Ex. 1. Match expressions 1-10 to definitions A-J.
1. to be one's own flesh and blood
A. to have very similar qualities to someone or something else
2. to bring up
B. to die
3. to follow in one's footsteps
C. a group of people who can help and support each other
4. to fall out (with someone)
D. to be the member of a family who earns the money that the family need
5. to put someone down
E. to look after a child until he or she becomes an adult
6. to be cut from the same cloth
F. to support a particular idea or a person who is being criticised
7. to pass away
G. to be someone’s relation
8. to stand up for
H. to argue with someone that ends a relationship
9. a close-knit family
I. to do the same thing as someone else did previously
10. to be a breadwinner
J. to criticise, make somebody feel silly
Ex. 2. Complete the sentences with some of the expressions from Ex. 1. Make any other necessary changes.
1. They are sorry to hear that their uncle ___________.
2. I come from a very ___________. We always come together for holidays and special occasions, and help each other out whenever we need to.
3. She shouldn’t ___________ her brother ___________ in front of everybody like that.
4. They pretended I was their own ___________.
5. My mum was the ___________ in our family. She worked hard to provide for us.
Ex. 3. Translate form Russian into English.
1. Мы с братом сделаны из одного теста. У нас одинаковое чувство юмора и любовь к музыке.
2. Мои пять старших братьев научили меня как постоять за себя.
3. Мой папа был врачом, и я всегда знал, что хочу пойти по его стопам.
4. Он ушел из дома после того, как поссорился с родителями.
5. У моей дочери есть несколько забавных идей о том, как воспитывать детей.
Ex. 4. Write questions. Use the words below.
- you / English / or / Scottish
- where / your / house
- Maria / a / student
- your / brothers / married
- where / the / post office
- who / your / teacher
- the / station / near / here
Ex. 5. Complete the conversation with forms of to be.
- What a lovely family photo. (1) ____ they your children?
- No, they (2) ____. They (3) ____ my sister's children.
- The girl (4) ____ pretty. How old (5) ____ she?
- She (6) ____ four.
- (7) ____ she at school?
- No, she (8) ____. She (9) ____ very young!
- Who (10) ____ the two people at the back?
- They (11) ____ my parents.
Ex. 6. Complete the questions and answers about Nicolas Cage, a movie star.
- _____ Nicolas Cage _____ in Australia? – No, he _____.
- _____ Nicolas Cage _____ a castle in England? – Yes, he _____.
- Where _____ he _____ a house? – He _____ a house in Middleton.
- How many bedrooms ______ his house _____? – It _____ twelve bedrooms.
- _____ he _____ a daughter? – No, he _____. He _____ a son.
- _____ Nicolas Cage and his son _____ a good time together? – Yes, they _____.
Ex. 7. Describe your best friend.
Ex. 8. What are you like? What kind of person are you?
Ex. 9. How to call a person who….
1) Doesn`t want to do anything.
2) Tells a lot to everybody how good he is.
3) Often offends other people.
4) Studies a lot and really enjoys it.
5) Knows a lot.
6) Does everything without thinking about it.
7) Is very energetic.
8) Likes to get into dangerous situations.
9) Doesn`t want to change anything.
10) Says not very polite things to others.
11) Is afraid of everything.
12) Takes care of everybody.
13) Always does what he is asked to.
14) Says very pleasant things to everybody.
15) Likes to stay at home and doesn`t have a lot of friends.
16) Everybody can rely on.
17) Is always cheerful.
18) Doesn`t behave properly.
19) Enjoys his own company.
20) Lives only for himself.
21) Has a lot of friends.
22) Likes when everything is perfect.
23) Is ready to wait and listen to listen to everybody.
Ex. 10. The following adjectives describe people's character. Read the sentences and fill in the correct adjective.
generous, impatient, helpful, persistent, selfish,
reliable, optimistic, stubborn
1. Tom tends to be quite a ______ child; he seldom shares his toys with his friends.
2. Ann is a very ______ worker; I can always depend on her if I want something on time.
3. Mr James is a ______ man; he gives a lot of money to the children's hospital.
4. Joe seems ______ at times; he never changes his mind and he always does what he wants to.
5. Seb is a(n) ______ person; he always sees the positive side of even the most difficult situation.
6. Steve tends to be ______; he becomes very annoyed when he has to wait in long queues.
7. John is ______; he never gives up and always finishes what he starts.
8. Mary is very ______; when I have a lot of work to do, she always lends a hand.
Ex. 11. Match the questions and answers.
