Monday, 23 November 2015

Family Vocabulary


Family vocabulary checkup


Find words that mean the same as:


1 husband or wife ______
2 your child or children ______
3 a brother who shares just one parent with you ______
4 the daughter of your father's new wife ______
5 opposite of nuclear family ______
6 wives of your husband's brothers ______
7 your future husband ______
8 all the members of your family including the ones who don't live with you ______
9 two children born at the same time to the same mother ______
10 the sons and daughters of your parents' brothers and sisters ______
11 your husband or wife's mother ______
12 your brothers and sisters ______


Match the questions with an answer

1 What's your brother like?
2 Does he look like you?
3 What does he like doing at the weekend?
4 Do you like him?
5 Do you think he would like to come out with us sometime?


a I like him a lot.
b He's quite serious and quiet when you first meet him but he relaxes when you get to know him.
e Yes, I'm sure he would.
d Yes, we're both dark haired with blue eyes.
e He likes going to the cinema or sometimes eating out.


Read the sentences below. replace the words in italics with one of the phrasal verbs under the sentences


1 I don't know how long I can tolerate her.
2 All the staff like her and are friendly to her.
3 I met Kim by chance the other day.
4 She wants to end the relationship with him.
5 They have arguments over everything.
6 She always leaves him and then a week later they start their relationship again.
7 There was a mother and father on the show who still take care of their three grown-up children.
8 They never do anything around the house ,and always disappoint them by not doing what they should do.
9 She said she would be loyal to him whatever happened.

get on with        let down                   put up with                     fall out            stand by    
break up            with look after              get back together            ran into


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