Family. Ильичева Н.М - 15 стр.

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4) Mary has a younger sister. They are twins.
5) They got married. They are husband and wife.
6) Bob and Jane are a newly married couple. His parents are her grandparents
now.
7) Jack’s sister has three children: two sons and a daughter, they are Jack’s
cousins.
Exercise 1.8. Put each of the following words in its correct place in the
passage below.
Widow, stepchildren, fiancé, brother, widower, name, younger, close, spinster,
get married, cousins, bachelor, stepmother, distant.
My ... is Tom Smiles. I’m the eldest of all the children. My second ... is
Jack. The youngest is Michael. My ... sister is two years younger than me. Some
time ago she got engaged. Her ... is Mr. Brown. They are going to ... next
month.
I have many relatives. My grandparents are dead. But I have a number of
... and relatives: two uncles, four aunts and about a dozen cousins. One of my ...
has lost her husband. She is a ... . An uncle of mine has been a ... for many
years, but he married recently. His wife is very kind to his ... and treats them as
a real mother would do. They love and respect their ... .
My second aunt has remained unmarried and therefore she is what the
English call a ... or a single lady. An uncle of mine has also remained single. He
is an old ... .
Exercise 1.9. Read the following dialogues and act them out.
1
- What is the name of your younger brother?
- John.
- Really? Fantastic, we both have a brother John by name.
- Why? John is such a popular name.
2
- Where were you born?
- In London. But my parents come from Manchester.
- How interesting! I come from Manchester too.
- Oh, it’s a small world, isn’t it?
3
- Look Jake, have you got a family of your own?
- Oh, no, I’m not married yet. I live with my parents.
- Is your family large?
- I don’t think so. My parents have got only two daughters.
- And which of you is the eldest?
- It’s me. I’m twenty.
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