FAMILY & PEOPLE

VOCABULARY
I. WARMER Tick (v) the correct column for the ending sounds of the words given.
List of words /s/ / iz / /z/
1. thinks
2. arranges
3. invites
4. knows
5. uses
6. watches
7. drops
8. coughs
9. organises
II. PRACTICE:
Exercise 1. Choose one word which has the underlined part pronounced differently. Identify your
answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
1. A. singular B. dictates C. cost D. pleasure
2. A.laughs B. photographs C. machines D. parents
3. A. dishes B. oranges C. experiences D. moves
4. A. advised B. devised C. raised D. practised
5. A. shared B. viewed C. confided D. measured

Exercise 2. Choose one word which has different stress pattern from the other three. Identify your
answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
1. A. counterpart B. attraction C. partnership D.grocery
2. A. biologist B. generally C. responsible D. security
3. A. secret B. mature C. household D. access
4. A. farewell B. thoughtful C. toward D. approach
5. A. obedient B. generally C. responsible D. biologist

Exercise 3: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions
1. Both my parents are office-workers. They have good jobs and secure incomes.
A. high B. low C. reasonable D. certain
Whenever problems come up, we discuss them frankly and find solutions quickly.
A. happen B. encounter C. arrive D. clean
3. I also look after the boys, who are quite active and mischievous sometimes.
A. supportive B. enjoying playing tricks and annoying people
C. behaving obediently D. rude and impolite
4. The teacher gave some suggestions on what could come out for the examination.
A. effects B. symptoms C. hints D. demonstrations
5. Dad is willing to give a hand with cleaning the house.
A. use his hand B. avoid C. give part of his body D. help

Exercise 4: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
1. Why are you being so arrogant?
A. snooty B. humble C. cunning D. naive
2: It was obvious to everyone that the child had been badly treated.
A. evident B. frank C. significant D. unclear
3. He had never experienced such discourtesy towards the president as it occurred at the annual
meeting in May.
A. politeness B. rudeness C. measurement D. encouragement
4. My wife will never admit that she's wrong, even when she knows she is. She's so pig-headed.
A. obstinate B. obedient C. stubborn D. careful
5. Mr. Brown is a very generous old man. He has given most of his wealth to a charity organization.
A. hospitable B. honest C kind D. mean

Exercise 5: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions:
1. We are a very ______ family. We all have very close relationship with one another.
A. strange B. typical C. close-knit D. friendly
2. A new ______ satellite has just been launched into the earth's orbit to take some necessary
photographs.
A. communicate B. communication C. communicative D. communicatively
3. In my company, the director deputy usually the responsibility for organizing meetings and
conferences.
A. makes B. gets C. takes D. becomes
Where is Jimmy? - He is ____ work. He is busy ____ his monthly report.
A. on / for B. in / about C. to / through D. at / with
5. Many problems have ______ since the beginning of the school year.
A. brought up B. come up C. brought out D. come out

III. HOMEWORK:
Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
1. A.specialize B. variety C.particular D. wide
2. A. levels B.secondary C. subject D..requirements
3. A. considered B. travelled C. allowed D. expressed
Choose the word in each line that has different stress partern
4. A. obedient B. decision C. mischievous D. biologist
5. A. maintain B. response C. marriage D. believe

