Exercises

Verbs and word combinations

Adjectives

Nouns

VOCABULARY

UNIT 1 NAME

a name a(first, Christian) name

a cousin

a surname/ family name

a father-in-law

a middle name/ patronymic

a mother-in-law

a husband

a sister-in-law

a wife

a brother-in-law

a son

an ex-husband/ wife

a daughter

a grandson/ daughter, grandchildren, grandparents

a boy/ girlfriend

a twin(s)

an only child

a step-father/ mother/sister/ brother/son/daughter

stepchildren

a great-grandmother/-grandfather

grandchildren

a nephew

a relative/relation

a widow

a widower

an uncle

a bachelor

a spinster

an aunt

a husband/wife-to be

a niece

a twin brother/sister

an orphan

a divorcee

a marriage

a friend

a half brother/sister

a partner

absent-minded

capable

clever

honest

hospitable

intelligent

kind-hearted

light-minded

naughty

reliable

serious

sociable

stubborn

talkative

generous

friendly

patient

selfish

shy

stressed

relaxed

fashionable

religious

suitable

(un)usual

memorable

witty

perfect

middle-aged

to call/name smb. after smb. or smth

to give/ to change/ to choose/ to invent a name

a nuclear (immediate) family

an extended family

to be named after (a famous person)

to marry (smb), to get married, to be married(to smb),

to have a world of relatives

to divorce/to get divorced

to adopt a child

an adopted child

adoptive parents

a married couple

a steady girl-friend/boy-friend

a single parent family

a family background/history

to feel special

to be single

to follow a trend

to visualize

to make a good impression

to pay attention to smb. or smth.

a good listener

1. Transcribe the following words.

Visualize, steady, divorcee, nuclear, memorable, naughty, kind-hearted, cousin, nephew, orphan, Christian, in-law, patronymic, generous, stubborn

2.Match the words on the right to the definitions on the left.

1a brother’s wife a widow

2 a man who’s never been married twins

3 a new wife of a remarried father a spinster

4 a woman who’s husband has died sister-in law

5 two children born at the same time a bachelor

6 a man to whom a woman is engaged a divorcee

7 a child with no living parents an only child

8 a child with no brothers or sisters an orphan

9 a woman who’s never been married a stepmother

10 a person who’s divorced a husband-to-be

11 a son of the father from the previous marriage a single parent family

12 your uncle’s son a half brother

13 your sister’s daughter a cousin

14 a husband’s father a brother-in-law

15 a wife’s mother a sister-in-law

16 a married couple who have adopted a child an extended family

17 a world of your relatives adoptive parents

18 a family with one parent only a niece

19 a husband’s sister a mother-in –law

20 a wife’s brother a father-in –law

3. Choose the correct words to complete the text. You don’t need all the words.

Half-sisters, husband-to-be, stepmother, ex-wife, orphan, widower, twins, adopted, widower,, new wife, only, half, stepsisters

I went to a party on Saturday to celebrate my dad’s wedding. My … has …, so there’ll be only five of us in the family. I’m looking forward to our living together. It’ll be better than being an … child. I hope my dad and his … have a baby soon. I’d really like to have a … brother. My … are only six years old, so I’ll be the oldest of the children because I’m already ten. My mother’s engaged to be married, too. Her … is a … who has an son called Jack. Jack’s real parents died, so he was an ….

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