Relative relationships

Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs

What do you thing are the ingredients of:

1. A good friendship? Confidence, respect, interests in common, trust

2. A successful marriage? Base, pillar, foundation, couple
A romance

1. The following sentences tell the unhappy love story of a young couple. Match a
sentence beginning 1-6 with an ending a-f.
1) Lucy and I started going out _c_
2) I saw her smile and fell for _e_
3) I heard she had just split up _a_
4) We laughed a lot and got on _b__
5) Sadly, last week we fell for_f__
6) I miss her and won’t get over_d_
a) up with her boyfriend, so I asked her to dance.
b) on well with each other. We had good fun together.
c) out with each other a year ago. We met in a club.
d) over her for a long time. It’s going to be very hard.
e) for her immediately. It was love at first sight.
f) out with each other after a row. I think it’s all over.
1c, 2e, 3a, 4b, 5f, 6d
2. Write the infinitive of the phrasal verbs from exercise 1 next to its meaning.
a) To stop being friendly with someone because you have had an argument or a
disagreement with them. __fall out_
b) To end a romantic relationship with someone. __split up__
c) To have a romantic relationship with someone. _go out with_____
d) To have a good relationship with someone. __get on with____
e) To fall in love with someone. ____fall for______
f) To start to forget someone and feel happy again after a relationship has ended.
__get over__

1. To fall out with somebody

2. To split up with somebody
3. To be going out with somebody
4. To get on with somebody
5. To fall for somebody
6. To get over somebody
B family

1. Use the context in these sentences to help you work out the meaning of the
phrasal verbs in bold.
a) After Leo’s parents died, his aunt brought him up as if he were her own son.
b) I was born in England but I grew up in France, I lived in Paris until I was 18.
c) Parents need great patience to be able to put up with teenager’s changing moods.
d) Amy cried when her dad told her off for breaking a glass; he sounded very angry.
e) My mum is my role model. I look up to her because of her kindness and tolerance.
f) Tim’s parents felt he had let them down. He repaid their generosity by stealing
from them.

2. What is the infinitive form of each phrasal verb in exercise 1?

3. Make five sentences using the phrasal verbs.
Speaking: collaborative task

1. Imagine that a magazine for young adults and teenagers is going to publish a
series of articles giving advice about relationships. Below are some of the
relationships they want to include. Talk to each other about what problems
might arise in these relationships.

Brothers and sisters Parents and teenagers

What problems
might arise in
these
realtionships?
Boyfriends and girlfrends Work colleagues

Flatmates
2. Now decide which two relationships teenagers and young adults would be
most interested to receive advice on.
Useful language
Task 1
Which one shall we start with?
Let’s talk about….first / next
Shall we move on to...now?
It wouldn’t be so much for them, but for me
Task 2
This relationship is far more / less
relevant to (adults) than that one.
(Teenagers) would have great / little /no
interest in reading about that.
This one would have great / little / no
appeal (to teenagers)
Language focus:

Defining relative clauses

Defining relative clauses contain information which is essential for our understanding of
the whole sentence.

1. Look at these two extracts and answer the questions:

I shared a flat once with someone who used to get annoyed about the silliest of
things.
He’d also tell me off for cooking food that made the house smell.
The words in bold are relative pronouns. What alternative pronouns can be used?
Can a relative pronoun be omitted from these two sentences? Why / Why not?

2. A relative pronoun has been omitted from the following sentences. Where
could it be inserted and which one(s) could be used?
 The money we inherited from our grandmother wasn’t divided equally between us.
Why is it possible to leave the pronoun out in this case?

3. Which of these sentences is more formal?

The woman to whom I spoke had no idea what was going on.
The woman who I spoke to had no idea what was going on.
Can the relative pronoun be omitted from either of them?

4. Complete the sentences using when, where, why or whose.

a) What’s the name of the place ____ we had that accident last year?
b) The reason ____ people from Mediterranean countries live so long is because
they eat so well.
c) I’ll always remember the day ____ I started my first job.
d) That’s the woman ____ husband you spoke to on the phone.
5. Complete each of the gaps below with an appropriate relative pronoun or
relative adverb. Decide in which sentences there is more than one possibility
and whether the word can be left out.
1) I’d like to go back to the restaurant ____ we celebrate your birthday last year.
2) Have you been to the new Spanish tapas bar ____ has just opened in the town
centre?
3) Ironic really. The person ____ car they stole has just finished a three-year
sentence in prison for car theft.
4) Have you finished the book ____ I lent you?
5) I wish I could remember the name of the man ____ sold me this computer.
6) The only thing ____ worries me is the cost. Will we be able to afford it?
7) Here’s that phone number ____ you wanted.
8) I was born in 1969. That was the year ____ the first man landed on the moon.
 6. Complete the following sentences with your own ideas.
A good friend is someone who…
I don’t like people that…
I’d like to have a job which…
I’ll never forget the time when…
I wouldn’t like to live in a country where…

Speaking

In speaking part 1 you may be asked to talk about your family and friends. Talk to your
partner, taking turns to ask and answer the questions.

*Advice:
  Do not just answer yes or no to the examiner’s questions. Develop your answers
by giving reasons or examples.
 Do not learn long pre-prepared answers. You are unlikely to sound natural and
yopu may not answer the questions correctly.

Questions:

 Do you take after your mother or your father? In what way?

 What types of things do you enjoy with your family?
 Describe the relationship you have with one of your family members.
 Do you prefer celebrating your birthday with friends or family?
 Do you spend most of your free time on your own or with friends?
 What do you like most about your best friend?
Multiple choice cloze

1. Who are the people in the photograph? How do you think they are feeling?
2. For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answers (A, B, C or
D) best fits in each gap. There is an example in the beginning.

Example:

0 A glanced B looked C seen D stared

All four verbs are related to looking, but seen is the only appropriate word in the
context. In addition, the other options, glanced, looked and stared would all be
followed by the preposition at, which does not appear after the gap.

Renting family and friends

In recent years japan has 0 seen the growth of agencies which rent out actors to 1
_____ (A pretend B play C show D be) the part of relatives, friends and work
colleagues. Social events such as weddings or funerals are generally very formal
occasions in Japan, and a large 2______ of guests (A amount B quantity C volume
D number) is an essential ingredient for many families.

But for those unlucky enough to be 3___ work (A out of B away from C over with D
off to) or only in temporary employment, there are fewer opportunities to make
friends, so people like these 4_______ to (A ask B demand C pay D turn) the
growing rent-a-person service sector for help.

At one person’s wedding recently, as 5_____ (A high B soon C many D far) as thirty
of the family members, friends and co-workers were fakes, including the boss, as the
groom has just been 6____ (A made B taken C given D put) redundant. Often,
7_____ (A moreover B however C even D although) just one actor is required,
perhaps to impersonate the husband or a single mother who needs help sorting out a
problem her son is having at school, or to listen as a friend to a lonely person in
8____ (A charge B look C wish D need) of conversation.