Put the vocabulary expressions in the dialogues below

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Put the following words in the sentences below.

Look at Marie. She’s the spitting __________of her mother, isn’t she?

Pippa’s going to medical school. She’s following in her father’s _______.

A recent survey shows that two out of three convicted criminals come from broken _________.

I’ve got Scottish blood. My grandparents on my mother’s __________ originally came from Glasgow.

George is very interested in his family’s history. He can trace his family__________ back to 1550.

Everyone in my family plays a musical instrument. Music runs in the ___________.

I’ve got a letter today from a long-lost ________in Australia. I didn’t even know he existed! He’s coming to visit in the summer.

My sister and I look alike but when it comes to personality we’re like chalk and _________.

I think my teacher has a soft _______ for me.

Even if you get married, don’t neglect your __________ friends.

It’s always fun to meet someone you ________ it off with.

I must say I get on like a ________ on fire with my mother-in-law.

I get on best with people who’re on the same ________ as myself.

My children all try to stay in my good ________.

Do someone a good _______, and you’ve made a friend.

Do your best not to get off on the wrong _______.

A friend in _______ is a friend indeed!

You can _______ your friends, but you can’t pick your relations!

5) Find the idiom or the phrase / word combination with these meanings.

A relative who you have never met or not seen for a long time.

The member of the family who seems to get into trouble or has made bad choices.

Brothers and sisters who look just like each other.

A situation when the parents are divorced or separated.

A situation when loyalty to family is more important that anything else.

When a child looks just like one of the parents.

In bad times and good times.

Don’t agree.

Fight a lot.

Started with a misunderstanding.

Help a friend when they have a problem.

Do someone a favour.

People who are alive at the same time or eg. attend the same school.

People who have only recently been (or are still) on their honeymoon.

All the people of approximately the same age.

The people in a family who live together under the same roof.

The entire range of relatives in one family.

All the people living together in the same area.

A person (or people) from your immediate family.

People who are no longer teenagers.

People abandoned by their families or by society in general.

Parents and their children.

Thanks for listening, Rachel. I feel better for talking to you. > That’s OK. You can always come to me if you need __________________.

You’ve had the same flatmate for years, haven’t you? You must get on very well. > Well, we’ve had our _____________over the years but on the whole it’s worked very well.

Do you get on well with your brother and sisters? > Yes, I do, but my brother and older sister___________.

Is it true that Jeff and Laura are having problems? > I think so. They seem to be _________ most of the time these days.

How are you getting on with your new business partner? > Well, we ___________ on everything, but that’s a good thing.

It’s when we agree on something too quickly that mistakes are made.

My parents have been married for 50 years. > In those days people stayed together ________.

Why was there such a bad atmosphere in that meeting? > You’re new here. Didn’t you notice that ____________ between George and Andrew?

There’s a bad atmosphere in our office. Some people aren’t talking to each other. > Well, it’s time you had a meeting to _____________.

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