Vocabulary 1: FAMILY TREE

Look at the family
tree. Say what the relationships between the people are (1 to 5) or what the
names of the people are (6 to 10).

Example: What relation is Roy to Thomas?     grandson

1.
What relation is Tony to Jenny? ......................................... …

2.
What relation is Colin to Michael?................................ ………

3.
What relation is Peter to Martin? ........................................ ….

4.    What relation is
Susan to David? ............................. ………....

5.    What relation is
Angela to Alice? ……………………………….

6.
Who is Jane's mother-in-law? ............................................. ….

7.    Who is Roy's
grandfather? ................................................ ….

8.
Who is David's aunt? ......................................................... .....

9.
Who is Thomas's son-in-law? .............................................. …

10.
Who is Peter's twin sister?    .….

What is the difference in
meaning between the following?

Parents and relatives

Nephews and nieces

Stepsisters and
sisters-in-law

Godfathers and
great-uncles

A close relative and a
distant relative

Read the passage below. Sally is describing her
relationship with people in her family. Match the underlined phrase with the
best definition below.

I look like my
dad.

I take after my
mum.

I get on
(really) well with my cousin, Jake.

I’m very
close to my twin sister, Karen.

I have a lot in
common with my brother, Will.

I’m (a
bit) like my aunt Gillian.

I have a similar
personality.

I have inherited
some of her characteristics.

I have a very
good relationship.

We share similar
interests.

I have a similar
appearance.

I have a deep,
strong relationship.

Now use the underlined phrases in the exercise
above to best describe the following relationships

1.
John and Rob really enjoy each other’s
company, because they both love playing football, talking about cars, and going
out.

2.
John and Bob have a lot in common.

3.
Claire has lots of friends, but if she has a
problem to solve or a secret to share she always tells her cousin, Sue, first.
They grew up together, and can trust each other completely.

4.
My aunt Rose has the same long nose and high
cheeckbones as my mum. People often mistake her for her sister.

5.
My nephews, Paul and Colin, are both very
talkative and outgoing.

6.
My mum tells me that I get my fiery temper
and stubborn nature from my granny

Vocabulary 2: PHRASES AND IDIOMS
FOR RELATIONSHIPS

Idioms of good relationships

to be in someone’s
good books

to get on like a horse on
fire

to keep/get/be/stay in
touch with someone

to make it up to someone

to take a shine to

to have a soft spot for

Idioms of difficult relationships

to be at loggerheads

to be talking at
cross-purposes

to have it in for someone

to rub someone up the wrong
way

to two-time someone

to keep someone at bay

to keep youself to yourself

Match the sentence to its meaning

Jo
and I get on well with each other.

refers
to position

Adrian
and Liz don’t see eye to eye.

a
sexual relationship, secret

I’ve
fallen out with my parents again.

become
friends again

Tony
and Jane have broken up / split up.

adults
/ parents

George
is having an affair with his boss.

have
a good relationship

Children
should respect their elders.

ended  their relationship

Let’s
try and make it up.

often
argue / disagree

She’s
my junior / senior.

had
arguments

The phrases and idioms are
mixed up with one another. Correct them.

1. Jo and Phil don’t get eye on eye with
each other.

2. I fell up with my parents last night. It
wasn’t my fault.

3. We had a quarrel but now we’ve made it
well.

4. Do you think Jim and Nora are making an
affair? I do.

5. I see very well with all my colleagues at
work.

6. She should learn to respect her olders.

Vocabulary
3: PHRASAL VERBS

Complete the sentences using the phrasal verbs in
the box, in the correct tense, as in the example.

get away with   settle down   cope with   tell apart   get over    dream up

bring up        look up to      go by     get on with      grow up

Example: Sue: I suppose I never really got on with my brother until we were
in our twenties, and then we became close.

1. Stephan: My mother died when I was eight, so I was................ by my father.

2. Rajiv: I had very imaginative
parents in that they always …….... new things for us to do. We were never bored.

3. Monica: I
had a pet hamster as a child and it took me ages to...... it when he died.

4. Helga: I love living in a big
city, despite.................................. in
a small village as a child.

5. Rudi: My older brother was like a hero to me. He was
someone I always
and respected.

6.      Clare: Paulette and I are identical twins and as
children we used to play tricks on people, as nobody               us

7. Max: I was really naughty when I was a youngster and I always seemed
it. I hardly ever got caught!

8. Leroy: Time is funny! My years at primary school just
seemed

9. in a flash.

10.  Yvonne: As a teenager I always dreamed about
travelling the world. I never thought I'd get married,   and have kids.

