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21 How are you feeling?
T E E N L I F E Grammar Summary: Students Book page 109
1 Grammar: present simple questions and short answersComplete the interviewers questions. Then write the answers.
Do goINTERVIEWER (1) ________ you ________ (go) to clubs on Saturday?LEO Yes, ________________ .
INTERVIEWER (2) ________ you ________ (speak) Spanish?
LEO Yes, ________________ .
INTERVIEWER (3) ________ you ________ (live) in the centre of Manchester?
LEO No, ________________ .
INTERVIEWER (4) ________ your sister ________ (play) the drums?
LEO No, ________________ .
INTERVIEWER (5) ________ your friends ________ (talk) about football?
LEO Yes, ________________ .
INTERVIEWER (6) ________ all the girls ________ (like) younger boys?
LEO No, ________________ .
INTERVIEWER (7) ________ crime ________ (worry) you?
LEO Yes, ________________ .
INTERVIEWER (8) ________ you ________ (want) to be a teacher?
LEO No, ________________ .
3 Grammar: present simple and present continuousComplete Leos email with the present simple or presentcontinuous of these verbs.
Hi!
I (1) __________________ my cousins in Greenwich
Village for a week. They (2) __________________ close
to the park and (3) __________________ a great
apartment. My cousin Alice (4) __________________ to
be a doctor, but at the moment she
(5) __________________ in a restaurant. Alex, my other
cousin, (6) __________________ to school during the
week and (7) __________________ his father in his
shop at the weekend. I (8) __________________ this in
a caf in Washington Square and I
(9) __________________ an ice cream at the same
time. I (10) __________________ New York!
Best wishes
Leo
eat go have help live lovevisit want work write
2 Grammar: presentcontinuous questionsand short answers
Write questions and shortanswers using the presentcontinuous.
1 Tiffany/read anything at the
moment? Is Tiffany reading anything at the moment? No, she isnt._______________________________________________________
2 she/feel excited? _______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
3 she/wear a black top? _______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
4 Tiffanys friends/wait for her? _______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
5 Tiffanys parents buy/her a birthday present? _______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
6 her boyfriend/study music? _______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
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4 Grammar: present simple and presentcontinuous
Complete the questions with the present simple orpresent continuous. Then answer the questions foryourself.
do do1 What _____ you usually _____ (do) on Saturday nights?I go to the cinema with my friends.______________________________________________________
2 How often _____________________ (watch) TV each week?
______________________________________________________
3 Where ______ you _____________________ (sit) at the
moment?
______________________________________________________
4 Who ______ you usually _____________________ (talk) to
at school?
______________________________________________________
5 What colour shoes ______ you _____________________
(wear) today?
______________________________________________________
6 What ______ you _____________________ (look) forward to
doing this weekend?
______________________________________________________
5 Grammar: present continuousfor future arrangements
Tiffany is talking to her boyfriend,Jake, on the phone. Complete theconversation with these verbs.
JAKE Hi Tiff! My mate Dave (1) _________________ to see
me tomorrow. Lets have coffee or a meal
together.
TIFFANY Great idea but Im quite busy. I
(2) _________________ my mother until 11 oclock
and then I (3) _________________ to the
hairdressers.
JAKE Cool. We can meet after the hairdressers.
TIFFANY No, Im sorry, but I (4) _________________ my
friend Mary at 12 in the shopping centre. She
(5) _________________ clothes for her holiday and
wants me to help her.
JAKE And after that?
TIFFANY We (6) ________________ lunch together, but we
dont know when or where we
(7) ________________ . How about the afternoon?
