UNIT 1: THE GENERATION GAP

LESSON: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR PRACTICE

Activity 1. Use the compound nouns from Warm up to complete the following sentences:
1. The rate of childhood obesity is rising because children have the bad habit of eating and
drinking too much junk food and __________________.
2. I’m thinking of having a change of ________________ despite my mom’s disapproval.
3. In Viet Nam, there has been a considerable increase in __________________ between
family members because the impact of the Western culture on young children.
4. My brother and I were instructed by our parents to use chopsticks to eat as part of
_______________.
5. I live in a(n) ____________________ with my grandparents, my parents, my uncles and
three cousins.

Activity 2. Supply the correct word form of the word in parentheses:

1. Some parents may also find their children’s _________________ unacceptable and
disrespectful to traditional values. (behave)
2. The wisest _________________ to this problem would be for parents and their children to
treat each other as friends. (solve)
3. Nam’s daddy is rather conservative. He always wants Nam to follow his
_______________. (feet)
4. Some teens want the expensive clothes, which can lead to a ___________ burden on their
parents. (finance)
5. I’m part of an __________ family, you know. (extension)
6. This system ________________ additional burdens on many people. (imposition)
7. We need to strike a balance between these ______________ interests. (conflict)
8. It’s no good hesitating. Be _____________. (decide)
9. My parents told me never to judge a person by his or her _______________. (appear)
10. We were aware of a real ________________ gap between us. (generate)

Activity 3. Complete the following sentences with must/mustn’t, have to/has to or don’t
have to/doesn’t have to.
1. When you are in the museum, you ____________ take photos of paintings or statues.
2. He ___________ ask for his parents’ permission when he goes out because his parents
always believe him.

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3. She __________ pass the entrance examination because she doesn’t want to make her
parents disappointed.
4. She _____________ show her appropriate purposes to her parents when she uses their
monay.
5. They ______________ submit their assignments to the teacher today because she has
caught a fever and can’t go to school.
6. She ____________ attend any extra classes because her parents will pay private tutors to
teach her at home.
7. My children ________________ conduct a survey and write an essay about the generation
gap in our current family.
8. He _________________ play games on the computer without his parents’ allowance.

Activity 4. Rewrite each sentence without changing its meaning, using the words in
brackets.
1. It would be a good idea for you to express your emotion to your parents. (ought)
 __________________________________________________________________________
2. You had better avoid behaving impolitely in public places. (should)
 __________________________________________________________________________
3. It is necessary for children to learn about table manners. (have to)
 __________________________________________________________________________
4. You aren’t allowed to look down on the older people in your family. (must)
 __________________________________________________________________________
5. You had better not lie to your parents about your decision on your future job. (ought)
 __________________________________________________________________________