Vocabulary practice

4. Match the definitions with the words in the box.

purpose, common, bond, security, bring up, decline, divorce, juvenile

1. a very strong relationship between people

2. to educate and care for in the family until grown-up

3. a young person

4. reason for an action

5. legal ending of a marriage so that husband and wife are free to marry again

6. the state of being or feeling safe and confident

7. happening or found often and in many places

8. gradual and continued loss of strength

5. Match the words of similar meaning.

1 concern	a safe
2 common	b have or use (with)
3 secure	c absence
4 lack	d usual
5 virtue	e anxiety/worry
6 share	f have relations/socialize
7 accept	g goodness
8 associate	h agree/approve

6. Match the words to their opposites.

1 marriage	a decrease
2 child	b old/past
3 increase	c divorce
4 different	d grown-up
5 current	e rare
6 common	f (the) same

7. Choose the corresponding English word.

1 зависимый	a) depend	b) dependent	c) dependence
2 (взаимо)отношение; связь	a) relative	b) relational	c) relationship
3 прочный, крепкий	a) stable	b) stability	c) stabilized
4 спокойный; защищенный	a) security	b) secure	c) insecure
5 длительный; постоянный	a) continue	b) continuation	c) continuous
6 ценность	a) valuation	b) value	c) valuable
7 сила; прочность	a) strong	b) strength	c) strengthen
8 принятие; одобрение	a) acceptable	b) accepted	c) acceptance

8. Match the words to make phrases.

1 to bring up	a for a stable family life
2 to provide	b with relationships
3 to feel	c children
4 to move away	d secure
5 to experiment	e shelter and food
6 to hope	f from home

9. Fill in the correct word from the list below.

bring up (brought up), bond, purpose, secure, family, divorced

1. We’re a very close-knit ... .

2. Even though they’re ... they still have a reasonably good relationship.

3. The ... between mother and child is extremely strong.

4. The child felt ... near its parents.

5. I don’t need you to tell me how to ... my son.

6. Don’t waste your money; put it to some good ... .

7. It was obvious from the boy’s manner that he had been well ... .

10. Family is the basic bondage that ties all the members and as such, only if the family values are given due importance, the nation as a whole can flourish. It is the first place where the children learn to abide by the rules, limit their wishes and consider the rights and needs of others. Hence family values are very crucial in a healthy family atmosphere. Here are quotes on family values, read them and cherish them.

• I n truth a family is what you make it. It is made strong, not by number of heads counted at the dinner table, but by the rituals you help family members create, by the memories you share, by the commitment of time, caring, and love you show to one another, and by the hopes for the future you have as individuals and as a unit. (Marge Kennedy)

• The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other. (Mario Puzo)

• There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained. (Winston Churchill)

GRAMMAR REVIEW

Present Continuous

Present continuous form = the present tense of be + an ing-form.

1. We use it to show that something is happening NOW.

You can use the short forms.

For example:

What are you doing? — I’m building a website.