JAKE Sure. We (8) ________________ the football match
on TV at three but after that is fine.
buy come eat go havehelp meet watch
6 Grammar: adverbial phrases of frequencyMatch the words in list A with the words in list B.
A B
1 every day 52 times a year
2 twice a week six times a day
3 every two weeks every 24 hours
4 every four months 12 times a year
5 every week eight times a month
6 every month three times a year
7 every four hours twice a month
7 Vocabulary: clothesFind seven words for things you wear in the wordsquare.
8 Vocabulary: compound nounsMatch the words in list A with the words in list B andwrite eight compound nouns.
A B
art college1 art friend ______________________________2 birthday term ______________________________
3 computer end ______________________________
4 girl board ______________________________
5 half college ______________________________
6 home studies ______________________________
7 skate party ______________________________
8 week work ______________________________
9 PronunciationDo they rhyme or not?
1 care hair 6 mate wait2 crime time 7 scared hard
3 fed said 8 term worm
4 fleece nice 9 worry hurry
5 half laugh
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T R A I N E R S
Z B F G I D S C
B R L C H N K M
O F E Y S D I O
O A E S H I R T
T T C U W E T O
S J E A N S L P
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1 Grammar: past simple of beComplete with was/were or wasnt/werent.
1 Kate and Mel ________________ on holiday in London they ________________ on
holiday in Brighton.
2 ________________ Kate pleased to hear her mothers voice? Yes, she ________________ .
3 Mels parents ________________ on holiday with her.
4 Kate and Mel ________________ both excited before the start of the holiday.
5 It ________________ a great place for a holiday but Mel ________________ happy.
6 Kate and Mel ________________ together at all they ________________ with their new
friends all the time.
7 ________________ Kate miserable too? Yes, she ________________ .
8 ________________ Kate on the phone to Mels parents? No, she ________________ .
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2 Grammar: past simple regular and irregularverbs
Complete Kates letter with the past simple of theseverbs.
Dear Sue
Its the third day of our holiday in Brighton but Im afraid
things arent going very well. I (1) ________________ some
great people on the first day and we (2) _________________
friends at once. But Mel (3) (not) ________________ my new
friends at all. She (4) ________________ new friends too and
(5) ________________ all her time with them. To tell you the
truth, I (6) ________________ her friends were really boring.
I dont know whats the matter with Mel. She thought my
friends (7) ________________ at her accent but I know they
(8) (not) ________________ that. Then yesterday evening I
(9) ________________ her to come to the cinema with us but
she (10) ________________ at a party for five hours instead. I
think her mother (11) ________________ her this morning I
(12) ________________ her on the phone. Perhaps shes going
home early that doesnt bother me at all.
More later.
Love
Kate
ask dance do have laugh like make meet phone see spend think
2 I wanted to go home
T E E N L I F E Grammar Summary: Students Book page 109
3 Grammar: past simple questions, negative andshort answers
Write questions and answers.
1 Mel/go on holiday in June/July
Did Mel go on holiday in June?_______________________________________________________No, she didnt. She went on holiday in July._______________________________________________________
2 Mels mum/apologise for writing/phoning
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
3 Mel/miss her little brother/sister
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
4 Mel/want to stay in Brighton/go home
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
5 the parties/last all day/all night
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
6 Mel/nearly cry when she heard her fathers voice/mother
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
7 Mel/fall asleep at the party/on the beach
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
8 Mel/visit a doctor/fortune teller
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
9 Mel/have a picnic with Kate/some friends
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
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4 Grammar: past simpleWrite questions about last weekend and answer themfor yourself.
1 make a new friend
Did you make a new friend?______________________________________________________Yes, I did. He/She /No, I didnt.______________________________________________________
2 phone someone
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
3 go to a party
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
4 laugh at a joke
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
5 spend time with your friends
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
6 go for a swim
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
7 have a picnic
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
8 help your parents
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
5 Vocabulary: feelingsComplete the sentences with these words.
1 Whats the matter? You look frightened. What are you
_____________________ of?
2 There was no one interesting to talk to at the party, so I
was _____________________ .
3 Mel was very _____________________ about her first
holiday without parents.
4 Dont look so sad! Why cant you be more
_____________________?
5 She was very _____________________ to hear her mothers
voice it made her very happy.
6 I felt so _____________________ when I couldnt remember
his name.
7 When I moved to a new school I was very
_____________________ for the first few weeks because I
didnt know anyone.
