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1 Fill in the blanks with the corresponding word(s)
a) 1. My friends call me Mr. Know-all, it’s my….
2. Our … name is Brown, I don’t know my mother’s … name.
3. He has the same name as his grandfather, he was … … his grandfather.
4. I’ve known her just for a week, but we are already ….
5. I used to think I had a rare name, until I learned I had three … in my group.
b) 6. He is 15 years old, he is a ….
7. He is 17, he has not … yet.
8. He is 25 and his sister is 30. She is … his ….
9. He is 48, he is in his ….
10. I’m not 20 yet. I’m still in ….
11. He is about 50, he is … the prime of his life.
12. I was born … 1st … January, … 1956.
c) 13. John is your second cousin. He is your … relative.
14. If I want to know smb’s birthplace, I ask “Where …?”
15. I’m distantly related … her.
16. We are distantly related … my father’s side.
17. I was brought … by my aunt after my parents died.
18. They say she took … her mother.
19. I remember I was pregnant … Jenny, our first child, when we moved here.
20. I’ve got a half-brother, he is my father’s son … his former marriage.
21. Paul has absolutely no resemblance … his father.
22. I have no brothers or sisters, I am … in my family.
2 Express the following in other words using the active vocabulary:
1. She is still young. _________________________________________________
2. He became famous when he was thirty. ________________________________
3. Nick is twenty-two. ________________________________________________
4. Bill is not eighteen yet. _____________________________________________
5. Helen is twenty-five. _______________________________________________
6. My grandma looks younger than she really is. ___________________________
7. I am sixteen. My cousin is sixteen too. _________________________________
8. My sister is three years older than me. _________________________________
9. I am twenty-one and my father is forty-two. _____________________________
3 Name the words and phrases fitting the following definitions:
1. to educate, to raise children _______________________________________
2. a person who is fully grown _______________________________________
3. a second wife of one’s father ______________________________________
4. a woman whose husband died _____________________________________
5. the son of your brother or sister ____________________________________
6. to take a child into one’s family ___________________________________
7. a man who has never been married _________________________________
8. the daughter of your brother or sister _______________________________
9. two children born together of the same mother _______________________
10. a child who has lost one or both parents by death ____________________
11. a child of an earlier marriage of one’s stepfather/mother _______________
12. to resemble (a parent or relative) in features of character _______________
4 Read the passage below. Sally is describing her relationship with people in her
Family. Match the underlined phrase with the best definition below.
a. I look like my dad.
b. I take after my mum.
c. I get on really well with my cousin, Jake.
d. I’ m very close to my twin sister, Karen.
e. I have a lot in common with my brother, Will.
f. I’ m a bit like my Aunt Gillian.
1. I have a similar personality.
2. I have inherited some of her characteristics.
3. I have a very good relationship.
4. We share similar interests.
5. I have a similar appearance.
6. I have a deep, strong relationship.
5 Use the underlined phrases in the exercise above to best describe the following
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| Cultural Note | | | A) Read the following comments from three people about their families. |