1. Where were you born?
a. Two years ago.
2. What do you do?
b. Twice a week.
3. Are you married?
c. In Hamburg, Germany.
4. Why are you learning English?
d. No, I'm not.
5. When did you start learning English?
e. I'm a student.
6. How often do you have English classes?
f. Because I need it for my job.
Ex. 12. Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Write answer to these questions.
- is / first / what / name / your?
- family / is / your / what / name?
- born / were / you / when?
- were / you/ born / where?
- live / do / where / you?
- you / married / or /are / single?
- do / what / you / do?
- do / degree / certificates / have / what / you?
- time / do / what / you / in / free / do / your?
Ex. 13. Choose correct alternatives.
1. I ___________ my homework every day.
- do
- am doing
2. She ___________ as a receptionist.
- works
- is working
3. He ___________ with his parents at the moment.
- stays
- is staying
4. I always ___________ up at 6 o'clock.
- get
- am getting
5. He is busy at the moment. He ___________ to a friend.
- talks
- is talking
6. I'm sorry but I ___________ what you mean.
- am not understanding
- do not understand
7. You ___________ too much fat food.
- eat
- are eating
8. Which TV channel __________ you usually ___________?
- are __________ watching
- do __________ watch
9. What time ___________ the train arrive?
- does
- is
10. How often __________ you ___________ to the movies?
- do __________ go
- are __________going
11. What ___________ at the moment?
- do you do
- are you doing
12. I usually ___________ early on Mondays.
- am getting up
- get up
Ex. 14. Complete the text with the words in brackets.
In a recent questionnaire 60% of people said shopping was their (1) _____ (hobby, favourite). They preferred it to going to restaurants, playing sport or visiting friends. One reason may be the
(2) _____ (huge, number) of shopping centres which are now open.
With (3) _____ (parking, free) and long opening hours, shopping at these places (4) _____ (easy, seems, enjoyable, and).
But 20% of people say they buy things on the Internet at least once a month. The most popular things are (5) _____ (electronic, products) such as DVD players and digital TVs. The Internet never closes, so shopping this way (6) _____ (convenient, is) for people who work long hours.
Ex. 15. Read the text and ask 5 questions of different types to it.
Modern Youth
When you leave school you understand that the time of your independent life and the beginning of a far more serious examination of your abilities and character has come. You also understand that from now you’ll have to do everything by yourself, and to “fight” with everybody around you for better life. The first problem that young people meet is to choose their future profession, it means that they have to choose the future of their life. It’s not an easy task to make the right choice of a job. You know children have a lot of dreams about their future: to become a superman or a policeman or a doctor … It’s very easy they think, but when they become older and see real world they understand that in all professions need to know perfectly about what you do, you must be well-educated and well-informed. That’s why I think it’s very important to have a good education at school. And if you work hard everything will be OK.
Youth is a very important period in the life of a human being. This is the time when a person discovers the world and tries to determine his place in the universe. Young people face a great deal of problems which are very important for them. They do not differ much from those that their parents had. At the same time every generation is unique.
Adults always say that the young are not what they, parents, were. Young people of today don`t directly accept the values and standards of their “fathers”. It is one of the causes of “generation gap”. Adults often apply old standards to the new way of life but the majority of young people don`t want to live in the past. They have their own ideals. They want to make their own mistakes, rather than to listen to parents` warnings. Problems with parents are also caused by different tastes for music, films, books, clothes, etc. Quite an important problem of teenagers is the choice of a true friend who would meet the proverb “A friend in need is a friend indeed”. It is also a challenge for young people to learn to deal with people, to support good relations with friends, classmates, peers, etc.
All humans have problems because there are a lot of good and evil things in our life which is like a zebra, with black and white stripes. Young people have many problems as they grow up. Another problem of young people is drugs. This is a relatively new problem but it is becoming more and more dangerous. Millions of young people today are using drugs, and most of them will die. Usually they want just to try it and then do it again and again … I think police must work hard to protect young people from narcotics because drugs will kill our young generation and our future will be grey. People of almost every age are susceptible to this pernicious disease but it hits the youth the hardest.