8 Whats the matter? You look so unhappy! Why are you
feeling _____________________?
bored cheerful embarrassed excitedlonely miserable pleased scared
6 VocabularyComplete with these words and phrases.
1 fall ______________________
2 feel ______________________
3 go ______________________
4 have ______________________
5 last ______________________
6 laugh ______________________
7 miss ______________________
8 say ______________________
7 VocabularyMatch the verbs in list A with the words and phrases inlist B.
A B
1 apologise round
2 have for doing something
3 make something to someone
4 mean a good time
5 sound new friends
6 spend depressed
7 turn time
8 Vocabulary: spellingThe same letter is missing in each line. Write thecomplete words.
1 acent fantasti exited
______________________________________________________
2 apologis somone frindship
______________________________________________________
3 boter togeter eiter
______________________________________________________
4 funfir plesed miserble
______________________________________________________
5 embarassed feedom cheeful
_____________________________________________________
6 tredy differet loely
______________________________________________________
9 PronunciationSay the words and mark the stressed syllable.
accent apologise cheerful depressed embarrassed
excited fantastic friendship miserable together
a picnic all night angry asleep at a joke for a swim hello someone
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1 Grammar: past continuousComplete with the past continuous.
The shark attacked Bethany when she and her best friend Alana
(1) ____________________ (surf) together. The two girls (2) __________________
(hope) for a big wave. They certainly (3) ____________________ (not think)
about a shark attack. Bethany (4) ____________________ (wait) on her board
with her left hand in the water when the shark attacked. After the attack
she saw that she (5) ____________________ (lose) a lot of blood. Alana, her
brother and her father helped Bethany to the beach. It took 15 minutes and
all the time Bethany (6) ____________________ (say) to herself Get to the
beach. She (7) ____________________ (not try) to escape from the shark
she just wanted to get to the beach. Alanas father talked to her all the way
to the beach. I (8) ____________________ (answer) all his questions, Bethany
said afterwards, but I cant remember now what I said.
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2 Grammar: past simple and past continuousWhat were they doing when the balloon landed? Writequestions and answers using these phrases.
What was Anna doing when the balloon landed?__________________________________________________________She was reading a newspaper.__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
eat an ice cream play football sunbatheread a newspaper skateboard
3 Everyone was cheering
T E E N L I F E Grammar Summary: Students Book page 109
What did they do when the balloon landed? Writesentences using these phrases.
When the balloon landed, Anna took a photo.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
fall off not notice phone a friendsay hello take a photo wave
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4 Vocabulary: phrasal verbs with get.Complete the sentences with these prepositions.
1 At weekends, Leo and his friends get ________________
and listen to music.
2 Do you get ________________ well with your parents?
3 Shane was lucky to get _________ from the crocodile.
4 You cant sit watching TV all day get ________________
and do something useful!
5 We must get ________________ home in time for supper.
6 How do you get _______________ school in the morning?
5 Vocabulary: waterComplete the puzzle and find this word .
1 Move in water using arms and legs.
2 Use waves and a board to move in water.
3 The Thames is Londons .
4 A shark is a kind of .
5 You travel on water in it.
6 You can swim in a swimming .
7 What happens when you dive or jump into 6.
8 You can see into water when it is .
9 It has lots of teeth and lives in water in hot countries.
6 PronunciationCircle the two rhyming words in each line.
1 bright white eight
2 cheer clear chair
3 hour four jaw
4 thought shout caught
5 water daughter later
6 turning morning warning
7 seem scream same
8 splash wash trash
away back on to together up
3 Grammar: past simple and past continuousComplete with these phrases using the past simple orpast continuous.
1 Tiffany was dancing when__________________________Jake took a photo.__________________________
2 __________________________
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
3 __________________________
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
4 __________________________
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
5 __________________________
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
6 __________________________
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
7 __________________________
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
bring her some flowers come to see him cross the road dance go to sleep paint a picture phone read shout Look out!sit in the park start to rain take a phototalk to her friends watch football on TV
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84 Integrated Skills Describing first times
T E E N L I F E Grammar Summary: Students Book page 109
The largest concert was in the USA. At one point, up to a
million people were (8) __________________ Live 8 on the
Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, where performers
(9) ________________ Stevie Wonder, Destinys Child, and the
Black Eyed Peas.
