Unit I About myself Text a My family

This is my family: my wife, my son, my daughter and me. My name’s Peter Black. I’m 40 years old. I’m an electronics engineer. I work at a large factory. My hobby is sport. My wife’s name is Helen Black. She is 32 years old. Helen is a housewife. She has a lot of work to do. When Helen has free time, she likes knitting. We have two children: a boy and a girl. The boy’s name is John. He is eighteen years old. He is a second year student now. He is fond of computer games. Our daughter’s name is Mary. She is very young. She is only five. Her hobby is dancing.

We have many relatives: cousins, uncles and aunts. My parents are sixty years old. They are farmers. Helen’s father is fifty-six and her mother is fifty-three. Helen’s sister Ann is her best friend. Ann is a college teacher. She is twenty-four. She is not married. She is fond of our children.

Every summer we go to the country to Helen’s parents. They adore their grandchildren. Helen’s father knows a lot of fairy tales. Each evening he retells them to Mary. John often goes with his grandmother to the forest to pick berries and mushrooms. He also likes fishing. All cats in the country are happy to see him. So I can say summer holidays in the country are the best holidays.

I. Подберите антонимы для следующих слов:

1. young	uncle
2. grandchildren	nephew
3. husband	old
4. aunt	grandparents
5. niece	wife

II. Подберите определение для каждого термина:

1. family	a) a young person from birth to the age of full physical development
2. relative	b) my mother’s sister is my …
3. child	c) my father’s brother is my …
4. uncle	d) a group consisting of one or two parents and their children
5. aunt	e) a person in the same family

III. Найдите термин, обобщающий данную группу слов:

1. wife, son, daughter, husband,	a) grandparents
2. aunt, uncle, cousins	b) hobby
3. grandmother, grandfather	c) family
4. father, mother	d) relatives
5. dancing, knitting, hockey, reading	e) parents

IV. Укажите, на какие вопросы в тексте есть ответы (Y), а на какие нет (N):

1. How big is this family?

2. Who is the youngest (the oldest) member in this family?

3. What is Helen’s hobby?

4. What are their friends’ names?

5. How often do they go on holidays?

V. Укажите, какие утверждения соответствуют тексту (T), а какие нет (F):

1. There are three children in this family.

2. Helen’s hobby is sewing.

3. In summer John spends a lot of time outdoors.

4. Peter likes watching sport programmers on TV.

5. Every summer they go to the Caucasus.