FAMILY
Topical Vocabulary
Family members
Parents – родители; grandparents – бабушка и дедушка; mother, mum, mummy – мама; father, dad, daddy – папа; grandmother, grandma, granny - бабушка; grandfather, grandpa – дедушка.
Children, babies, kids – дети; son – сын; daughter – дочь. Sibling – родной брат или сестра; brother –брат; sister – сестра.
Husband – муж, wife – жена, spouse – супруг(а).
Aunt – тетя; uncle – дядя; nephew – племянник; niece – племянница; cousin – двоюродный брат или сестра.
Son-in-law – зять; daughter-in-law – невестка; brother-in-law – зять, шурин, деверь, свояк; sister-in-law – золовка, свояченица; father-in-law – тесть, свекр; mother-in-law – теща, свекровь.
Stepfather – отчим; stepmother – мачеха, stepparent – отчим или мачеха; stepson – пасынок; stepdaughter – падчерица; stepchild – пасынок, падчерица; adopting parents – приемные родители; adopted children - приемные дети, to adopt - , adoption - .
Family types
a) single-parent (a family with one parent);
b) nuclear (a typical family with two parents and children);
c) extended (a family with a granny, parents and children);
d) stepfamily (a family where parents have their own children from previous marriages).
To marry, to get married – жениться, marriage – брак,
married – замужняя, женатый, single, unmarried – одинокий, незамужняя, неженатый.
Cohabitation, concubinage – гражданский брак, to cohabite – to live together, cohabiting – живущие в гражданском браке, без регистрации.
A couple – a pair.
Divorce – развод, to divorce – разводиться, divorcee – разведенный(ая).
A family – a household – 1)семья, домочадцы; 2) домашнее хозяйство.
Vocabulary practice
Ex.1 Fill in the necessary word. The first letter is given.
1. My aunt’s d… is my cousin sister. 2. Your sister’s h… is your brother-in-law. 3. Tom is not married, he has no c… . 4. She is u…, she is a d… . 5. Not all c… are going to get m… . 6. A s… often has problems with his spouse’s children. 7. If you are an only child, you have no s… . 8. My d… is a doctor, my mom is a teacher. 9. If spouses have not their own children, they can have a… children. 10. Her mother’s sister is her a… . 11. Our uncle has two sons, they are our c… . 12. D… is a great problem for both parents and children. 13. His n… is very nice, she is four. 14. Grandparents are fond of their g…, as a rule. 15. An e… family is a family of few generations. 16. A child in a s… family has only one parent. 17. C… is not an official marriage.
Ex.2 Match family types with descriptions
Nuclear
Extended
Single-parent
Stepfamily
A father or a mother, one or several children, no grandparents.
A father and a mother have children, but they are not siblings.
Parents or a parent, a child or children, grandparents.
Parents, a child or children, no grandparents.
Ex.3 Give the right form of the words in brackets
1. Their daughter is married to John, he is their (son). 2. (Cohabite) pairs are not married. 3. Jane has no husband, she is … (marry). 4. Ann’s husband has no children. He is a … (father) for Ann’s children. 5. A … (divorce) is a person out of marriage. 6. …(Marry) is a serious decision. Besides, his mother is against it. 7. His … (parent) are his father’s parents. 8. Now people are … (marry) at a later age. 9. Her parents are … (adopt). 10. His wife’s mother is his … (mother). 11. Some parents have children due to … (adopt).
Ex.4 Fill in the suitable words
1. My mother’s sister is my … . 2. Helen is married to my brother. She is my … . 3. Tom’s mother is my aunt. I and Tom are … . 4. His father has a brother, Bill. Bill is his … . 5. My brother’s son is my … . 6. My father has a mother, she is our … . 7. Jack is … to Jane. They have two children: a … and a … . 8. Susan is not married, she is… . 9. A typical family in Buryatia is … . 10. Henry has no mother. His father is married to Ms. Jane, she is his … . 11. The Browns are a … family of two parents and one child. 12. They are a beautiful … ! 13. … is an alternative to official marriage. 14. They are eager to …, but their parents are against it! 15. They haven’t their own children. Mary and Frank are their … children.
Ex.5 Read about Mike’s family and draw his family tree
Let me introduce myself. My name is Mike, my full name is Michael Henry Spencer. I am just eighteen. I’m a freshman at Taylor University. I am crazy about literature, that’s why I’m going to get a Bachelor’s degree of Arts (степень бакалавра гуманитарных наук).
As for my family, it’s not very large: I have a mother, Mrs. Jane Spencer, a father, Mr. Thomas Spencer, and a younger sister, Alice. Alice is 13 years old, she is a pupil. My mom’s hobby is reading detective stories. She is very pretty and kind. As for my dad, he is very energetic and strong. That’s why he is fond of cricket and golf.
Besides, I have grandparents: a grandmother and a grandfather. They are my mother’s parents. Their names are Mrs. Julia Brown and Mr. Benjamin Brown. They are very fond of gardening. Their garden is the most beautiful in the town.
My mother has an elder sister and a younger brother. They are my aunt and uncle. My aunt Emily is married, she has two twin-daughters: Mary and Jess. They are not married, they are students. Mary and Jess are my cousin sisters. As for my uncle, his name is Brandon. He is single, he has no children.
Also, I’ve got a friend and a girl-friend. Their names are Dave and Tina. Both of them are my peers (ровесники). Dave is my former classmate. Tina’s from Italy. We are often enjoying time together.
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