In London, over 200,000 people (10) ____________ Hyde Park
to hear musicians and singers such as Madonna, Coldplay,
Robbie Williams, Scissor Sisters and The Cure. Paul
McCartney and U2 (11) __________________ the concert with
Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band it
(12) ___________________ the first time McCartney ever
(13) ___________________ the song live. The concert
(14) ________________ just before midnight with all the
performers singing together on the stage.
Reading and Writing1 Read and complete the text with these words.
On 2nd July, 2005, huge music concerts (1) _______________
place around the world for Live 8. These concerts
(2) ________________ a message to the leaders of the eight
richest countries: Help people in poor countries.
Nearly two million people (3) ________________ to the
concerts in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the USA,
Canada, South Africa and Russia. From Johannesburg to
Berlin and from Rome to Moscow, musicians and bands
sang and (4) __________________ through the afternoon and
evening. The plan was for all the concerts to take place
between noon and 10pm local time, so while the first
concert in Tokyo was (5) __________________ , the one in
Paris was just (6) __________________ . And millions more
(7) ________________ the events on TV up to five and a half
billion people worldwide.
carried ended ending filled includedperformed played started starting tookwas watched watching went
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2 True or false? Correct the false sentences.
1 The Live 8 concerts raised money for eight poorcountries.
______________________________________________________
2 Nearly two million people went to the concert inLondon.
______________________________________________________
3 The concerts started at midday in all the countries.
______________________________________________________
4 About 5,500,000 people watched Live 8 on TV.
______________________________________________________
5 The London concert took place in a park.
______________________________________________________
6 Paul McCartney performed Sergeant Peppers LonelyHearts Club Band for the first time at Live 8.
______________________________________________________
3 Learner IndependenceStudy Plan
Make a study plan for this week. Use this example tohelp you.
4 Extensive ReadingRead The Princess Diaries: Book 3.
Now imagine you are a film director making a film ofthe book. Write notes saying which actors you willchoose to play the main characters, and why. Thencompare your choices with another student.
5 CrosswordComplete.
Across 1 Like a bicycle with an engine. (9)5 Plural of I. (2)6 Scorseses mother often . (4)7 In the morning. (2)9 Scorsese went to Bo Diddley. (3)
10 You need a pair of s for ice hockey. (5)11 Bo Diddley was playing in a and roll show. (4)12 - The Extra-Terrestrial is a famous Spielberg movie. (2)14 To be is to be a person. (5)15 Nothing me nothing makes me feel worried or
frightened. (7)
18 Something that happens to you. (10)
Down1 Very unhappy. (9)2 Five and five make (3)3 You use the to stop a car, for example. (5)4 depressed and nervous are both words for (8)5 See 5 across. (2)8 Short for mathematics. (5)9 Appears to be. (5)
13 Sorry, I cant you. What did you say? (4)16 Highest part of something. (3)17 He put the helmet. (2)
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Things to do before myEnglish lessonsFinish the homework andremember to take mydictionary.Reviewing my learningLook back through Unit 1and read all the textsagain.GrammarRead the GrammarSummary for Unit 1.
VocabularyMake a word map forMusic.Using my EnglishPhone Anita and have afive-minute conversationin English. Send an emailin English to my friend inIceland.
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Mia Thermopolis is the Princess ofGenovia, a small country in Europe.But shes also an ordinary teenageschoolgirl living in New York andshes secretly in love with her bestfriends brother, Michael. But Kennythinks hes Mias boyfriend, so shemust be Kennys girlfriend or mustshe? How can Mia tell Kenny thetruth? And how can she tell Michael?
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Inspiration Extra!
T E E N L I F E Grammar Summary: Students Book page 109
Lesson 3Write sentences using the past continuous + when +past simple.
1 the girls/surf/the shark/attack
The girls were surfing when the shark attacked. ______________________________________________________2 the boys/look for sharks/they/see a huge white one
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
3 Shane/help his father/he/decide to go for a swim
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
4 Shane/swim/he/come face to face with a crocodile
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
5 the crocodile/look at Shane/he/punch it
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
Lesson 4Write questions for these answers about MartinScorsese film director.
1 What did his father play?_____________________________________________________The mandolin.
2 ______________________________________________________
The guitar.
