Fill the gaps with the proper words.

(a) 1. Andrew’s parents don’t live together. They are … 2. Frank has no parents. So he is an … 3. Her … name was Hope. But after the marriage her name is Dickson. 4. He hasn’t got a family of his own, he is … so far. 5. Are you an … child in the family? - No, I’ve got an elder brother. 6. My grandparents are … already. 7. He is 19. He … of age last year. 8. Children go to school at the … of six in our Republic. 9. He is married now but two years ago he was… 10. He is a native born, but his wife is a …

(b) 1. He is in … late sixties. 2. His daughter is in … midteens. 3. Is Kate a relation of …? – No, we are just friends. 4. Do you have a family of … own? 5. This is Barbara Dickson. She is a colleague of … 6. I’m a namesake of …, Elisabeth. 7. They prefer to live by … 8. Does she live with … parents? 9. He is a dear old friend of …

 

Ответ:(a) 1. divorced; 2 orphan; 3 surname/ forename/last/family/second name; 4 bachelor; 5 only; 6 pensioners; 7 came; 8 age; 9 single; 10 foreigner

(b) 1 his; 2 her; 3 you; 4 your; 5 mine; 6 you; 7 themselves; 8 her; 9 ours

 

Задание 3. Порядок выполнения задания. Переведите выражения с предлогами by and of и придумайте свои предложения с данными выражениями. В задании с) объясните сочетания слов, используя выражения, данные ниже.

Translate the following collocations with the prepositions by and of. Use them in the sentences of your own:

a) by name, by birth, by origin, by marriage, by nationality, by profession, by telephone , by himself, by mistake;

b) of your own, of the same age, of the opposite sex, a friend of mine/ his/ ours, a family of his own, at the age of six, a kid of two.

c) Explain the meaning of the following words and word combinations:

to be separated, to be divorced, to remarry, to be related, an immigrant, a foreigner, a widowed woman, to be in one, s twenties.

Model: It’s person who …; It’s period (condition) when …; It’s a place where …

IV. Act out dialogues. Активизация диалогической речи.

Задание 1. Порядок выполнения задания. Расспросите друг друга о своих личных данных. Используйте модели, приведенные ниже.

Find out about your group mates (their places of residence, birthplace, nationality, age, family, etc.). Use the following dialogues as models.

Model A: - What’s your full name?

- My full name is Ivanov Alexander Petrovich. Ivanov is my surname (family name). Alexander (Alex for short) is my Christian (first, personal) name. Petrovich is my patronymic. Call me Alex by my first name.

Susan- Suzy; Elizabeth- Betsy, Liz; Dorothy- Dot; Robert- Bob; Richard- Dick;

Patrick- Pat…