UNIT 2
MY FAMILY
Exercise 1. Learn the following words and phrases.
family ['fæm
ɪlɪ] семья
relation [r
ɪ'leɪʃn] родственник; родственница
parents ['p
ɛərənts] родители
father ['f
ɑːðə] отец
dad [dæd] папа
mother ['m
ʌðə] мать
mum [m
ʌm] мама
sister ['s
ɪstə] сестра
brother ['br
ʌðə] брат
husband ['h
ʌzbənd] муж
wife [wa
ɪf] жена
child [
ʧaɪld] (мн. ч. children ['ʧɪldrən]) ребенок; дитя
son [s
ʌn] сын
daughter ['d
ɔːtə] дочь
grandparents ['græn
ˌpɛərənts] дедушка и бабушка
grandfather ['græn
ˌfɑːðə] дедушка
grandmother ['græn
ˌmʌðə] бабушка
grandchild ['græn
ʧaɪld] (мн. ч. grandchildren) внук; внучка
grandson ['græns
ʌn] внук
granddaughter ['græn
ˌdɔːtə] внучка
uncle ['
ʌŋkl] дядя
aunt [
ɑːnt] тетя
nephew ['nefju
ː] / ['nevjuː] племянник
niece [ni
ːs] племянница
cousin ['k
ʌzn] двоюродный брат; двоюродная сестра
Exercise 2. Fill in the missing words from Ex. 1.
dad
son
uncle
brother
mum mother
granddaughter
wife
niece
parents
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Exercise 3. Do the crossword.
1. Your mother and father are your…
2. Your brother’s daughter is your…
3. Your mother’s brother is your…
4. Your mother’s sister is your…
5. Your mother’s father is your…
6. Your aunt’s son is your…
7. Your father’s mother is your…
8. Your sons and daughters are your…
9. Your parents’ daughter is your…
Exercise 4. Learn the numbers from 1 to 100.
1
one
[w
ʌn] 11
eleven
[
ɪ'levən]
21
twenty-
one
[
ˌtwentɪ
'w
ʌn]
2
two
[tu
ː]
12
twelve
[twelv]
22
twenty-
two
[
ˌtwentɪ
'tu:]
3
three
[θri
ː]
13
thirteen
[θ
ɜː'tiːn]
30
thirty
['θ
ɜːtɪ]
4
four
[f
ɔː]
14
fourteen
[
ˌfɔː'tiːn]
40
forty
['f
ɔːtɪ]
5
five
[fa
ɪv]
15
fifteen
[
ˌfɪf'tiːn]
50
fifty
['f
ɪftɪ]
6
six
[s
ɪks]
16
sixteen
[
ˌsɪk'stiːn]
60
sixty
['s
ɪkstɪ]
7 seven ['sevən] 17 seventeen
[
ˌsevən'tiːn]
70
seventy
['sevənt
ɪ]
8
eight
[e
ɪt]
18 eighteen
[
ˌeɪ'tiːn]
80
eighty
['e
ɪtɪ]
9
nine
[na
ɪn] 19 nineteen
[
ˌnaɪn'tiːn]
90
ninety
['na
ɪntɪ]
10
ten
[ten]
20
twenty
['twent
ɪ]
100
one
hundred
['w
ʌn
'h
ʌndrɪd]
Exercise 5. Count the people in your family. Report to the class, for example:
Who has the biggest family?
Exercise 6. Ask each other how old the people in your families are, for
example:
1
R
2
E
3
L
4 A
5
T
6
I
7
O
8
N
9
S
I have a mum, a dad, two sisters and their husbands,
three nieces and a nephew, a grandmother, two
grandfathers. We have fourteen people on our family.
How old is your mum?
She is forty-one.