11.
Priya: I had three younger
brothers and my dad was away working a lot, so mum had a lot……

Vocabulary 4: YOUNG PEOPLE AND FASHION

Adjectives for describing
people’s clothing

How things fit

baggy loose tight close
fitting

Style

long-sleeved v-neck
round-neck

General

elegant smart scruffy
chic trendy with-it

Appearance

well-dressed
badly-dressed old-fashionable fashionable

Match the following
materials with the item they are most likely to be associated with

silk

sweater

cashmere

trousers

leather

T-shirt

corduroy

ribbon

velvet

evening blouse

cotton

boots

Put the right verb, match,
suit or fit, into each of these sentences

1.      The blue dress __________ her properly now she’s lost some weight.

2.      The blue of her dress __________ the blue of her eyes.

3.      That blue dress ________ the girl with the blond hair.

Use the word given in
capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the
same line

FATHER AND SON

My next-door neighbour
has a very unusual……………

APPEAR

He has long hair with a
………….. in the middle, and

PART

usually wears an old
pair of jeans and a ………… shirt.

STRIPE

His clothes are very
…………for working in a bank, but

SUIT

that is what he does!
Unless he ……….when he gets to

DRESS

work and changes his
clothes. His clothes are usually filthy

and I’m sure he
never washes them or takes them to to

the…………..….…When
he wears a coat it is always

CLEAN

old and
………………, and even on very cold days it is

WEAR

……………..all
down the front. The funny thing is that his

BUTTON

son is very
………….., always wears the latest styles, and

FASHION

Never wears casual
clothes, even on an ……….occasion.

FORMAL

Read the text about fashion
and clothes. Decide which answer a), b), c) or d) best fits each space

Are you one of the thousands of people who eagerly follow every new
(1)_____ that appears? Or are you one of those who go to the shops and buy
whatever they can find in their (2) ________ that (3)____________ them? Or
perhaps you order from a mail-order catalogues, and then have to send
everything back because nothing (4)___________? Whatever (5)____________ of
shopper you are, one thing is certain. Everyone finds (6)____________
important. According to a recent survey, people spend more time either buying
clothes, or thinking about buying them, or looking at them in shop
(7)__________, than they do on most of their products, (8)_________from food.
And the reason is obvious. Clothes are an important part of our (9)
_____________. At work, you may need to impress a customer, or persuade the
boss that you know what you’re doing, and clothes certainly help.
(10)_____________ dressed people, so they say, get on in the world. And as far
as attracting the opposite sex is concerned, clothes also pay a vital role. If
a friend who has been (11) _________ the same old jacket or the same old dress
suddenly appears in the (12) _________ fashion, you can be sure that romance is
in the air. And apart from work and romance, there are the influences of sport,
music and leisure on the way we (13)________. So excuse me while I (14)
________ on my tracksuit and training (15)_________. I’m just dashing off
for some fast window-shopping.

1) a) appearance

b) fashion

c) uniform

d) dress

2) a) place

b) price

c) size

d) self

3) a) suits

b) makes

c) takes

d) likes

4) a) sizes

b) styles

c) fits

d) measures

5) a) means

b) typical

c) idea

d) kind

6) a) out

b) clothes

c) dresses

d) vests

7) a) centres

b) sale

c) times

d) windows

8) a) apart

b) or

c) according

d) taken

9) a) nowadays

b) appearance

c) looking

d) events

10) a) well

b) good

c) best

d) fancy

11) a) dressing

b) putting on

c) carrying

d) wearing

12) a) last

b) minute

c) latest

d) complete

13) a) clothes

b) have

c) dress

d) go

14) a) put

b) dress

c) wear

d) have

15) a) fit

b) shoes

c) tonight

d) again

Vocabulary 5: LANGUAGE
LEARNING

Complete the
article by using the correct form of the words in the right-hand column, as in
the example

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

The
development of the English language
is closely connected
DEVELOP

to
the history of the British Isles. Before the Roman…………….     CONQUER

the
………..of the British Isles
spoke Celtic languages. These
INHABIT

languages
are still in………………..in parts of Scotland,
Wales,
EXIST

Ireland and Brittany.

The
Romans used Latin, but it was not until the
OCCUPY

by
the Anglo-Saxons that………changes to the language
occurred.    SIGNIFY

They
spoke a Germanic language that is the……………………..….   FOUND

of  modern English. The next group
of……………was the Vikings,   INVADE

whose language was also absorbed into the mix.

Then
in 1066, the French-…………..Normans invaded,
bringing
SPEAK

with
them both vocabulary and new. ………structures.         GRAMMAR

In
time, the various... ………..components merged into what   LANGUAGE

is
the International Language' of our early 21st century.