Comprehension

8 A. Look at the picture and in pairs answer these questions.

• Who do you think the people are? • Who is Kibiri?

• Where do they live? • Where do they work?

B. Check the meaning of the underline words in your dictionary.

• They live with Kibiri's father.

• They all work on the farm.
• The women and the girls stay at home with the old and the sick people.
• The women make yoghurt and sell it for food.
• Kibiri's wife and their daughters walk ten miles...

C. Read the passage and look at the picture. Who is Kibiri's father?

Kibiri is a farmer and a vet in

Senegal. He's thirty-fi ve years
old. Kibiri and his wife have
seven children, fi ve girls, and
two boys. They live with Kibiri's
father and his brother's family.
They all work on the farm. The
men and the older boys are
o en away from home with the

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animals. The women and girls
stay at home with the old and
sick people. The women make
yoghurt and sell it for food, oil,
salt, and other things for the
home. Kibiri's wife and their
daughters walk the miles twice
a day to get water. It's hard work
but they're a very happy family.

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 unit seven
Family Relations

1 A. Match a phrase from column A with a phrase or word in column B. Write the letter on the line.

A B
1. grandfather and grandmother a. children
2. mother and father b. an only child
3. son a daughter c. grandchildren
4. grandson and granddaughter d. parents
5. a child with no brothers or sisters. e. grandparents

B. Fill in the correct word

MALE FEMALE
grandfather
mother
brother
husband
niece
uncle
cousin

2 Write the words from the box in the puzzle. Which word does not fi t? Write it on the line below.

brother sister father

mother grandfather grandson U N C L E
daughter son cousin
aunt uncle children
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Describing People

3 Look at the pictures and write the correct adjective from the box.
Kathy &
Bertha Amanda
D'yan Vicky Thomas

• young
• middle-age
• old

4 Match the descriptions with the pictures.

a b c d e f g h

1. She's short and slim, with long straight brown hair and brown eyes.
2. He's average height and thin, with straight blond hair and blue eyes.
3. He's tall and thin, with short black hair and brown eyes.

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4. She's short and average weight, with medium length black hair and brown eyes.

5 A. Look at the police report and complete the description of the robber.

Frank Turner is 28 years old. He's

Name : Frank Turner
Hair type: short, curly
Age : 28
Hair color: brown
Height : 1 m. 60 cm. with
Eyes: blue
Weight: 90 kg.

B. Now write a description of yourself.

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