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Exercise 7. Learn the following jobs.
businessman ['b
ɪznɪsmæn] бизнесмен, предприниматель
doctor ['d
ɔktə] врач, доктор
driver ['dra
ɪvə] водитель
engineer [
ˌenʤɪ'nɪə] инженер
farmer ['f
ɑːmə] фермер
interpreter [
ɪn'tɜːprɪtə] переводчик (устный)
journalist ['
ʤɜːnəlɪst] журналист
secretary ['sekrətr
ɪ] секретарь
shop assistant ['
ʃɔp əˌsɪstənt] продавец; продавщица
stewardess ['stju
ːədəs] стюардесса
receptionist [r
ɪ'sepʃənɪst] администратор (в гостинице)
teacher ['ti
ːʧə] учитель, учительница
Exercise 8. Match a job from 1–12 with a line from a–l.
1. businessman
2. doctor
3. driver
4. engineer
5. farmer
6. interpreter
7. journalist
8. secretary
9. shop assistant
10. stewardess
11. receptionist
12. teacher
a. works on a farm
b. constructs cars, buildings, bridges, roads
c. looks after passengers on a plane
d. writes for a newspaper
e. drives a car or a bus
f. helps sick people in hospitals
g. works in a shop
h. teaches in a school
i. works in business
j. translates things
k. books rooms for people in a hotel
l. types letters, answers phone calls
Exercise 9. Make sentences using Ex. 8, for example:
Businessmen work in business.
Exercise 10. Ask each other about the jobs in your families, for example:
What is the most popular job?
What does your mum do?
She is a secretary.
What is your father’s job?
He is a doctor.
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Exercise 11. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. У меня большая семья. 2. У меня есть два брата и сестра. 3. Я живу
со своими родителями в маленькой квартире в центре города. 4. У тебя
есть другие родственники? – Да, у меня есть бабушка, дедушка, две тети,
дядя и пятеро двоюродных братьев и сестер. 5. Моему папе 47 лет, а
маме
– 45. 6. Сколько лет твоему брату? – Ему 22 года. 7. Моему
племяннику два года. 8. Мой папа – водитель, а мама – продавец. 9. Кем
работает твоя сестра? – Она журналист. 10. Я часто навещаю своих
бабушку и дедушку.
Exercise 12. Read the text about Alex’s family.
My name’s Alex Hancock. I’m nineteen years old and I’m a student. I have
a father, a mother a sister and a brother.
My mother’s name is Mary. She is forty-eight. She is a children’s doctor.
She helps sick children in a hospital. She likes her job very much.
My father’s name is Henry. He is fifty years old. He works as an engineer
at a big plant. He is very busy and has little free time.
My sister, Ann, is twenty-five and she’s married. Her husband’s name is
Mike. He is a police officer. They have a daughter. Her name’s Caroline and
she’s only two years old. She is very funny.
My brother’s name is Peter. He is sixteen and he goes to school. In his free
time he likes playing football with his friends.
I live with my parents and my brother in a big house with a beautiful
garden. My sister and her family live in their own flat but they often visit us
at weekends.
I have a lot of other relations, too: two grandmothers, a grandfather, aunts,
uncles and cousins. But I rarely see them.
Exercise 13. Answer the questions about your family.
1. What’s your name?
2. How old are you?
3. What do you do?
4. Where do you live?
5. Do you have a big family?
6. What’s your mother’s name?
7. How old is she?
8. What’s her job?
9. What does she do at work?
10. What’s your dad’s name?
11. How old is he?
12. What does he do?
13. Does he like his job?
14. What is your brother’s / sister’s name?
15. What does he / she do?
16. Is he / she married?
17. Does he / she have any children?
18. Do your grandparents live with you?
19. Do you have other relations?
20. Do you often see them?
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Exercise 14. Read the dialogue and act it out.
Kate: Hello, Ann!
Ann: Hi, Kate! This is our new student Helen.
Kate: Nice to meet you.
Helen: Nice to meet you, too.
Kate: Where are you from, Helen?
Helen: I am from Minsk.
Kate: Where do you live in Brest?
Helen: I live at my sister’s. She has a nice flat in the centre of the city.
