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- 1 Family
- 2 Culture and art
- 3 Sports
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- 7 Travelling
- 8 Education
- 9 Jobs and Employment
- 10 Human Relations
- 11 Man and Nature
- 12 Development of Science and Technology
- 14 Communication and Its Forms
- 16 Young People and Society
- 17 Food
- 18 Hobbies, Free Time and Lifestyle
- 19 Multicultural Society
- 20 Towns and places
- 21 Clothing and fashion
- 22 The Book
- 23 Role-models and Ideals
- 24 The Country Whose Language I am Learning
- 25 Slovakia - My Homeland
- FCE
1 Family
1 Family
a) Curriculum vitae (personal information, status, important moments in one’s life)
- Give some basic information about yourself and your family.
- What statuses may people have in terms of family? (single, married, widowed, divorced, engaged..)
- What types of families do you know?
- Describe relationships in a family – family members.
- What is family life like in Slovakia? Describe an average Slovak family.
- Do you see any differences between families in the past and today? (rate of divorce, single-parent families, the role of a woman and man in the family)
b) Family members (appearance, qualities, hobbies)
- What is your family like? How many siblings have you got?
- Choose a member of your family and describe him/her. What does he/she look like? What is he/she like?
- What are the pros and cons of coming from a large family?
- Would you like to have lots of brothers and sisters? Explain why.
c) