Fill in the proper preposition if necessary
a. Siblings are brothers or sisters related ... one another ... birth, ... blood.
b. What’s his bloodline. Does he come... a good family ?
c. Who is the bread winner, who backs ... your family ?
d. Do they come ... good kin ?
e. Is he your groom or is he kin ... you ?
f. Are they related ... each other ?
g. How long have they been married ... each other ?
h. My neighbour married ... her son and now she lives alone.
i. Very soon they will enter ... a marriage and they will make good parents.
j. Do you consider it to be a love match or a marriage ... convenience ?
k. Jack married ... Jill last weekend.
l. My daughter is big ... child, the first-born is due in a month.
m. One-parent families are those where a mother or a father raises children ... his/ her own.
n. We are such a close family, we get ... .... one another very well.
o. My Mum is the person I am closest ...
p. Parents often have a difficult relationship ... teenagers.
q. What family were they born... ?
r. Is your half brother of age or ... age ?
s. Would you like to marry someone ... love ?
t. Granny often critisizes my behaviour but she always stands ... ... me in family arguments.
u. A family is a group of people who care ... each other and feel comfortable ... one another.
v. Your real parents are the ones who love and look ... you.
w. Some offsprings don’t care ... their ancestors.
3. Choose the suitable word :
a. I have no single relative on your father’s ....line/ side.
b. I was ...an only/ a single child, though.
c. When my mother remarried, her second husband, ...my forefather/ stepfather, gave me a new bike.
d. Not many of my own ... blood/ skin / heart relatives are still alive.
e. Peter is an ophan ; he was ... adjusted/ adopted/ adapted at the age of two.
f. I’m off to have Sunday lunch with my new ... in-laws/ ancestors.
Write Synomyms( even more than one) to the following
a. Sibling –
b. Relatives-
c. Numerous-
d. Single-mother family-
e. Nuclear family
f. Ancestors –
g. To be pregnant –
h. Close relatives –
i. Biological parents-
j. Adoptive –
5. Guess the meaning of the underlined words and match each word with its definition :
Families all over the world are different – there is no (1) typical family. In different families, men and women sometimes do different (2) household chores such as cooking and cleaning. But, there is one question all families with children have : who takes care of the children when the parents work ? Who does the (3) child care ?
There are a few choices for working parents. One choice is to take the children to a day-care centre. Parents can bring their children to the day-care centre before work and pick them up after work. Another choice is to (4) hire a (5) sitter whose job is to take care of children. A sitter may take care of children in his or her house or come to the family’s house/ Another choice is to hire a (6) nanny. A nanny usually lived with a family and looks after the children. Sometimes (7) child-careworkers go to school where they get (8) training in taking care of children.
a. A person who takes care of children
b. Give a job to
c. Education to learn how to do something
d. Work about the house
e. People who take care of children
f. A person who lives with a family and takes care of the children
g. Usual or regular
h. Taking care of children while parents work
Name the person
a. An unmarried woman after 40 years old._______
b. An unmarried man after 40.__________________
c. A person, having a spouse .__________________
d. A person, who divorced his or her spouse.________
e. Marriage when people love each other. ___________
f. Marriage upon necessity or other circumstances._____
g. A man whose spouse has died. _________________
h. A man who is engaged to get married._____________
i. A person other than the wife who he has a sexual relations.
j. The first child in a family.________________________
k. A couple after the wedding ceremony. ______________
7. Match the idioms with the Russian equivalents :
1. a maiden name а. маменькин сынок
2. extremes meet в. Быть под каблуком
3. a mother’s boy c. c глаз долой, из сердца вон
4. to be out of hand d. строить глазки
5. to be under smb’s thumb e. блудный сын
6. out of sight, out of mind f. плоть и кровь
7. to make eyes at smb g. жить как кошка с собакой
8. the prodigal son h. отбиться от рук
9. one’s own flash and blood i. девичья фамилия
10. to lead a cat and a dog life j. противоположности сходятся
Keys :
1. husband, wife, family, parents, grandparents, grandmother, uncle, aunt.
2. to, by, by ; of ; up ; of ; to ; to ; to ; off ; into ; of ; - ; with ; on ; on with ; to ; with ; into ; under ; for ; up for ; for, with ; after ; about/for.
3. side, an only, stepfather, blood, adopted, in-laws
4. blood, natural ; kinsfolk ; multitudinous ; one-parent ; immediate ; forefathers/ roots ; to be expectant mother/father ; next of kin ; blood/ birth ; foster
5. 1 g ; 2 d ; 3 h ; 4 b ; 5 a ; 6 f ; 7 e ; 8 c.
6. spinster, bachelor, husband/wife, devocee, marriage for love, marriage of convenience, widower, fiance/husband-to be, lover, first-born, just-married.
7. 1.i; 2. j; 3. a; 4. h; 5. b; 6. c; 7.d; 8. e; 9.f; 10. g.
Test on Module 4: Learning Languages
Task 1. Language-learning.Choose the right answer ( 10 points)
1. The new school claims to ..... students all the English they need in a few months.
a) explain b) instruct c) learn d) teach
2. I never ..... a chance of improving my English if I can help it.
a) avoid b) lose c) miss d) waste
3. Franek thought that the other students would think he was English, but his accent gave him ..... . a) away b) in c) out d) up
4. Spanish is the ..... language of most Spaniards. a) home b) mother c) native
5. Your pronunciation would improve if you ..... with a tape recorder.
a) exercised b) practised c) repeated d) trained
6. The students ..... ever use the language laboratory.
a) almost b) hardly c) nearly d) practically
7. Priscilla asked for ..... lessons at home as she thought she would learn English more quickly that way. a) particular b) peculiar c) personal d) private
8. Learners of English as a foreign language often fail to ..... between unfamiliar sounds in that language. a) differ b) distinguish c) separate d) solve
9. Jonathan was surprised that Sonia's English was so ..... as she had never been to England. a) definite b) fluent c) liquid d) national
10. If you want to learn a new language you must ..... classes regularly.
a) assist b) attend c) follow d) present
Task 2. Language-learning. Choose the correct answer( 10 points)
1. Mario has now ..... to the point where his English is almost fluent.
a) advanced b) approached c) arrived d)reached
2. Pierre's ..... of the basic structures is good but his vocabulary is limited.
a) grasp b) grip c) hold d) seizure
3. Some people think it is ..... to use long and little-known words.
a) clever b) intentional c) sensitive d) skilled
4. There is a feature of dialect ..... to Bristol by which an "1" is added to the ends of some words.
a) original b) particular c) peculiar d) proper
5. A role-play session is particularly useful in bringing together different ..... of teaching.
a) cords b) fibres c) strands d) threads
6. Cyril's understanding of the language is growing ..... .
a) by hook or by crook b) by leaps and bounds c) from time to time d) slow but sure
7. It's fifteen years since Timothy worked in Holland and his Dutch is pretty ..... now.
a) rusty b) scratchy c) sloppy d) stale
8. The school's exam results ..... the headmaster.
a) celebrated b) delighted c) enjoyed d) rejoiced
9. The Examination Syndicate was most impressed by the overseas student whose English was
a) impeccable b) infallible c) irreproachable d) spotless
10. It is ..... that students will have doubled their vocabulary in three months. a) anticipated b) foreseen c) hope d) worry
Task 3. Fill in the blanks. Use the given words to make the necessary part of speech( 10 points)