Kate: Is she married?
Helen: Oh, yes, she is married and has a daughter.
Kate: What does her husband do?
Helen: He is a doctor.
Kate: Is your sister a doctor, too?
Helen: No, she is a teacher.
Kate: Does she like her job?
Helen: Yes, she loves working with children.
Kate: Do you miss your parents?
Helen: Yes, very much, but I often talk to them on the phone.
Exercise 15. Read and translate the poems about family. Learn one of them
by heart.
Our Family
Our large family
Has a nice flat,
We live there happily
With a kitten and a cat.
My sisters and brothers
All go to school,
We help one another,
It is a good rule.
We help our mother
When she washes or cooks.
Together with father
We like to read books.
What is a Family?
A Family is a blessing,
It means so many things.
Words can never really tell
The joy a family brings.
A Family is a mutual love,
The love of Dad and Mother,
Showing children how to love
And care for each other.
A Family is always Home
And place where we can share,
Our joys and sorrows, hopes and dreams
For happiness lives there.
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UNIT 3
MY FRIEND
Exercise 1. Learn the following colours.
black [blæk] черный
blue [blu
ː] синий; голубой
brown [braun] коричневый; карий
(о глазах); каштановый (о волосах)
fair [f
ɛə] светлый, белокурый (о волосах)
green [gri
ːn] зеленый
grey [gre
ɪ] серый; седой (о волосах)
orange ['
ɔrɪnʤ] оранжевый
pink [p
ɪŋk] розовый
purple ['p
ɜːpl] фиолетовый
red [red] красный
violet ['va
ɪələt] фиолетовый
white [wa
ɪt] белый
yellow ['jeləu] желтый
Exercise 2. Look around. What colour are these things?
your T-shirt; your jeans, your shoes; your friend’s jacket; your friend’s
shirt; your friend’s bag; your book; your exercise book; your desk; the window;
the door; the grass; the sky; the sun; the rainbow; the flag of your country
Which is your favourite colour?
Exercise 3. Learn the words and phrases describing appearance.
tall [t
ɔːl] высокий
short [
ʃɔːt] невысокий (о человеке); короткий
of medium height [əv 'mi
ːdɪəm 'haɪt] среднего роста
slim [sl
ɪm] худой, стройный
plump [pl
ʌmp] полный, пухлый
of medium build [əv 'mi
ːdɪəm 'bɪld] среднего телосложения
hair [h
ɛə] волосы
eyes [aız] глаза
beard [b
ɪəd] борода
moustache [mə'st
ɑːʃ] усы
Exercise 4. Fill in the columns with words and phrases from Ex. 1 and Ex. 3.
You can use some words more than once.
Height
Build
Hair
Eyes
Other features
tall
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Exercise 5. Who is described?
Peter Robert
Jessie Frank Jack Monica
1. He has short black hair, a beard and a moustache.
2. She has long fair hair and green eyes.
3. He has short grey hair and a moustache.
4. He is short and plump. He has short fair hair.
5. She has long black hair and black eyes.
6. He is tall and slim. He has short brown hair.
Exercise 6. Look at the two people in the pictures and complete the
descriptions.
Ann is tall and slim.
Tom is tall and plump. He has
She has long _____.
_____ brown _____ and blue
hair
and
brown
_______. He also has a beard
_____.
and a ___________.
Exercise 7. Describe somebody in the class. Let the other students guess who it
is, for example:
He is tall and plump. He has
brown hair and blue eyes. He
doesn’t have a beard.
Is it Nick?
Yes, it is.
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Exercise 8. Learn the words and phrases describing character.
nice [na
ɪs] хороший, милый
clever ['klevə] умный
kind [ka
ɪnd] добрый
funny ['f
ʌnɪ] забавный, смешной
honest ['
ɔnɪst] честный
polite [pə'la
ɪt] вежливый
hardworking ['h
ɑːdˌwɜːkɪŋ]
трудолюбивый
lazy ['le
ɪzɪ] ленивый
naughty ['n
ɔːtɪ] непослушный
Exercise 9. Match the words from 1–9 to their meanings from a–h.
