- •Unit I family and the closest people around
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •I. Answer these questions:
- •II. Give English equivalents of the following Russian ones:
- •III. Read the definition and make up definitions of your own of the given words.
- •IV. Answer these questions:
- •V. Paraphrase the sentences using a different construction.
- •VII. Spell and transcribe the following words:
- •VIII. Give full answers to these questions:
- •IX. А) Describe any person in this room and don’t tell us his/her name. We’ll try to guess who that person is. Use the active vocabulary of the unit.
- •X. Act out your own dialogues. Use the situations given below.
- •VI. Translate into English.
- •XI. Match the words in the left-hand column with their definitions in the right-hand column.
- •XIV. Fill in the blanks using the following words:
- •XV. Complete the text below. Choose one word or phrase from the list below. You will not need to use all the words.
- •Differences
- •XVI. Read the texts below. Eight words are unnecessary. Find the eight extra words.
- •1. Begin by deciding which six adjectives you are going to include in your letter and making notes about why you are like this.
- •2. Plan your letter.
- •5. The following model letter will help you:
- •XVIII. Read the first paragraph of a story. Complete the story using all the words in bold type. Write about 200 words.
- •The Man in Black.
- •The Man in Black
- •Text-based activities
- •My family
- •XIX. Read the list of some qualities of parents and choose the most important ones. What Makes a Good Parent?
- •XX. Make up a list of qualities making: 1) a good child, 2) a good friend.
- •XXI. Speak about your friend. Use the phrases given above.
- •XXII. Speak about your own family illustrating your story with photos of the members of your family.
Exercises
I. Answer these questions:
1. What is your surname?
2. Where do you come from?
3. Have you got a small or a large family?
4. How many people are there in your family?
5. How old are your parents?
6. What does your father do for a living?
7. Is your mother a housewife or does she work?
8. Are there small children in your family?
9. Have you got any sisters or brothers?
10. How old is your brother/sister?
11. Is your sister/brother a pupil or a student?
12. Your mother is a dentist, isn’t she?
13. Have you got any aunts or uncles? Where do they live?
14. You’ve got a lot of cousins, haven’t you? What do they do?
15. How old are you?
16. Are you married or single?
17. What do you do for a living?
II. Give English equivalents of the following Russian ones:
родители отец внучка мачеха |
двоюродный брат племянник племянница свекровь |
муж внук мать дед |
тетя дядя ребенок дочь |
III. Read the definition and make up definitions of your own of the given words.
e.g. My nephew is my sister’s or my brother’s son.
my in-laws my grandfather
my mother-in-law my grandson
my sister-in-law my uncle
my stepbrother my cousin
your stepdaughter my niece
IV. Answer these questions:
1. What’s your best friend’s age?
2. Are you and your best friend the same age?
3. How old is your grandmother?
4. How old is your grandfather?
5. Who is a teenager?
6. Are first-year students mostly teenagers? How old are they?
7. How old were Romeo and Juliet?
8. When can a girl or a boy get married by law in Russia?
9. When do young people in Russia get their passports?
10. When do women retire in this country?
11. When do men retire in Russia?
12. What people are called twins?
V. Paraphrase the sentences using a different construction.
e.g. He isn’t seventeen yet. – He is under seventeen.
1. She is not twenty yet. 2. He is a little over thirty. 3. My cousin and I are the same age. 4. She is over fifty. 5. The boy is fifteen or sixteen. 6. He is almost seventy. 7. The girl is eighteen or nineteen. 8. The woman is between forty and fifty. 9. She is not eighteen yet. 10. He is already eighteen.