2. Read the dialogue filling in the missing words. In pairs, use your names to act out similar dialogues.

- How many 1) ____ are there in your family?

- There are lots of 2) _____ in 3) ____ family. I 4) ____ not sure how many. There may be twenty 6) ____.

- Who 7) ____ they?

- 8) ____ are my grandparents, my parents, my two brothers and my two sisters, my uncle and his wife and their two 9) ____. Then next door is my other uncle and his wife and his wife’s parents and his four children. That makes about twenty 10) ____.

Reading

1. Before reading answer the following questions:

1. Is your family big or small?

2. How many members are there in your family?

3. Do you have a brother or a sister?

4. Where do your parents work?

5. How do you help your parents?

6. Do your parents understand you?

7. Do you have grandparents? How old are they?

8. What do you do in your free time?

9. What makes your family special?

10. What do you like about your family?

2. Read the text, translate the words and phrases in bold into your native language and then do exercises. My Family

My family is large. I live together with my parents and my grandmother. And I have a sister and a brother too. My mother’s name is Valentina. My mother is 48 years old. She has a nice appearance. She isn’t tall; she is one meter and 64 centimeters high. My mother goes in for sports; she is fit and very attractive. She has brown eyes and short curly brown hair. I look like my mother. My mother works at school, she teaches Russian literature. My mother has a sister. My aunt’s name is Larisa. She has a son Artem, so I have a cousin too.

My father’s name is Alexander. He works at a building enterprise as an architect. My father is 5 years older than my mother. He is tall and handsome. His hair is of a lighter colour than that of my mother. His eyes are blue. My sister has the same appearance.

My sister’s name is Svetlana. She is 22 years old. She likes reading and listening to the music. My sister isn’t married yet, but a good friend of hers, Denis, visits us quite often. And I think, they will marry very soon. Now Svetlana is graduating from a university. She is going to be a doctor like our grandmother.

My Grandma’s name is Marie. She is 70 years old. She likes to sit by the window with our cat in her lap. On warm days Grandma also likes to go for a walk in the nearest park with my little brother. He is only 5 years old. His name is Ivan. He has curly brown hair of our Mum and our Dad’s blue eyes. Ivan can count and he reads fairy tales already. I suspect that he looks at pictures more than reads. Ivan likes playing with his toys and our cat. He is very funny and I like him very much.

3. Look through the text, then read the sentences and write t (for true) or f (for false).

1. My family is big.

2. I live alone.

3. My mother is an ugly woman.

4. My father is 53 years old.

5. My sister hasn’t been married yet.

6. My grandmother is a former doctor.

7. My Grandma likes to walk in the park.

8. My little brother’s name is Ivan.

9. Ivan has curly fair brown hair.

10. Ivan doesn’t like his toys and our cat.