EMPOWER B1+

UNIT 3 “RELATIONSHIPS”
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Lesson A: Relationships

Have in strangers get on with friendship keep in touch

common Llevarse bien
con

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Lesson A: Relationships

good background Relatives sense of humor interests

friendship parientes
antecedentes

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Lesson A: Relationships

emotional get on well relationship get to know support from a

friendship llevarse bien Llegar a saber friend

Amistada emocional

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Lesson A: Relationships

1. Have in common 9. Sense of humour

2. Strangers 10. Interest
3. Get on with 11. Get on
4. Friendship 12. Relationship
5. Keep in touch 13. Get to know
6. Emotional friendship 14. Support from a friend
7. Background 15. Personality as me
8. Relatives

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Lesson A: Relationships
1. Have in common - have something in common. ​to share the same interests or have similar
characteristics
2. Strangers - a person whom one does not know or with whom one is not familiar.
3. Get on with - have a harmonious or friendly relationship
4. Friendship - a relationship between friends.
5. Keep in touch - to continue to talk to or write to someone
6. Emotional friendship - a close association between two people marked by feelings of care, respect,
admiration, concern, or even love.

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Lesson A: Relationships

7. Background - the circumstances or situation prevailing at a particular time or underlying a

particular event.
8. Relatives - a person connected by blood or marriage.
9. Sense of humour - a person's ability to perceive humor or appreciate a joke.
10. Interest - the state of wanting to know or learn about something or someone.
11. Get on - perform or make progress in a specified way.
12. Relationship - the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected,
or
the state of being connected.

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Lesson A: Relationships
13. Get to know - to become acquainted with (someone or something).
14. Support from a friend - to provide help or encouragement to a friend.
15. Personality as me - the type of person you are, shown by the way you behave, feel,
and think is similar to someone else.

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EXERCISE 1
Match 1-10 with a-j to make sentences.
1. Let me tell you
2. We all have a good
3. I live with my mum, my dad and my
big
4. She’s Mexican and she speaks
5. and she loves listening
6. My mom and dad come from the same
7. My sister has a great sense
8. She gets
9. I don’t have too many things in
10. Write soon and tell me
a. about my family.
b. English and Spanish
c. sister. We live in California. My mum’s name is Carmen.
d. common with my sister we are so different.
e. on best with my mother. They always spend time
together
f. background. Both families had a farm in the country
g. about your family.
h. relationship with each other
i. to music. She listens to and positivemusic all the time!
j. of humor. She is always happy
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EXERCISE 1 ANSWER KEY
Match 1-10 with a-j to make sentences.
1. Let me tell you a
2. We all have a good h
3. I live with my mum, my dad and my big c
4. She’s Mexican and she speaks b
5. and she loves listening i
6. My mom and dad come from the same f
7. My sister has a great sense j
8. She gets e
9. I don’t have too many things in d
10. Write soon and tell me g
a. about my family.
b. English and Spanish
c. sister. We live in California. My mum’s name is Carmen.
d. common with my sister we are so different.
e. on best with my mother. They always spend time
together
f. background. Both families had a farm in the country
g. about your family.
h. relationship with each other
i. to music. She listens to and positivemusic all the time!
j. of humor. She is always happy
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Lesson B: Family

Grandmother Grandfather Mother Father Sister Brother

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NOW YOUR TURN:

Label the pictures

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NOW CHECK YOUR ANSWERS:

father

son / baby
Label the pictures
mother

grandfather
daughter
grandmother

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Lesson B: Family

Only child Middle child Oldest child Raise

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Lesson B: Family

Childhood Niece Nephew Generations

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EXERCISE 2
Use the vocabulary about family and complete the sentences.

1. Ariel is my ______ sister. She was born 4 years before me.

2. My sister’s daughter’s birthday is next month. I already
bought her a card that says. ‘Happy birthday ______’.
3. I had a happy ______ my parents used to spend a lot of time
with me playing and traveling together.
4. Monica is 3 years older than me and my brother Miguel is 2
years younger so I’m the _____ child.
5. I didn´t like to be the _____ child. I didn´t have anyone to play
with at home.

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EXERCISE 2 ANSWER KEY
Use the vocabulary about family and complete the sentences.

1. Ariel is my oldest sister. She was born 4 years before me.

2. My sister’s daughter’s birthday is next month. I already
bought her a card that says. ‘Happy birthday niece’.
3. I had a happy childhood my parents used to spend a lot of
time with me playing and traveling together.
4. Monica is 3 years older than me and my brother Miguel is 2
years younger so I’m the middle child.
5. I didn´t like to be the only child. I didn´t have anyone to play
with at home.

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Lesson B: Multiword verbs

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Lesson B: Multiword verbs

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Lesson B: Multiword verbs

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EXERCISE 3
Complete the sentences using Multi word verbs.

1. Many people say that Andrew ________ his father.

2. The couple adopted the child and _______him ______.
3. I _______in a village in Southern England.
4. Please ______Patty tonight, and invite her to our party.
5. The team leaders need to ________ to discuss the problem.
6. We were best friends in high school, but we ______
7. They're identical twins and I always ______ them _____
8. She ______ her hair for charity.

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EXERCISE 3 ANSWER KEY
Complete the sentences using Multi word verbs.

1. Many people say that Andrew takes after his father.

2. The couple adopted the child and brought him up.
3. I grew up in a village in Southern England.
4. Please ring up Patty tonight, and invite her to our party.
5. The team leaders need to get together to discuss the
problem.
6. We were best friends in high school, but we grow apart.
7. They're identical twins and I always mix them up.
8. She cut off her hair for charity.

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REFERENCES
1. https://dictionary.cambridge.org

2. English EMPOWER B1+ Student’s Book

Adrian Doff, Craig Thaine, Herbert Puchta, Jeff Stranks, and Peter
Lewis-Jones
Cambridge University Press (2016)

3. English EMPOWER B1+ Workbook

Adrian Doff, Craig Thaine, Herbert Puchta, Jeff Stranks, and Peter
Lewis-Jones
Cambridge University Press (2016)

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