3 ______________________________________________________
The song was See See Rider.
4 ______________________________________________________
Leadbelly.
5 ______________________________________________________
Again and again.
SpellingFill in the missing letters of these words from Unit 1.
ac ent at ack b ots che rful depres ed
embar as ed fe ling fre dom hap y happines
mis profes ional rub ish ter ified wor ied
BrainteaserWhy is an island like the letter T?
Answer on page 25.
Lesson 1Complete with the present simple or presentcontinuous of the verbs in brackets.
1 Tiffany and her friends ____________________ (meet) in
town at weekends.
2 She ____________________ (talk) to her friends about
clothes, TV and boys.
3 Today she ____________________ (wear) a red shirt.
4 She ____________________ (look) forward to her party.
5 Tiffany and her friends ____________________ (go) to the
cinema once a week.
6 She ____________________ (read) a book called The Life of
Pi at the moment.
7 She ____________________ (feel) very cheerful today.
8 She ____________________ (think) most school lessons are
interesting.
9 She ____________________ (not want) to go to Australia.
Lesson 2Write questions and answers using the past simple.
1 Kate/go for a swim in the morning/afternoon
Did Kate go for a swim in the morning?______________________________________________________No, she didnt. She went for a swim in the afternoon.______________________________________________________
2 Kates friends/meet her on the pier/beach
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
3 Kate/visit a museum/the funfair
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
4 Kate/write to her mother/her best friend
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
5 Kates boyfriend/come to see her/phone her
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
6 Kate/hate the holiday/enjoy the holiday
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
R E V I S I O N for more practice
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Lesson 1Write questions and answer them for yourself.
1 wear a skirt today?
Are you wearing a skirt today? ______________________________________________________Yes, I am./No, Im not.______________________________________________________
2 usually wear a skirt to school?
Do you usually wear a skirt to school?______________________________________________________Yes, I do./ No, I dont.______________________________________________________
3 go to the cinema every week?
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
4 read a book at the moment?
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
5 feel hungry in the morning?
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
6 listen to music now?
______________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
7 care about the environment?
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
Lesson 2Write questions about yesterday and answer them foryourself.
1 what time/get up?
What time did you get up?______________________________________________________I got up at seven oclock.______________________________________________________
2 what/have for breakfast?
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
3 what/do after breakfast?
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
4 who/talk to in the morning?
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
5 when/have lunch?
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
6 what/do in the evening?
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
E X T E N S I O N for language development Lesson 3Write sentences about what you were doing at thesetimes last Saturday.
1 At 8am _____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
2 At 11am _____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
3 At 1pm _____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
4 At 5pm _____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
5 At 8pm _____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
6 At 11pm _____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Lesson 4Use the notes you made in the interview with anotherstudent in exercise 6 on page 15 to write about thatstudents first time.
Web WatchLook up Bethany Hamilton on a search engine and findout more about her life. Note down new words, checkthem in the dictionary, and add them to yourvocabulary notebook.
SpellingRead and complete the words from Unit 1.
When we hear the sound /i/ at the end of words of
two or more syllables, the usual spelling is -y.
angry happy (1) memor__ (2) suddenl__
(3) trend__ (4) universit__
But a few words end in -ey.
journey monkey (5) hock__ (6) mon__
But note: movie
BrainteaserWhat often falls but never gets hurt?
Answer on page 25.
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I d en t i t yF A M I L Y L I F E
1 Sari and Bill Irving live in Clacton-on-Sea with Robert, 9,
and Mikey, 8, who are Bills children from another
relationship, and their own children, Nicolette, 6, and
Genevieve, 3.
Bill is white and Robert and Mikeys mother is African-
Caribbean. The boys dont have contact with their mother.
Bill works in an office in London and Sari, who grew up in
the United States, gave up her job last
year to be at home with the
children.
At their happiest when:
Genevieve is singing and
dancing after dinner.
Most likely to argue
about: Who sits in the
middle of the people
carrier.
Family motto: All for
one and one for all.
2 Kate Watkins lives with her children Alice, 11, Ella, 9,
Lucy, 7, and James, 2, in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire.
