to feed pigs. Every Sunday, Yu Xian and Ba Jiu _________their produce to the village market to sell and most of the family income __________from this. They are well respected in the village and known for their honesty. Ba Jiu is retired local official.
Eight-year- old Wu Dong ____________his whole morning at school. His school is one of the best in the area.
At the moment Yu Xian ___________a wide variety of dishes in the kitchen. Jian Chun and Rong, the daughters-in-law, ______________the family washing.
After working hard all day, the family usually ___________ their evenings relaxing on the sofa in front of the television. They __________this opportunity to spend time together.
B Read the three texts again and fill in the table
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