Chapter 1
THE CONCEPT OF “FAMILY”
Task 1. Look at this unit key word“F – A – M – I – L – Y”.Use the initial letters of the given word to write down words associated with this notion using these letters
e.g. F - father, full, favourite etc,
A -
M -
I -
L -
Y -
Task 2. What is a ‘family’?
A) Look at the following definitions of the term “Family” taken from the website http://www.thefreedictionary.com/family
family n. (pl. families)
1. a.A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two parents and their children.
b.Two or more people who share goals and values, have long-term commitments to one another, and reside usually in the same dwelling place.
2.All the members of a household under one roof.
3.A group of persons sharing common ancestry (collective noun).
B) Work with your partner. Write down your personal definition of the word “Family”.
Task 3.Work with your partner. Make a list of ideas on “Where does the word “Family” come from?”
NOTA BENE
Read the following History reference about the origin of the word “family”, compare it with your ideas.
The word “family” comes from Latin famulus, a word of unknown origin, meant ‘servant’ or "slaves of the household". The word for an individual slave was famulus for a male, famula for a female. From this word the term familia was derived, a collective term for all the domestic servants of a household. Gradually, however, the English word broadened out to “whole household”, and then in the mid17th century narrowed down again to the current main sense “group of related people”
( based on http://www.word-origins.com/definition/family.html)
Task 4.Here are various questions that are typically asked about the family. Work in pairs. Interview each other using the questions from the corresponding column of the given table.
| Student A | Student B | |
| 1. | Where were you born? | Where are you from? |
| 2. | Where did you grow up? What was it like? | Where were your Mom and Dad born? |
| 3. | How many brothers and sisters do you have? | Where did you go to school? What was it like? |
| 4. | What was your favorite thing to do with your family when you were little? | What kind of games did you play with your parents? |
| 5. | Who did you play with? | What was your house like? |
| 1. 6. | 2. What was your favorite food you Mom cooked for you? | What were holidays like in your family? |
| 7. | What kind of chores did you do? | Did you have pets? |
| 8. | What is your earliest memory? | Who do I remind you of in the family? |
Task 5. Make up personal questions using the verbs in brackets.
1) Where (to be) you from?
2) Where you (to live)?
3) How old (to be) you?
4) (to have) you any brothers or sisters?
5) You (to be married)?
6) How many sisters and brothers you (to have)?
7) What you (to do) for living?
8) Where your mother (to be born)?
9) You (to be) in a relationship at the moment?
10) You (to rent) a flat?
Task 6.Look at the following answers. Write a question to each answer.
1) I am from the USA. –
2) I am 18 years old. –
3) No, I’m not married. –
4) Yes, I live with my family –
5) Oh, yes, I have quite a big family. –
6) She is a banker –
7) We don’t see each other very often –
8) No, my grandparents are retired. –
9) She is planning to get married next year. –
10) We have very nice relationship –