What’s your name?

Active Vocabulary
name
under the name of
by the name of
first name / Christian name
patronymic / middle name
surname / second name / family name / last name
short / full name
real name
namesake
maiden name
nickname
pet name
alias
double-barrelled name / hyphenated name
pen-name
stagename
pseudonym
name day
name tag
nameplate
name-calling
to call smb. / to be called
to name smb. / to be named
to call smb. after smb. / to name smb. after smb.
to call by first name
to call smb. names
to call for short
to give a name
to change one's name to
to change one's name back
to take one’s name from
to rename smb. / to be renamed
to christen smb. / to be christened
to nickname smb. / to be nicknamed
initials stand for
 When were you born? How old are you?
Active Words

- When were you born?

- When is your birthday?
- How old are you?
- What is your age?
a child / a teenager / an adolescent / an adult (a grown-up) / a middle-aged person /
an elderly person
childhood / infancy / teenage / juvenility / adolescence / youth / adulthood /
middle-age / old age
manhood / womanhood
a baby / a toddler / an infant / a kid / a child
a teenager / a juvenile / young (a youngster) / an adolescent
a middle-aged person / an adult / a grown-up
OAP / a pensioner / an elderly person / a retired person / a senior citizen / a senile
person / an old man
mature / immature
young / older generation
at the age of twenty-three
by the age of twenty-three
to be born / birthday / (to give) birth to
to be sixty years old / to be sixty years of age / to be a sixty-year-old man / to be a
man of sixty
to be sixty on one's next birthday / one's sixtieth birthday
to age fast / to age slow
to get on (in years) / to grow old
to carry (to bear) one's age well
to be (to come)of age / to be under age
to be of military age
to be a teenager / to be in one’s teens
to be in one’s prime
to be (of) the same age
to look young for one’s age / to look old for one’s age / to look one’s age
to be (to look) younger than smb. / to be (to look) older than smb.
to be three years younger than smb. / to be three years older than smb. =
to be three years one's junior / to be three years one's senior
to be in one’s early sixties / to be in one’s middle (mid-) sixties / to be in one’s late
sixties
to be under twenty / to be nearly (about) twenty / to be over twenty
to be on the right (good) side of forty / to be on the wrong (bad) side of forty
to be long past forty / to be well into one's forty
to be nearing (to be approaching, to be pushing, to be coming up to) sixty
to live to be sixty
to turn sixty
to double one's age / to be twice one's age
to be of short-lived stock
to outlive smb. by (over) twenty years
to die / to die for one’s country / to die in childbirth (infancy) / to die of an illness
to die (to pass away, to pass on) / to be dead / death / funeral
* to be over the hill * to push up the daisies
 * to be as old as the hills * to be a babe in arms

* to have one foot in the grave * to be past one’s ‘sell-by’ date

* to kick the bucket * to be a spring chicken

Country Capital People Adjective

Argentina Buenos Aires the Argentineans / an Argentinean (lang.
Argentinean Spanish)
Australia Canberra the Australians / an Australian Australian (lang.
English)
Austria Vienna the Austrians / an Austrian Austrian (lang.
German)
Belarus Minsk the Belarusians / a Belarusian Belarusian
Belgium Brussels the Belgians / a Belgian Belgian (lang.
French)
Brazil Brasilia the Brazilians / a Brazilian Brazilian
(lang. Portuguese)
Bulgaria Sofia the Bulgarians / a Bulgarian Bulgarian
Canada Ottawa the Canadians / a Canadian Canadian
(lang. English,
French)
China Peking (Beijing) the Chinese / a Chinese Chinese
Cuba Havana the Cubans / a Cuban Cuban (lang.
Spanish)
Denmark Copenhagen the Danish / a Dane Danish
Egypt Cairo the Egyptians / an Egyptian Egyptian (lang.
Arabic)
England London the English / an Englishman English
Finland Helsinki the Finnish / a Finn Finnish
France Paris the French / a Frenchman French
Germany Berlin the Germans / a German German
Great Britain London the British / a Briton British (lang.
English)
Greece Athens the Greeks / a Greek Greek
Hungary Budapest the Hungarians / a Hungarian Hungarian
Holland Amsterdam the Dutch / a Dutchman Dutch
(the
Netherlands)
Italy Rome the Italians / an Italian Italian
India Delhi the Indians / an Indian Indian (lang. Hindi)
Ireland Belfast (NI) the Irish / an Irishman Irish
Dublin (I) (lang. English, Irish)
Israel Tel-Aviv the Israeli / an Israeli Hebrew
Japan Tokyo the Japanese / a Japanese Japanese
Korea Seoul the Koreans / a Korean Korean
Mexico Mexico the Mexicans / a Mexican Mexican (lang.
Spanish)
Norway Oslo the Norwegians / a Norwegian Norwegian
Poland Warsaw the Polish / a Pole Polish
Portugal Lisbon the Portuguese / a Portuguese Portuguese
Romania Bucharest the Romanians / a Romanian Romanian
Russia Moscow the Russians / a Russian Russian
Scotland Edinburgh the Scottish / a Scot Scottish
Spain Madrid the Spanish / a Spaniard Spanish
Sweden Stockholm the Swedish / a Swede Swedish
Switzerland Bern the Swiss / a Swiss Swiss (lang. Italian,
French, Swiss-
German)
Thailand Bangkok the Thai / a Thai Thai
Turkey Ankara the Turks / a Turk Turkish
Ukraine Kiev the Ukrainians / a Ukrainian Ukrainian
The United Washington the Americans / an American American
States of (lang. American
America English)
Wales Cardiff the Welsh / a Welshman Welsh
 What do you do?