1. clever
2. funny
3. honest
4. hardworking
5. kind
6. lazy
7. naughty
8. nice
9. polite
a. always tells the truth
b. is quick to understand things
c. likes to work
d. helps people
e. behaves badly
f. makes you laugh
g. always says “Please” and “Thank you”
h. doesn’t like to work
i. good, pleasant
Exercise 10. Make sentences using Ex. 9, for example:
A clever person is quick to understand things.
Exercise 11. Learn the following speech patterns. Ask each other about your
friends and relations.
What does he look like? – He is tall and slim. He has fair hair and grey
eyes. He doesn’t have a beard, but he has a moustache.
What is he like? – He is kind and honest. He helps people and he always
tells the truth.
Exercise 12. Ask each other about your abilities and interests, for example:
What is your favourite subject?
What are you good at?
I am good at English.
My favourite subject is Maths.
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Exercise 13. Read the text and translate it into Russian.
My friend’s name is Peter. He is 15 years old. We are in the same class at
school and we live in the same street.
Peter has fair hair and grey eyes. He is of medium height and a little plump.
He always wears jeans and T-shirts, when he is not at school, of course.
My friend is clever and kind. He is quick to understand things and he is
always ready to help people. But sometimes he is funny and makes me laugh.
Peter’s favourite subject at school is English. He is also good at Russian
and he is interested in history. He likes reading historical books. His favourite
writer is Alexandre Dumas ['dju
ːmɑː]. He has a lot of books at home.
Peter likes playing computer games. And he is crazy about football. We
often play football together.
Peter is a good friend. We spend a lot of time together. We watch TV,
listen to music, and talk about different things such as sport, films, books and
school. We often have a good laugh.
Exercise 14. Are these statements true or false according to Ex. 13? Correct
the false statements.
1. Peter is 16 years old.
2. Peter has fair hair and grey eyes.
3. He is tall and slim.
4. Peter wears jeans and T-shirts at school.
5. He is naughty.
6. Peter is sometimes funny.
7. He is good at Russian.
8. Peter likes reading detective stories.
9. Peter’s favourite writer is Walter Scott.
10. Peter likes playing football very much.
11. Peter spends little time with his friend.
12. They talk about sport, films, books and school.
13. Peter and his friend often laugh together.
I am interested in pop music.
What are you interested in?
What are you crazy about?
I am crazy about dancing.
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Exercise 15. Answer the questions about your friend.
1. Do you have many friends?
2. Who is your best friend?
3. Where does he / she live?
4. What does he / she do?
5. How old is he / she?
6. What does he / she look like?
7. What clothes does he / she like to wear?
8. What is he / she like?
9. Is he / she hardworking or lazy?
10. What is he / she good at?
11. What is he / she interested in?
12. Do you often see each other?
13. What do you do together?
14. What do you talk about?
15. Do you often have a good laugh together?
Exercise 16. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Мой любимый цвет – красный. 2. У моего друга черные волосы и
карие глаза. 3. У него есть борода или усы? 4. Как выглядит твоя
подруга? – Она высокая и стройная, у нее светлые волосы и голубые глаза.
5. Почему ты всегда такой ленивый? 6. Все мои друзья умные, добрые и
честные. 7. Мой любимый школьный предмет – биология. 8. Мой друг
интересуется компьютерами. 9. Она без ума от танцев. 10. Мы проводим
много времени вместе.
Exercise 17. Translate the proverbs into Russian. Explain their meanings.
Learn them by heart.
1. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
2. When a friend asks there is no tomorrow.
3. Friends are thieves of time.
4. To have a true friend, you must be a true friend.
5. The road to a friend’s house is never long.
6. A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.
7. A friend is easier lost than found
8. False friends are worse than bitter enemies.
9. Real friendship cannot be bought at a fair.
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