The Importance of Continuing Family Traditions

Read the text and answer the questions below.

Reading

Complete the dialogue.

Communication

Name family your person she us hair eyes he an my old live patient brother lazy long about please tell

Fill in the correct word from the list.

Choose the correct item.

c. Are we doing / Will we do anything interesting this weekend?

d. Mum is watching/watches TV at the moment.

e. What do/does Lisa do?

f. John looks/is looking nervous.

g. Does he want/wants to go to the theatre?

h. Peter is/are never on time for a work.

i. Hi! I haven’t seen/ hasn’t seen you for ages!

j. She doesn’t like pasta. She never eat/eats it.

k. I have / has just eaten my dinner.

l. We have been learning/have learnt English for one year.

m. Water boils/boil at 100°C.

n. I often go/am going to the mountains with my friends.

o. I am looking after/look after my sister’s children because she is ill.

p. At the end of this year she has been working/is working here for 5 years.

q. Look! Here come/comes the bride!

r. Our lessons start/is starting at 8.00 a.m. every day.

s. Do you like/ likes to watch TV?

t. This is/are an interesting book.

u. Are you going/do you go to visit your parents?

v. I go/am going to university every day.

My 1) _____ is John Smith. I am seventeen years 2) _____ and I 3) _____ in London.

There are five of 4) _____ in our 5) _____. My father, Tony, is 6) _____ artist. He is tall with brown curly 7) _____ and grey 8) _____. 9) _____ is a very talented and kind. 10) _____ mother, Mary, is very beautiful. She is a teacher. She is a very 11) _____ woman. My 12) _____, Peter, is fourteen years old. He studies at school. He is an interesting 13) _____, but he is a bit 14) _____. My sister, Beth, is thirteen years old. She is short with 15) _____ fair hair and green eyes. 16) _____ is so bossy. Well, that is all 17) _____ me. 18) ______, write soon and 19) _____ me about 20) _____ family.

Best wishes,

John

Fill in the correct article a, an or the.

1. I have 1) _____ beautiful garden. 2) _____ garden is full of flowers.

2. I would like 3) _____ glass of orange juice, please.

3. Susan is 4) _____ sincere person, she never lies.

4. This is 5) _____ elephant. 6) _____ elephant is very friendly.

5. We are staying at a fabulous hotel.

6. I am spending 7) _____ week in London. I have never seen such 8) _____ beautiful city.

7. Last year we went on 9) _____ skiing holiday to the Alps.

8. Is there 10) _____ post office near here.

9. They are at 11) _____ theatre.

10. Would you like 12) _____ hamburger?

- 1) _____ you live locally?

- 2) _____, I don’t. I live 3) _____ 10 miles away.

- Whereabout 4) _____ you live?

- I 5) _____ in a place called Finchley.

- O, I know Finchley. My sister used to live 6) _____ about five years ago. It’s 7) _____ lovely part of town, not too close to the centre, but not too far away either.

- Yes, 8) _____ like living there.It’s 9) _____ easy commute 10) _____ work.

The continuation of family traditions amidst great technological advances and fast paced lives is very much important. Despite the assaults of modern times, the family is at the very core and foundation of society; this is true whether a family is created by biology or choice. Family traditions help to create strong bonds.

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