It is impossible to enter any university to get a prestigious profession without proper knowledge. But today teenagers want to go to the theatres, cinemas, to visit foreign countries, to eat out in fashionable places, to wear trendy outfit. To get all this they need money. That`s why many of them wash cars, sell mobile phones, work as couriers, etc. From one hand that is right as it will teach them to value money, to manage it, to receive all they what by themselves, not via parents` help but on the other hand such a behavior affects studying and the quality of knowledge students get. But it`s a common truth that everybody is a master of his own life and he should do as he thinks is right.
Ex. 16. What do you think the typical family of the future will be like? Read the first paragraph of the article and find out.
Families have a great-great future
Twenty years ago, the typical extended family was 'wide'. It usually consisted of two or three generations, with many children in each 'nuclear family'. People had lots of aunts and uncles but often didn't know their grandparents. However, according to a new study by the British research group Mintel, the family is changing shape. The family groups of the future will be 'long and thin', with three or four small generations.
Here are some of their predictions:
- Most children will know their great-grandparents (and even great-great-grandparents) because people are living longer.
- Very few children will have brothers or sisters, and it will be common to be an only child. As a result, future generations will not have many cousins either.
- Many children will grow up isolated from other children and young adults. This will make them more selfish and introverted.
- More couples will divorce and re-marry, some more than once. They may have children with their new partners, so many children will have a stepmother or stepfather and half-brothers or sisters.
- There will be many 'boomerang children'. These are children who leave home to get married, but then divorce and return to live with their parents.
- There will be more single-parent families.
- Because houses are now so expensive, different generations may decide to live together, so parents, grandparents, and adult children may co-own their houses, and many couples will have to live with their in-laws.
Ex. 17. Now read the whole article. Match the underlined words with the definitions.
- your grandparents' parents
- a child who doesn't have any brothers or sisters
- families where the mother or father is bringing up the children on his / her own
- your uncle's or aunt's children
- the family of your husband / wife
- all your relatives including aunts, grandparents, etc.
- your grandparents' grandparents
- boys who have (for example) the same father as you but a different mother
- the new wife of your father
- people who are having a relationship
Ex. 18. Translate from Russian into English. Pay special attention to pronouns and verb to be.
- Мне 18 лет, а моей сестре 22 года.
- Его мама – менеджер. Она на работе сейчас.
- Мы хорошие студенты. Мы делаем это упражнение сами.
- Ты был в их летнем доме в прошлом году?
- Его зовут Майкл. Он из Штатов. Ему 19 лет.
- Мы дома. Мы устали.
- Ты был в университете вчера?
- Эта статья – про нас.
- Их четверо в семье. Они дружные и счастливые. Они всегда решают свои проблемы сами.
Ex. 19. Complete the sentences with the words from the list:
Brother-in-law, stepsister, cousin, great-grandmother, couple, aunt, only child, stepfather, great-great- grandfather, mother-in-law.
- Your mother`s sister is your … .
- Your grandmother`s mother is your … .
- Your uncle`s son is your … .
- A girl who has the same mother as you but a different father is your … .
- Your husband`s (or wife`s) brother is your … .
- Two people who are together are called a … .
- Your husband`s (or wife`s) mother is your … .
- Your grandfather`s grandfather is your … .
- Your mother`s new husband is your … .
- A child who doesn`t have any brothers or sisters is an … .
Ex. 20. Answer the following questions:
- What are your name and surname?
- What are you? What are your parents?
- How old are you?
- Have you got a family?
- How many are you in your family?
- What is your mother`s name? How old is she?
- Have you got brothers or sisters?
- How often do you visit your grandparents?
- Who do you usually spend your holidays with?
- Is your family a happy one? Why?
Ex. 21. Watch the videos and say how modern families differ from traditional ones.
https://youtu.be/RY_VyqD2I6k?si=AqjQOnebsoMBcWEl
https://youtu.be/Rt4Igzv6unI?si=kmiuuHamk2QEHZFN
https://youtu.be/xh3HzHTWjeM?si=zQq1qtmdzaj0yT-j
Ex. 22. Watch the video about Present tenses. Make notes if necessary.
https://rutube.ru/video/761c593593b3ef8ea62aca9a5185cbff/
Ex. 23. Do online tests.
https://onlinetestpad.com/ru/test/159895-the-present-tenses?ysclid=mtzy7qa9a3209799353
https://testometrika.com/english/english-present-tense-test/?ysclid=mtzybe7eh655097470