my family and me

Who’s Helen?	She’s my aunt. She’s my father’s sister.

4. Ask your classmate questions about the people in his/her family.

What’s your sister’s name?

5. Write a story about the family in the photo. Use the information given below.

It’s a photo of a family. The family is big. Kelly Green is a journalist, she’s 35 years old and she …

Paul Hill/grandfather/64/teacher

Liza Hill/grandmother/58/housewife

Kelly Green/35/ journalist

Mark Green/38/ bank manager

Bob/6/Maggy/10

Dog/Rex/5

GRAMMAR FOCUS

			to have
	t	I/we/you/they have a	Do we/you/they have	I/we don’t have a
	Presen	family.	a family?	family.
		He/she/it has a family.	Does he/she/it have a	He/she/it doesn’t
			family?	have a family.
	Past	I/we/you/he/she/it/they	Did you/she/he /it	I /we/ you/ he/ she/
		had a family.	/they/ I have a family?	it/they didn’t have a
				family.
	Future	I /we /you/he /she/it /	Will I /we/you /he/	I /we /you /he/ she
		they’ll (will) have a	she/they have a	/they will not
		family.	family?	(won’t) have a
				family.
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You can also use have got when you speak about present.

We have got (we’ve	Have you got two	We haven’t got any
got) two children.	children?	children.
He has got a house in	Has he got a house in	He hasn’t got a house
London.	London?	in London.

6. Fill in the gaps with a suitable form of the verb to have. Use the

information from exercise 6.
1.	Paul and Liza ___ a daughter.
2.	___ Paul and Liza ___ a son?
3.	Three years ago the family ___ a dog. It’s name was Rex.
4.	___ they ___ a dog three years ago?
5.	Kelly Green ___ a husband.
6.	Kelly ___ two children when she was 26 years old.
7.	__ the family ___ a good time tomorrow?
8.	Six years ago Mark and Kelly Green were married and they ___
	two children.
9.	Bob ___ a brother.
10. Maggy ___ a brother.
11. ___ Maggy ___ a sister?
12. Bob and Maggy ___ a grandma and a grandpa.
7. Complete the table.
I		we		you			she		it
Me						him				them
8. Fill in the gaps with suitable personal pronouns.
1.	My brother’s main interest is music. He is fond of __.
2.	His friend has a wife. Now he is in a café with __.
3.	His aunt Emily is very talented. He’s proud of __.
4.	Peter and Susan have three cats and two dogs. They are tired of ___.
5.	Why are ___ late? I am angry with ___.
6.	They were good at French. They were interested in ___.
7.	My grandma is 75. I only have one very old photo of ___.
8.	We had a laptop which was always with ___.
9.	Linda’s children were at the table in front of ___.

10. George was very kind and generous. Barbara was happy with __.

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9. Read the story about a family. Check your comprehension choosing the right variant.

I’m Irene. I’m 21. My dad is quite old, he’s 65. My mum’s about 20 years younger. I have two brothers. Tom, who is five years older than me, is a computer programmer so he’s good at computers. His main interest is music and he’s fond of playing the guitar and the piano. He’s married to Jessica, she is a librarian, but I am not sure that she is interested in her job because she’s always busy with other things such as cooking or knitting. They are in Newcastle, and have two children – a boy and a girl.

My other brother, Steve, is far away in Canada. He’s a ski instructor and his wife Julia is a dancing master. They have three children, so I have two nieces and three nephews. At Christmas my bag is always full of presents for them.

I’ve got eight cousins but only one grandparent, my grandmother on my mother’s side. Her home is also very far from us so I have chats with her over the Internet. My mum has two brothers and sisters and my dad has three brothers and two sisters.

In England the typical family is husband and wife and two children, and a dog and a cat. We have two cats. They were my cats but now they are with my mum. We also had a dog, a golden collie, but he was very sick – so that was a sad story.

My dad was a businessman but now he is retired. He’s a very interesting man for me and he is the head of the family. My mum is a housewife. She’s very kind, generous and hardworking.

Now I don’t have very close contact with my family because I am a student at university which is in another city far from home but our relationship is still very warm.

1)Irene is

a.a housewife

b.a student

c.a dancing instructor

d.a graphic designer

2)Steve and Julia have

a.two sons

b.one son

c.three sons

d.four sons

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3)Tom is

a)30 years old

b.25 years old c) 26 years old

d.16 years old

4)Irene and Tom have

a.three uncles

b.five aunts

c.two aunts

d.five uncles

5)Irene’s two cats

a.were black.

b.are now with her.

c.are now with her parents.

d.were sick.

6)The dog is

a.old

b.sick

c.white

d.dead

7)Irene

a.has good relations with her granny

b.has contacts with her granny thanks to computer

c.has good photos of her granny

d.doesn’t have any contacts with her granny

8)Irene’s dad is

a.a businessman

b.retired

c.a ski instructor

d.a programmer

9)Irene

a.is a student and she is often at home

b.has very close contacts with her parents

c.is not away from home

d.doesn’t have close contacts with her family

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10)Irene’s family is

a.typical

b.not friendly

c.strange

d.very big

10.Write sentences about someone you know and his/her family (their

names, their relationship, what they do, how old the children are etc.).

11. Draw your family tree and tell the class about your family.

INDEPENDENT WORK

1. Look at the family tree and complete the sentences.

Mary = John

Ben = Kathy		Liza = Tom

Helen

Bob Sam

1.Mary is John’s wife.

2.Bob ____ ______’ brother.

3.Kathy __ ____’ wife.

4.John ___ Helen’s ____.

5.Helen ___ ____’ daughter.

6._____________________

7._____________________

2.Read the information about David. Mark true (T) and false (F) statements.

My friend’s name is David. He’s twenty-nine and he’s married. His wife’s name is Iris. She’s twenty-five and she’s an engineer. David is a bank

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manager. They have two children. Their daughter, Aline, is seven and their son, Nick, is four.

1 David is married. T

2 Aline is David’s daughter. ___

3 Iris is seventeen. ___

4 David and Iris have two daughters. ___

5.Aline’s brother is four. ___

6.Nick’s sister is twenty-five. ___

3. Write the sentences in English.

1.Моих друзей зовут Анна и Роберт.

2.Летом я был в Москве.

3.Ник не был его другом.

4.Ваш дом в центре города?

5.Елена и Влад будут счастливы.

6.Братья её мамы были в Англии.

7.Он сейчас в офисе?

4.Write seven true sentences about you, your family and your friends. Use the words in the box.

a sister / a brother / two children / a house / a flat / a job / a dog / a cat /

a wife / a husband / a computer / a friend / a student / a grandmother / a car

1.My brother has a car.

2.I have a Japanese TV.

3.__________________

4.__________________

5.__________________

6.__________________

7.___________________

5.Complete the sentences. Use have or has.

1.Max ___ a brother and a sister.

2.We ___ a dog and a cat.

3.She ___ a French name.

4.They ___ two uncles.

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5.You ___ good friends.

6.This actor ___ a house in London.

6.Take your family photo and write a story about your family. (10 sentences). Be ready to answer the students’ questions about your relatives.

CONTENTS

ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ………………………………………………………… 3 LESSON………………………………………………………………….. 4 LESSON 2………………………………………………………………... 9 INDEPENDENT WORK ………………………………………………..14

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Фенстер Людмила Израйлевна

MY FAMILY AND ME

Методические указания по организации практических занятий

и самостоятельной работы студентов 1 курса, изучающих английский язык

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