Lesson 8 | Family life

Teacher - José Armando

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 Lesson 8 | Family life
Family life
Reading and Comprehension
Read the magazine article. How many people live together in each family?

D H
an lives in Liverpool with his ua lives in Shenyang. She’s an only
mum, dad and ten brothers child.
and sisters.
The two oldest children in the ‘I have no siblings and both my parents are
family, David and Sara, are in fact only children so I have no cousins, aunts or
Dan’s stepbrother and stepsister. uncles. But I’ve never felt lonely because
I’ve always had lots of friends.
‘Because there are so many of us, we all have to help with
My grandparents looked after me when I was little, so I’m very
jobs around the house. It’s OK, though. We sometimes
close to them, especially my maternal grandmother. I still visit all
argue and the house can be really noisy at times but we
my grandparents in the holidays.’
have a lot of fun and we get on well most of the time. And
of course, we’ve got a ready-made football team! The
only problem is that the queue for the bathroom in the
morning is quite long!’

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Y S
ousef lives in Tunis with
his parents and his three
brothers.
‘I don’t have much time for my
own interests.
There’s a lot of pressure to do well
at school, which means I get a lot
of homework, and I often have to
stay in to look after my brothers when my parents are at
work because I’m the oldest. I think my youngest
brother is spoilt. He never gets told off – he gets away
with everything.’
alma lives in Dubai with her
parents, her brother and her
sister-in-law.
‘My brother is ten years older than
me. He’s married and my sister-in-
law has just had a baby .
My friends think it’s really funny that I’m 14 and I’m already an
aunt! But I love it. My nephew is just six weeks old. He’s so cute.’

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Language Tips

Formal Informal
mother mum
father dad
grandmother grandma, granny
grandfather granddad, grandpa

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Lesson 8 | Practice Time (Exercises)
1. Which of the following are implied in the text? d) brothers or sisters. ______________
e) your aunt and uncle’s children. ____________
a) Dan doesn’t mind doing jobs at home. ______________
b) Dan’s parents are very strict. f) your mother’s mother.
c) Hua is sad that she hasn’t got any brothers. g) your brother’s wife. ______________
d) Hua gets on well with her grandparents.
e) Yousef isn’t entirely happy with his life. h) your brother’s or sister’s son. ______________
f) Yousef feels his parents aren’t always fair in the way
they treat the children.
g) Salma gets on well with her parents.
h) Salma is annoyed at her friends’ reaction to her
being an aunt.

Vocabulary
2. Find the words in the text for the following.
a) the son of your stepmother or stepfather. ______________
b) the daughter of your stepmother or stepfather. ______________
c) Someone without brothers or sisters. ______________

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 Lesson 8 | Practice Time (Exercises)
3. Match the following words to the definitions. 4 5

1. your father’s mother. Are there any things at

maternal grandfather What responsibilities do
home that you would
you have at home?
2. your mother’s father. niece change?

3. your sister’s husband. paternal grandmother 5. Write a paragraph about your family for the
magazine article.
4. your brother’s or brother-in-law
sister’s daughter. Try to use the following phrasal verbs.
get on well with get told off (for doing something)
4. Work in small groups. Tell each other about your look after get away with
family. Ask and answer these questions
1 2 Why are families important?
Have you got brothers Do you spend time with
and sisters? your grandparents?
3

Do you get on well with all the

members of your family?

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 Lesson 8 | Family life
The famous of the day

B
arack Obama is the 44th President of the United States of America. He is also the winner of
the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. He made history in 2008 when he won the U.S. presidential
election. He is the first African American to be President. Obama’s charisma, intelligence,
and powerful speeches have made him extremely popular with many Americans. He has been very
successful with his message for change.
Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961 to a black Kenyan father and white American mother. His parents
divorced and his mother married an Indonesian man. Barack’s family moved to Indonesia in 1967.
He attended schools in Jakarta until he was ten years old, when he returned to Hawaii. Obama
majored in political science and international relations at Columbia University in New York.
After four years in New York, Obama moved to Chicago. There, he worked as the director of a community project from 1985 to
1988. He entered Harvard Law School and became the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. Obama taught law at
the University of Chicago Law School for twelve years. He became an Illinois Senator in 1996.
In 2004, Obama was elected as a U.S. Senator. He supported legislation on
conservation, energy, immigration and honest leadership. Obama is
currently battling with serious issues with the economy. He beat Mitt
Romney to win a second term in office, despite a poor economy and high
unemployment. He thanked voters by promising to spend his second term
honoring their support, saying: "There's a lot more work to do."
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