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The document contains a reading comprehension exercise about family dynamics, including questions about family members and their relationships. It also includes vocabulary exercises related to family terms and a listening activity that involves matching conversations to sentences. Additionally, there is a project prompt for writing a script about a typical morning at home with family.

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15 Sep 24 (Family Ties)

The document contains a reading comprehension exercise about family dynamics, including questions about family members and their relationships. It also includes vocabulary exercises related to family terms and a listening activity that involves matching conversations to sentences. Additionally, there is a project prompt for writing a script about a typical morning at home with family.

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Family ties

Reading

1. Read the magazine article. How many people live together in each family?

2. Which of the following are implied in the text?


1 Dan doesn’t mind doing jobs at home.
2 Dan’s parents are very strict.
3 Hua is sad that she hasn’t got any brothers and sisters.
4 Hua gets on well with her grandparents.
5 Yousef isn’t entirely happy with his life.
6 Yousef feels his parents aren’t always fair in the way they treat the children.
7 Salma get on well with her parents.
8 Salma is annoyed at her friends’ reaction to her being an aunt.

Vocabulary

3. Find the words in the text for the following.


1 the son of your stepmother or stepfather
2 the daughter of your stepmother or stepfather
3 someone without brothers or sisters
4 brothers and sisters
5 your aunt and uncle’s children
6 your mother’s mother
7 your brother’s wife
8 your brother’s or sister’s son

Reading

1. this story appeared in an online newspaper. Why do you think it made the news?

2. This story originally appeared with three bullet points below the headline. The bullet points
summarized the story. This is a feature of some online news reporting. Read the story and
complete the three points.
3. Complete the chart about Anaϊs and Samantha.

Listening

1. Listen to these seven conversations. Match each one to a sentence.

a. She offered to carry his shopping.


b. He congratulated her on doing so well in her exam.
c. He reminded her to take her sports kit to school.
d. He forgave him for taking his bike without telling him.
e. The neighbours complained about having no electricity.
f. He suggested going to a restaurant.
g. She apologized for making a lot of noise.

2. Use the verb given to report what each person said.


Project: Ascene from family life
¥'Vrite a short scriy*t fr›r a kvpical morning at
hnm* with vriur fami)v.

//.s 7..1f/,t.› i, Saro. Ni›/s i«il ñ4irrH are iir lftr J:i*/lrn.
Sara: Thors’s nu orangp iuico 1eft,\?iu’v+ drunL iFall,

Nina: Nu. I kcvcn't. Mum! 5ara’s.just ñccuc¢'<t mc of


drinking aTlthe juice.
^ =: n! w• giils. Just re.oii d me m get soñfe
on.the way home.

Faisal: Arrgh!the shower.is freezing. It's your fault,

jawed: Dnn’t.blame mc for using elf the hot water. I


was oniy in the shmvet fora few minutes,
Oa'd i, iii lb‹' tiidnn and Oatiiri,«dcd6;con«s. ir holding

Daniel: £3h, Dad, I fell dciwn the stain..l’sv hurt itiy


elt›uw.
Oad: Well, why do you insist on wearing those
riJicuTnur sIippers?You know you.akvays.fâll
uver in them.

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