Grade 10 - Unit 1: Family Life

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. advises B. raises C. devises D. goes
2. A. laundry B. iron C. biography D. critical
Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words.
3. A. routine B. burden C. household D. finance
4. A. breadwinner B. homemaker C. washing-up D. equally
Choose A, B, C or D that best completes each unfinished sentence or indicates the correct answer.
5. __________ is sharing housework and childcare evenly.
A. Equal shared parenting B. Equal parenting shared
C. Equally shared parenting D. Equally parenting shared
6. My mother often __________ in the early morning because she wants to choose the freshest and healthiest
ingredients for the meals.
A. does the cooking B. shops for groceries C. do the grocery shopping D. cooks
7. My responsibility is to wash the dishes and __________ the rubbish.
A. take up B. get out C. get up D. take out
8. Being the breadwinner of the family, __________.
A. She manages the home and raises the children. B. she looks after the children carefully.
C. She’s a sociable woman. D. she works hard to earns the money that the family needs.
9. My mother gets annoyed with my younger brother because he __________his dirty clothes over the floor.
A. always throws B. is throwing C. is always throwing D. is going to throw
Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
10. (A) Some language students (B) have difficulty (C) to express exactly what they want (D) to say.
11. Visitors (A) may realize that (B) even though they can’t make their homes in Da Lat City, they can take away with (C)
them memories of (D) their beauty.
12. Catherine (A) is studying (B) law (C) at the university, and (D) so does John.
13. (A) My cousin attends(B) an university in the Midwest which (C) specializes in (D) astronomy.
14. (A) Because they (B) have moved away, they (C) hardly never go (D) to the beach anymore.
Choose A, B, C, or D that indicates the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
15. Jane and John are at a restaurant.
John: “Would you like to have noodles, spaghetti or something different?” Jane: “______.”
A. Anything will do B. Yes, please C. Never mind D. I don’t mind
16. Mary and Peter are meeting at a birthday party.
Mary: “How are you doing?”    Peter: “______.”
A. I’m reading a novel               B. Yes, I am                C. Great. Thanks D. I’m afraid not
Choose A, B, C or D that indicates the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following
questions.
17. Billy, come and give me a hand with cooking.
A. help B. prepared C. be busy D. attempt
18. How do you divide household chores in your family?
A. Take out B. split C. solve D. deliver
Choose A, B, C or D that indicates the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following
questions.
19. If you are at a loose end this weekend, I will show you round the city.
A. free B. confident C. occupied D. reluctant
20. I met famous people practically every day.
A. substantially B. virtually C. relatively D. scarcely
Read the text below and decide which answer (A,  B,  C  or  D) best fits each gap.
Genealogy is a branch of history. It concerns family history, (21) ........ than the national or world history studied at
school. It doesn't merely involve drawing a family tree, however - tracing your family history can also (22) ........ in
learning about your roots and identity. The Internet enables millions of people worldwide to access information about
their family history, without great (23) ........ .
People who research their family history often remark that it's a fascinating hobby which (24)........ a lot about where
they come from and whether they have famous ancestors. According to a survey involving 900 people who had
researched their family history, the chances of discovering a celebrity in your past are one in ten. The survey also
concluded that the (25) ........ back you follow your family line, the more likely you are to find a relation who was much
wealthier than you are. However, the vast majority of people who participated in the survey discovered they were
better off than their ancestors.
21. A. instead B. rather C. except D. sooner
22. A. cause B. mean C. result D. lead
23. A. fee B. price C. charge D. expense
24. A. reveals B. opens C. begins D. arises
25. A. older B. greater C. higher D. further
Read the text
Match each description of a family on the left with a type of family on the right.
Types of Families
A family is a group of people that have a common ancestor. They usually live together in the same house. Although it is a
fact that not all families are the same, they can be categorized into different types.

A nuclear family consists of parents and their children living together. In many countries in Europe and North American
this is the most common form of family. There are three types of nuclear families. In the first type the father works and
the mother cares for the children. In the second type, the mother works and the father says at home with the children.
In the third type of family, both parents work. This last type of family is the most common in the USA and Canada.

In an extended family, different family members such as grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins live together. In many
areas of the world, such as Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Southern Europe, this type of family is
common.

Recently in some countries, couples are choosing to have only one child. These types of families are called single child
families. Some people believe that children raised in these kinds of families are spoilt, selfish and lonely. But research
doesn’t support this.

Some families have no children at all. The couples that make up these families sometimes make the choice not to have
children because they want to have more free time. Some couples choose not to have children for financial reasons.

Families with only one parent are called single parent families. There are several causes of these types of families. The
first reason is divorce. Another reason is that the one of the parent dies, leaving the surviving parent widowed.
Additionally, some parents never get married in the first place.

When the husband or wife in a marriage brings children with them from a past marriage, this is called a blended or
reconstituted family. This type of family has become more common due to the increase in divorces. For some children
this kind of family can be good because there are two parents, instead of just one. But there can also be some difficulties
as the two new families try to become one.
As the basis of all societies, families of all types are very important. This is true now and will be true in the future as well.

A. Childless Family
B. Nuclear Family
C. Single Parent Family
D. Extended Family
E. Single Child Family
F. Blended Family

26. Extended Family Harry and his wife

Jane have been married for six years.
They have one daughter named
Melissa.

27.Childless Family Two years ago

Darrel and Tanya got married. Before
they got married Darrel had three sons
and Tanya had a daughter. Now they
all live together.

28. Blended Family Hiroshi's wife died

several years ago of cancer. He now
raises his two sons Tomo and Taiki by
himself.

29. Single Child Family Jose and Maria

live with their 3 children. They also live
with their parents, an uncle and an
aunt.

30. Single Parent Family Husband and

wife Dalee and Meegung have been
married for two years. They are both
very successful business people and
don't have any children.
Give the correct forms of the given words to complete the following sentences.
31. A person will be considered ungrateful if he/she doesn’t take good care of GRATEFUL
his/her parents or grandparents.
32. He was looking at his parents obediently, waiting for recommendations. OBEY
33. He gave the children a detailed explaination of the story. EXPLAIN
34. Police working on solving the bank robbery have by chance uncovered a plan to COVER
murder a leading politician.
35. These quick and easy solutions can be effective in the short term, but they have a SOLVE
cost.

31. ____________ 32. ____________ 33. ____________ 34. ____________ 35. ____________

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

36. Trade has gone from the depression and staff is being laid (lay) off now.
37.38. You’d better have (have) your car serviced (service) immediately.
39.40. David is going to leave (leave) for Paris quite soon because he will get (get) a job there.

36. ____________ 37. ____________ 38. ____________ 39. ____________ 40. ____________

Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition.

41. Children who share the housework with their parents do better at school, become more sociable, and have better
relationship than their teachers and friends.
42. Being the elder child in the family, I take up a large share of housework.
43. Sometimes she doesn’t agree with her husband’s proposal about child rearing.
44. People tend to live in nuclear families which consist of parents and children.
45. It’s like banging your head against a brick wall.

41. ____________ 42. ____________ 43. ____________ 44. ____________ 45. ____________

Finish the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, beginning with the given words.
46.It is Alice’s job to look after the garden. RESPONSIBLE
 Alice is responsible for looking after the staff.
47.The girls are excited at the thought of going on an excursion. FORWARD
The girls  look forward to seeing their grandparents again .
48. The children couldn’t go swimming because the sea was very rough..
The sea was too rough for the children to go swimming.
49. Tornadoes can move objects as big as a car.
Objects can be moved as big as a car by Toenadoes
50. Barbara isn’t trying to solve her financial problems.
Barbara is making no effort to solve her financial problems.
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