Active Words
- What’s your job (occupation, profession)? - What’s your line?
- What are you by profession? - What is he?
- What do you do for a living? - What does he do?
- Where does your father work? - What post do you hold?
- What is your Mum’s salary (pay, wages)? - What business are you in?
-
job / profession / occupation / work / trade / labour / career / line / post / position
to apply for a job / to offer a job / to get a job / to find a job / to take on a job / to
obtain a job
to make a living / to do smth. for a living
to work shifts / to work on the first (second, third) shift
to work nine-to-five
to work half time / to work part time / to work full time
to be on flexi-time / to be on piece-work
to get a sack / to be fired
to get a salary (pay, wages)
to earn money / to make money
to dismiss / to be dismissed
to be on maternity leave / to be on a sick leave
to retire / to be retired
employer / employee
to be (un)experienced / (un)qualified / (un)skilled / talented / gifted
(
ambulance, bus, lorry, taxi-) driver builder
(hotel) receptionist businessman
(office) manager butcher
(social) worker cashier
accountant / bookkeeper clerk
actor / actress clown
architect computer programmer
artist conductor
baby sitter cook
baker dancer
bank clerk dentist
barber / hairdresser designer
diplomat fashion designer
doctor fire fighter
dustman / cleaner florist
economist gardener
electrician green-grocer
engineer interpreter
farmer journalist
lawyer reporter
librarian salesperson / shop-assistant
mechanic scientist
military man secretary
miner singer
model sportsman / sportswoman
musician steward / stewardess
newsagent surgeon
newsreader tailor / dressmaker
nurse teacher
painter tour guide
photographer TV game host / hostess
pilot typist
plumber university lecturer
policeman vet
politician waiter / waitress
postman writer
 Unit 2. Family Relationships
Active Words

1. Relations by birth / by marriage.

an average, small, large family
to consist of
to be related to smb.
relatives on mother’s, father’s side
distant (remote) / close relations
parents
father / dad / daddy
mother / mum / mummy
children, daughter, son
(grand): parents, father, mother
(grand): children, son, daughter
(great): grandparents, grandchildren
sister, brother
aunt, uncle
nephew, niece
cousin
orphan
twins, triplets
spouse, husband, wife
(ex-): husband, wife
(step): mother, father, sister, brother, son, daughter
(foster): mother, father, child
(god): mother, father, son, daughter
(mother, father, brother, sister, son, daughter)-in-law
(half-): sister, brother
to bring up
to adopt
to take after smb. / to be a copy of smb. / to be a replica of smb.

2. Marriage / Marital Status

(boy, girl)-friend
to fall in / out of love with smb.
to date smb.
to court smb.
engagement / to be engaged to smb.
fiancé, fiancée
proposal / to propose to smb.
to marry for love, for convenience
(civil) marriage / to be (get) married to smb.
misalliance
(silver, golden) wedding
wedding ring
wedding service/ceremony
bride, bridegroom
best man / bridesmaid
newly-weds
honeymoon; to go on/for a honeymoon
divorce / to divorce
registry office
spinster, bachelor
spouse
widow, widower, widowed
to be divorced / to be separated
to be (un)married / to be single

3. Relations in the Family

to admire smb.
to be attached to smb.
to be devoted to smb.
to be close to smb.
to blame smb.
to (dis)agree with smb.
to (dis)approve of smb.
to quarrel with smb./ to argue with smb.
to get on well with smb.
to tell smb. off
to be strict about smth.
to avoid conflicts
to find support and understanding
to bring up smb.
to have / to give a strict upbringing
to have much in common
to have family traditions
to have duties about the house
to help smb. (to be helpful to smb.)
to rely on smb. / to trust smb.
to respect smb.
to take care of smb.
to be responsible of
to worry about smb.
awful / caring / close / cordial / difficult / distant / frank / friendly / hostile /
intolerant / loving / problem / reliable / respectful / warm / tolerant relations