Прочтите описание семей и определите, к какому типу они относятся.

1. We’re married with three kids. Our eldest son, Simon, has just started secondary school, our daughter, Lisa, is eight and our youngest son, Luke, is only five.

2. We’ve only been married for a year. We’re not planning to start a family just yet.

3. I’m a single mum. I bring up my son Josh on my own. Josh doesn’t mind being an only child but I think he’d like a brother or sister one day.

4. We share the house with my mother and father and my wife’s sister and her kids. Everyone helps to look after all the children.

5. We couldn’t have children of our own so we decided that adoption was the only answer. Lily came to live with us two years ago. She seems very happy at the moment but we realize that she might want to find her real mother one day.

 

4. Вставьте в предложения следующие слова и фразы:

the whole family
a very close family
a big family
family tree
a big family reunion

1. I come from …. I’ve got four brothers and two sisters.

2. We’re …. We see each other almost every day and if ever I’m in trouble, I know I can turn to one of them for help.

3. It’s my son’s eighteenth birthday next week. We’re hoping to get … together.

4. My wife and I are celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary soon. We’re planning to have ….

5. When I was researching my …. I found out that my great-great-grandfather came over to England from Ireland 120 years ago.

 

 

Заполните пропуски следующими глаголами в нужной грамматической форме: tell, look, run, get, take.

a. She……just like her mother.

b. She’s……her father’s nose.

c. He……after his father.

d. It……in the family.

e. You can’t……them apart.

Grammar exercises

В этом упражнении нужно решить, нужно ли добавлять к глаголу в скобках –s или нет, и вписать правильную форму глагола.

1. The gallery (open) at 8.

2. Your girlfriend (seem) nice.

3. Why do they (argue) all the time?

4. Me and my mum often (go) shopping together.

5. Where does he (live)?

6. She usually (have) breakfast at home.

7. My colleague (speak) five languages fluently.

8. Do your parents (help) you financially?

9. Lady Gaga (wear) weird clothes.

10. What time does the concert (start)?

11. Madonna (do) yoga.

12. My cat (sleep) all the time.

13. When does he (do) exercise?

14. Jack is crazy about TV series, he (watch) them non-stop.

15. My boyfriend and I (travel) a lot.

2. Потренировать вопросы и вопросительные слова. Напишите вопрос к выделенной фразе.

Example:

I wake up at 7am.

What time do you wake up?

1. Ellen lives in that house.

2. The match finishes at 9pm.

3. We go to the cinema at weekends.

4. I phone my mum once a week.

5. Pam and Nick have 3 children.

6. They listen to pop music.

7. My boss goes on holiday four times a year.

8. I don’t like chocolate because it’s too sweet for me.

9. Nancy plays the guitar very well.

10. We normally go to bed at midnight.

11. It takes me 30 minutes to get to work.

12. My dad always drinks coffee in the morning.

13. Before I start work, I check my email.

14. My surname is Beaver. B-E-A-V-E-R.

15. I drink 2 liters of water a day.

Послушайте короткий рассказ и заполните предложения. Не забудьте, что везде нужно будет добавить –s к глаголам.

He at five fifteen every morning and. Then, after he and a quick breakfast, he to work. He usually on the subway.He at seven in the morning, and he usually until eight at night. After he, he. Then he before bed.He usually about eleven o'clock.

 

 

Unit 2.

There Is no Place like Home

Lexical exercises

1. Соотнесите части комнаты с их названиями:

ceiling
power point
light switch
radiator
wall floor

 

2. Подберите к началам предложений соответствующие окончания:

1. You relax and watch TV
2. You cook
3. You eat your dinner
4. You sleep
5. You have a shower
6. You put up guests

a. in the bathroom
b. in your bedroom
c. in the living room / lounge
d. in the dining room
e. in the spare room
f. in the kitchen

3. Вставьте слова в текст:

tenants, deposit, furnished, advance, landlord, share

When I was a student, I decided to (1) ____ a flat with a couple of good friends. We didn’t have any stuff of our own, so we tried to find a nice (2) ____ flat. We soon found somewhere that we all liked and we decided to take it.

We had to pay a (3) ____ of £500 and one month’s rent in (4) ____ – a total of £1,000. We were lucky because the previous (5) ____ had left the place really clean and tidy, so we moved in the next day.

Our (6) ____ said we could paint the rooms if we wanted to, so I painted mine bright red!