Verbs and word combinations

to call/name smb. after smb. or smth

to give/ to change/ to choose/ to invent a name

a nuclear (immediate) family

an extended family

to be named after (a famous person)

to marry (smb), to get married, to be married(to smb),

to have a world of relatives

to divorce/to get divorced

to adopt a child

an adopted child

adoptive parents

a married couple

a steady girl-friend/boy-friend

a single parent family

a family background/history

to feel special

to be single

to follow a trend

to visualize

to make a good impression

to pay attention to smb. or smth.

a good listener

Exercises

1. Transcribe the following words.

Visualize, steady, divorcee, nuclear, memorable, naughty, kind-hearted, cousin, nephew, orphan, Christian, in-law, patronymic, generous, stubborn

2. Match the words on the right to the definitions on the left.

1 a brother’s wife a widow

2 a man who’s never been married twins

3 a new wife of a remarried father a spinster

4 a woman who’s husband has died sister-in law

5 two children born at the same time a bachelor

6 a man to whom a woman is engaged a divorcee

7 a child with no living parents an only child

8 a child with no brothers or sisters an orphan

9 a woman who’s never been married a stepmother

10 a person who’s divorced a husband-to-be

11 a son of the father from the previous marriage a single parent family

12 your uncle’s son a half brother

13 your sister’s daughter a cousin

14 a husband’s father a brother-in-law

15 a wife’s mother a sister-in-law

16 a married couple who have adopted a child an extended family

17 a world of your relatives adoptive parents

18 a family with one parent only a niece

19 a husband’s sister a mother-in –law

20 a wife’s brother a father-in –law