FAMILY & PEOPLE

READING COMPREHENSION 1
I. WARMER: Match the word in column A with its antonym in colum B
A B
1. supportive A. neglect
2. willing B. depressed
3. obedient C. ban
4. take care of D. critical
5. happy E. indifferent
6. allow F. at a loose end
7. hard-working G. costly
8. busy H. reluctant
9. cheap I. naughty
10. interested J. idle
II. PRACTICE:
Exercise 1: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions:
1. She earned extra money last year _______ several young children.
 A. bringing into B. caring for C. taking on D. bearing up
2. He's always _______ to his father's wishes.
A. confident B. supportive C. obedient D. expressive
3. The manager_________ his temper with the employees and shouted at them.
A. had B. lost C. took D. kept
4. It won't_______ matter if you arrive a few minutes late.
A. grandly B. largely C. greatly D. considerably
5. So many______ people applied for the position that we won’t be able to make a decision for weeks.
A. well-qualified B. well-behaved C. well-known D. well-mannered
6. Finally, thanks to their parents’ help, they found the __________to that problem.
A. solution B. way C. decision D. condition
7. The people who_______ the survey said that they had examined over 1,000 accidents.
A. proceed B. gave C. set D. conducted
8. Those _______ boys often play tricks on their friends.
A. mischievous B. obedient C. honest D. well-behaved
Exercise 2: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each space in the following
passage.
Men hurt more in rocky relationships
Most people think women are more (1)_______ when a relationship hits a rocky patch. According
to a new study on over 1,000 break-ups, it is the (2)_______. Research from the Wake Forest
University in the USA suggests men have a (3)_______ harder time dealing with the low points.
Researchers say women have a harder time coping with a break-up. Lead researcher Robin Simon said:
"Common wisdom says that women are more hurt by problems in a relationship, but we found that the
disadvantages of strain are exaggerated for the men." She added: "Men are (4)_______
sensitive than we often think they are." Simon and her co-researchers discovered that men often put a
brave (5)_______ on problems they have with their partner but inside, they feel more emotional pain
than women.
1. A. affect B. affecting C. affection D. affected
2. A. parallel B. difference C. opposing D. opposite
3. A. lot B. much C. several D. many
4. A. very B. more C. fewer D. as
5. A. face B. head C. eye D. nose
Exercise 3:Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the best
option A, B, C, or D to complete the following questions or statements:
My family consists of four people. There’s my father whose name is Jan, my mother whose name
is Marie, my brother, Peter and of course, me. I have quite a large extended family as well but, only the
four of us live together in our apartment in a block of flats. My father is fifty-two years old. He works
as an accountant in an insurance company. He is tall and slim, has got short brown and gray hair and
blue eyes. My father likes gardening very much as well as listening to music and reading books about
political science. His special hobbies are bird watching and travelling.
Now I’ll describe my mother and my brother. My mother is forty-seven and she works as a nurse
in a hospital. She is small, and slim, has short brown hair and green eyes. She likes bird watching and
travelling too, so whenever my parents are able to they go some place interesting for nature watching.
Since we have a cottage with a garden they both spend a lot of time there. My brother is sixteen. He is
slim and has short brown hair and blue eyes. He also attends high school. He is interested in computers
and sports like football and hockey. He also spends a lot of time with his friends.
I have only one grandmother left still living. She is in pretty good health even at the age of
seventy-eight so she still lives in her own flat. I enjoy spending time with her when I can. Both my
grandfathers died from cancer because they were smokers, which was really a great tragedy because I
didn’t get chance to know them. My other grandmother died just a few years ago. I also have a lot of
aunts, uncles, and cousins. The cousin I’m closest to is my uncle’s daughter Pauline. We have a lot in
common because we are both eighteen and so we are good friends.
1. What is the writer’s father?
A. a cashier B an accountant C. a receptionist D. a writer
2. Which of the followings is NOT the hobby of the writer’s father?
A listening to music B. bird watching C. painting D. doing the gardening
3. Where does the writer’s mother work?
A an a clinic B at home C in a company D. in a hospital
4. What does the writer’s mother look like?
A She is slim and small B She is small and has grey hair
C. She has blue eyes D. She has long brown hair.
5. What happened to the writer’s grandfathers?
A. They died because they smoked too much. B. They got lung cancer a few years ago,
C. They had to leave their own flat. D. They had an accident and died..
6. The word “tragedy” in the third paragraph mostly means ______
A. bad luck B. sudden accident C. sad event D. boring result
7. The word “assigned” in the fourth paragraph mostly means ______
A. allowed B. appointed C. forced D. encouraged
III. HOMEWORK:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
1. Despite much research, there are still certain elements in the life cycle of the insect that is not fully
A B C
understood.
D
2. In 1921 Einstein won the Nobel Prize, and was honoured in Germany until the rise of Nazism, then
A B C
he was driven from Germany because he was a Jew.
C
3. It is estimated that at least a million meteors have hit the Earth's surface, which is only 25 percentage
A B C D
of the planet.
4. The number of students attending English courses at our university are increasing.
A B C D
5. Scuba diving is usually carried out in the ocean in that people can explore the underwater world.
A B C D
6. To be successful in an interview, you should control the feeling of pressure and making a good
A B C
impression on the interviewer.
D