Additional vocabulary

partner, broken home, single – parent family/two – parent family, acquaintance, old friend, close/bosom friend, colleague, to come from/to originate from, ancestors, descendants, an only child, twins, triplets, quads, on my mother’s/father’s side, one’s flesh and blood, to be related (by marriage), an orphan, a foster family, foster parents, a foster child, a distant relative

I. How do you understand the notion of family?

Do you think that the meaning of this definition of «family» is complete?

v a group of people who live together and who are related to one another.

II. Read the text and memorize the information:

When two persons are married, the man is called the husband; the woman becomes his wife. When a child is born in the family, the father and the mother of the child are called parents. A family generally consists of a father, a mother, and children – sons and daughters or both. The first born child is the eldest, the last born – the youngest.

Two children that are born together are called twins.

The father and the mother of the husband become the father – in – law (in – law by marriage), and mother – in – law of the wife. The husband is the son – in – law; the wife – the daughter – in – law; they have brothers – in – law and sisters – in – law.

The other members of the family are the relatives or relations: uncles, aunts, cousins, etc.

The brothers and sisters of any parents become uncles and aunts to the children. The children of two married brothers or sisters or brother and sister are cousins to each other.

In case of a second marriage, we speak of a step – father or a step – mother, step – son, step – daughter, etc.

III. Look at the family tree complete the sentences below:

Albert and Mary Dodds

John = Susan Jill = Paul Barry = Sheila

(died 1995)

Eve Ana Timothy Tom

1. John is Jill’s ….

2. Timothy is Jill’s…….

3. Eve and Ana are Timothy’s ….

4. Eve is Sheila’s ….

5. Albert Dodds is Tom’s ….

6. Barry is Eve’s ….

7. Susan is Timothy’s ….

8. As Paul died in 1995, Jill is a ….

9. Tom is Mary’s ….

10. The only two people who aren’t related are ….

IV. Read a short description of the family relationships between Sarah’s relatives and draw Sarah’s family tree:

1. Sarah has got a mother and a father. Sarah’s parents’ names are Judy and Jasper.

2. Sarah’s husband’s name is Jack.

3. Sarah and Jack have got two children: a son, named Sam and a daughter by the name of Alice.

4. Alice is married. Alice’s husband’s name is Paul. Paul is Alice’ parents’ son – in – law.

5. Alice and Paul have got two children: a boy and a girl. Their daughter’s name is Mary, and their son’s name is Dan.

6. Mary and Dan are Sarah and Jack’s grandchildren: Mary is their granddaughter and Dan is their grandson.

7. Sam is also married. He has got a wife, named Jane. Sam and Jane have got two children: a boy by the name of Howard and a girl named Patty.

8. Sam’s sister’s husband Paul is his brother – in – law.

9. Jane is Paul and Alice’s sister – in law, and Sarah and Jack’s daughter – in – law.

10. Howard and Patty are Alice’ nephew and niece.

11. Poly and Edward are Paul’s parents and Alice’s parents – in - law: mother – in - law and father – in – law.

12. Sarah’s mother Judy has got a sister, named Helen, who is Sarah’s aunt.

13. Sarah’s father Jasper has got a brother, named Henry, who is Sarah’s uncle.

14. Helen has got a daughter by the name of Ann. Ann is Sarah’s cousin.

V. Give definitions to the following words:

my in – laws

my mother – in – law

my sister – in – law

my grandfather

my grandson

my uncle

my cousin

my niece

my brother – in – law

my father – in – law

my nephew

my daughter – in – law

my aunt

my stepfather

VI. Fill in the right words:

1. Your relatives on your mother’s side are: You wife’s sister is your …, and her brother is you …, your parents will refer to your wife as their … while your brothers and sisters will refer to her as …. Your wife’s parents will speak of you as their ….

2. Your brother’s and sister’s sons and daughters are your … and ….

3. You mother’s and father’s brothers and sisters are your ….The children of your uncles and aunts are you … and the children of your fist cousins are your ….

4. Your mother’s and father’s parents are your … and the latter will refer to you as their ….

5. Someone’s second wife will speak of her husband’s children as her …, whereas the latter will speak of her as their …. Someone’s second husband will also refer to his wife’s children as his … while the latter will speak of him as their ….

VII. Match the words with their definitions:

1. partner

2. broken home

3. step – (prefix)

4. single – parent family/two – parent family

5. acquaintance

6. old friend

7. close/bosom friend

8. colleague

a) a person you know for a long time

b) a family in which the parents do not live together, because they are separated or divorced

c) a person that you know but who is not a close friend

d) a person you like and trust

e) related through one parent

f) people we work with

g) a person you live with but not get married

h) a family where a parent looks after his/her child alone

VIII. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete the sentences below:

1. Mrs. Jones had ….

a) a trio b) a treble c) triplets

2. Mrs. Vine had had … the week before.

a) quarts b) quads c) a quartet

3. There’s a history of twins in our family – on my father’s ….

a) line b) tree c) side

4. I was … child, though.

a) an only b) a missing c) a single

5. All the members of our football team are related … marriage.

a) by b) to c) on

6. He said to me, “Look, I know you’re not my own …, but let’s be friends.

a) flesh and blood b) blood and guts c) skin and bones

7. My … originated from a tribe of Red Indians.

a) ancients b) ancestors c) antiques

8. I was left 50 $ and a cat by … relative.

a) an unclear b) a long - distance c) a distant

9. Peter is an …. He was adopted at the age of two.

a) an orphan b) a second cousin c) an off - spring

10. Paul comes from a broken home; he has lived with a number of … parents.

a) loan b) foster c) second - hand

IX. Find Russian equivalents to the following English proverbs and explain their meanings:

v Every family has a black sheep.

v There is no place like home.

v Like father like son.

v Men make houses, women make homes.

X. Compose the dialogues for the following imaginary situations:

v You talk to a distant relative trying to find out in what relationship you stand to each other;

v You elder brother/sister describes to you his/her bride’s/bridegroom’s family. As he/she is going to live with his/her in – laws, you ask a lot of questions.

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