She is in the middle of a divorce with her husband of 15
years who no longer lives at home. Kate works as an
editor for BBC news.
At their happiest when:
Were having fish and chips
in Whitby.
Most likely to argue
about: Leaving the house
and getting anywhere on
time.
Family motto: Were
proud to be loud we
may be noisy but that
means that we are living
life to the full!
3 Paula and Lee Holloway live with their son Alfie, 11,
and their identical twin girls Tommy and Nikita, 8, in
east London.
Paula is a receptionist and Lee is a gardener. Nikita has a
problem with her eyes and Alfie spent the first year of his
life in Great Ormond Street
Childrens Hospital because
of a heart problem.
At their happiest when:
We are all sitting together
on the sofa watching a fun
family film and eating a
take-away.
Most likely to argue about:
Doing the tidying up.
Family motto: Honesty.
4 Sarah Evans lives with her son Jacob, 9, in Warrington.
Sarahs relationship with Jacobs father ended when he was
11 months old. After that, Sarah trained as a lawyer. While
she was studying she lived with her mother, who
looked after Jacob.
At their happiest
when: On Jacobs first
foreign holiday in
Corfu.
Most likely to argue
about: Football, spelling
and why the English
language is stupid.
Family motto: Are we nearly there yet?
5 Ellen and Don Kitson live with their children Lydia, 16,
and Nathaniel, 8, in south London.
Ellen and Don are both social workers and help with their
local church. Lydia is starting AS levels at college and
Nathaniel likes swimming and jujitsu. Don feels that life for
children growing up today is different from his childhood
in Jamaica.
At their happiest when:
Getting together once a
month to talk about any
problems.
Most likely to argue about:
Putting things in the
dishwasher and cleaning the
table after dinner.
Family motto: Expect from
others what you expect from
yourself.
There are 17 million families in the UK, and in 7 out of10 of them there is a married couple. But the shape ofthe British family is changing. People live together without
marrying, and divorce is more and more common. People
marry again after divorce so children from different
relationships grow up together. One in four children now
lives in a single-parent family.
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3 VocabularyComplete the sentences with these words.
1 A __________________ is a good car for a big family
because there is lots of room.
2 After a __________________ a husband and wife arent
married any more.
3 Indian and Chinese __________________ meals are
popular because you dont cook them yourself.
4 A __________________ helps people with problems like
housing and relationships.
5 __________________ are two children from the same
parents born at the same time who look exactly the
same.
6 A __________________ is the first person you meet when
you go to an office or hotel.
7 Two or three people can sit side by side on a
__________________ .
8 __________________ means always telling the truth.
9 A __________________ is a short sentence saying what
you believe in or try to do.
10 When you __________________ something, you think its
likely to happen.
4 WritingWrite a similar description of your family or of animaginary family.
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
At their happiest when:
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Most likely to argue about:
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Family motto:
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
divorce expect honesty identical twinsmotto people carrier receptionistsocial worker sofa take-away
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1 ReadingRead Family Life and answer the questions.
Who
1 is a gardener? ___________________________
2 works for the BBC? ___________________________
3 grew up in Jamaica? ___________________________
4 grew up in the USA? ___________________________
5 is a lawyer? ___________________________
6 are social workers? ___________________________
7 is a full-time mother? ___________________________
8 spent a year in hospital? ___________________________
9 is studying at college? ___________________________
10 likes jujitsu? ___________________________
11 live in London? ___________________________
12 went to Corfu with his mother?
___________________________
2 ReadingRead the text again and match the beginnings withthe endings.
1 25% of children in Britain
2 One of the Holloway twins
3 The family which loves fish and chips
4 Sara and Bill have four children, two of Bills
5 The family with two children often
6 The largest family has a big car and they like it when
the youngest child
7 The smallest family is most likely to
8 The boy whose parents go to church
9 The family who think it is important to be honest
10 30% of families in Britain are one-parent families or
families where the parents
a sings and dances.
b and two of their own.
c enjoy watching films together.
d has an eye problem.
e arent married.
f likes swimming.
g argue about cleaning up after meals.
h live in one-parent families.
i argue about English.
j is very noisy.
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