Everyday English

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- Your brother has an unusual name, hasn’t he?

sister curious

cousin rare

strange

- Yes, he was named after his grandfather.

his great grandfather

a famous writer

a public man

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- Where were you born? - I was born in Moscow.

Holland

the city of Riga

the town of Pskov

£

- How old is your brother? - He (She) is twenty years old.

younger sister about 30

father over 40

uncle fifteen

under 50

in his early forties

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- Are you related to	Helen?	- Yes, he is my cousin.
	Mr Fox	brother-in-law
	this person	nephew
remote kinsman

- What relationship is Peter to Jane? - Theyare cousins.

David to Harry twins

brother and sister just friends

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- To whom is she (he) married? - She (he) is married to my brother.

my elder sister a 'doctor Mr Smith

- What does your brother do? - He (she) works at a factory
mother sister	studies ata colledge serves in the army is a housewife is retired (on pension)
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- Who are you? - I’m	John’s brother.Mr Brown’s daughterPeter GreenHenry, Mrs Black’s nephew your friend’s uncle
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- Is his (her) family large or small? - Well, he (she) is an orphan, a widower a widow a bachelor single

Ex. 20. Find the logical order of the following dialogue parts.

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1. - Any relation to Dr Breed, the director of the Laboratory?

2. - The fourth generation in this location.

3 - And you are a Breed?

4. - It’s a small world, I would say.

5. - His brother. My name is Marvin Breed.

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1. - That’s right.

2. - Has a wedding date been set?

3. - So you’re engaged to Linda?

4. - Something over five months.

5. - How long have you been engaged?

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1. - Why do you say “will be”? He actually is and we’ve already got the first

quarrel as close relations.

2. - I hear your sister Helen and Harry have got married lately.

3. - Now Harry will be your brother-in-law, won’t he?

4. - Oh, yes. They registered the other day and became husband and wife.

1. - My dear, I had accepted him the night before.

2. - What made you quarrel with Conrad?

3. - What was the harm in that?

4. - Well, he proposed to me again last night.

Ex. 21. Supply the omitted questions or answers to the following dialogues

1. A: Can I walk you home?

B:.......

A:.......

2. A:.......

B: We’re waiting until I finish law school.

A:.......

3. A:.......

B: We have two children. Their ages are eight and ten.

A:.......

4. A: Julia is a girl Mike is seriously dating.

B:.......

A:.......

5. A: I’d never have guessed that he was over 70.

B:.......

А: Не was widowed last year, wasn’t he?

B:.......

6. A: Are you married?

B:.......

A: Do you have a boy-friend?

B:.......

A: And they all married while you were gone, huh?

B:.......

7. A: Have you a large family?

B:.......

A: You have a lot of relatives, don’t you?

B:.......

A: He looks like you, very strong resemblance.

B:.......

Ex. 22. Calculate the age of 10 people of your acquaintance according to the following dialogue.

“She was born in February, eighteen sixty-three, and this is May of nineteen forty two. So that would make her what? Seventy-nine?” “Make her seventy-nine,” Mrs Locke confirmed.

(Philip McFarland)

Ex. 23. Compose dialogues using the key words for the situations given below. Ш

Two women sitting on a bench in the park are talking. Ann is no longer young. Nina is a young mother holding a baby in her arms: son or daughter/ daughter/ her name, age/2 children-twins/ married/have children/questions about grandchildren.

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Mrs Smith and Mrs Jones are discussing their neighbour Eva: is getting married/for the third time/knows her first husband well/second divorce 3 months ago/ lose count of her husbands/we won’t.

Two friends are looking at an old photograph: grandmother’s family/on the right/on the left/wedding/family gathering at large/brothers and sisters/young people/ their children/ father- and mother-in-law.

Ex. 24. Compose dialogues for the following imaginary situations.

1. An old lady of your acquaintance will be eighty years old tomorrow. You discuss with your mother the age of the members of the old lady’r family.