My family
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What’s your name?
Look at the picture (Pic. 2).
What name would you give this baby girl?
What name do you like for a boy?
Which names are typical in Russia?
Which name is the most unusual
among your friends?
Which name do you like best?
Pic. 2
2. Read the text about Anfisa and write down the different names that people call her. Which name does she like best/ least?
My first name is Anfisa, but the only person who calls me Anfisa is my grandfather. So does my sister when she is angry with me, but fortunately it doesn’t happen very often now.
My old friends call me Belka, because my surname is Belkina, and I was always called Belka at school. I used to hate it.
Most of my friends call me Fisa, and so do my relatives.
My colleagues call me Anfisa Vasilyevna and it’s rather funny, because I’m only 22.
My Mоm and Dad call me Anyutka and it’s really nice.
My boyfriend calls me Kiska, but that’s another story…
3. Write different names that people call you. Tell your partner which of your names you like best/ least?
4. How did your parents choose your name?
Nikita, 16 – My parents choose my name because it was fashionable.
Magnolia, 19 – My mum called me Magnolia because she thinks it’s unusual and original, she wanted to show how special I am.
Olga, 34 – I named my daughter Emilia because my husband’s name is Oleg, and Emilia Olegovna sounds good.
Ivan, 21 – I’d like to have an unusual name – it would make me feel special, but my dad named me after my grandfather.
Victoria and David Beckham decided to call their son Brookline because they were in New York when they discovered that Victoria was going to have a baby.
Norma Jean Baker changed her name because Marilyn Monroe sounds so much more glamorous.
5. What are the reasons for choosing a name? Think about people you know. Brainstorm ideas!
6. Read the list of reasons.
People can choose a name because:
It sounds good.
It’s fashionable.
It sounds the same in two languages.
It’s unusual or original.
It’s the name of a place.
It’s a religious name.
It’s a name of a famous person.
It’s the name of another member of the family.
7. Write the words in the questions in the correct order.
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name What your mean
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Where born you were
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grow Where did you
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do what do you
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old how you are
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languages you any speak can
8. Ask your partner. Tell about him/her to the class.
9. Look at the example questions, then write one more for each group.
1. Sports and hobbies.
So, what do you do in your free time? Are you interested in sport?
Do you collect anything?
2. Cultural interests and holidays.
What sort of music/films do you like? Do you read books about management?
Where do you go for your holidays?
3. Home.
So, where do you live? Do you live in a house or a flat?
Do you live in the centre or the suburbs?
10. Make some notes about yourself. Use the ideas below and add more ideas of your own.
1. Sports and hobbies.
I play a little ………
I used to play ………but now ………
I like to go ……… (+ verb with -ing)
I collect ………
2. Cultural interests and holidays.
(books) I like ………
(music) I like ………
(films) I like (magazines)………
I read (holidays)………
On my last holiday I went to………
3. Home.
I live near ………
I was born in ………
I’m married with two children. Their names are………
My husband/wife/partner………
I’m single at the moment./I’m divorced.
11. Use the questions to find out about other people. Then tell about them to the class.
12. Read what Anfisa says about a typical working day.
I usually get up at 7 o'clock and have a big breakfast. I walk to work, which takes me about half an hour. I start work at 8.45. I never have lunch. I finish work at 5 o'clock. I'm always tired when I get home. I usually cook a meal in the evening. I don't usually go out. I go to bed at about 11 o'clock. I always sleep well.
13. Tell about a typical working day for you.
14. Tell about the most interesting place you have ever lived. Use used to live.
Ex. I used to live on a boat. My brother used to live in a tent.