My Essential Vocabulary

great-grandfather……………………….. great-grandmother grandson granddaughter grandparents grandchildren nephew niece

father-in-law mother-in-law son-in-law daughter-in-law stepfather stepmother adopted child orphan

Task 4. Write the answer to this e-mail.

Dear Nick 

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Sincerely yours,

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Task 5 . Read and translate the text. Fill in the gaps.

My family

goes in for would like to tell you take care of I’m going to be is fond of have a doctor’s assistant

live in My family is is good at some words about fond of painting First of all, let me introduce myself a surgeon

I ………………..about my family.

……………………………... I’m Jane Brooks. I’m sixteen years old. I’m a pupil of the 10^th form. I ………..the USA, in New York. I live together with my family. …………….not very large. There are only four of us in the family. I……… got a mother, a father and an elder sister.

Now, ……………my parents. My mother is a housewife. She is forty-nine years old. My mother is a very pretty blue-eyed woman with fair hair. She …………..cooking, all her meals are very tasty. She is also………….. My father is fifty. He is a manager. My father is a tall man with grey eyes and dark hair. He …………driving a car and fishing.

My sister is ………………….in hospital. She is twenty-six and she likes her job very much, because it’s very noble to help people and cure them. When she has some free time she ….dancing. She is very good at it. ………………a doctor as well. I want to be………., though it’s very difficult and responsible. I’m also fond of computer games and reading books.

I believe we are very united family. We love and ……………each other.

T ask 7. Make a short retelling, using the answers.

And now I would like to tell you about my family.

My family is/not/very big. There are … of us in the family. First of all, some words about my parents. My father is …years old. He is a … (driver, businessman, worker, manager) He is a … (tall/ not very tall) man with … (dark/fair/grey/brown) hair and (blue/ brown/green/black) eyes. He is good at … My mother is …years old. She is a … (doctor, housewife, book-keeper, shop assistant). She is a … (tall/ not very tall) woman with … (dark/fair/grey/brown) hair and (blue/ brown/green/ black) eyes. She is good at…

I also have a sister/brother/sisters/brothers.

My sister/ brother is… She/he is…years old. ….

I think/suppose/ believe we are very united family. We love and take care of each other.

Task 6. Answer the questions.

Is your family large? How many of you are there in the family? What is your mother’s/father’s/ sister’s /brother’s/grandmother’s/grandfather’s name? How old is your mother/father/sister/ brother/grandmamma/grandpapa? What are they? How does your mother/father /sister/brother/ grandmamma/grandpapa look like? What are they fond of? What are they good at?

My family is not large/ large There are… of us in the family My mother’s/father’s/ sister’s/brother’s name is… My mother/father/sister/brother/ grandmamma/grandpapa is … years old. My mother/father/sister/brother/ grandmamma/grandpapa is …(a doctor, a teacher, a housewife, a businessman, pensioner etc). My mother/father/sister/brother/ grandmamma/grandpapa is a (Tall/not very tall) man/woman/boy/girl with (dark/fair/ brown/grey) hair and (green/ blue/black/grey eyes) My mother/father/sister/brother/ grandmamma/grandpapa is fond of… (driving a car, reading books, playing computer games, Painting/Riding on a bike/scooter/ a horse Travelling/Cooking/Signing/Going in for sports/Diving/ sky diving/Dancing/Listening to music/Learning English/Visiting new places Helping people/Curing people) My mother/father/sister/brother/ grandmamma/grandpapa is good at…

Task 8. Tell your group-mates a few words about your family using the new words

Bring photos (!!!) to make your retelling more interesting.

Show your family rest, work and all you want.

Task 9. Tell us about your future family (!!!)/ Use your imagination!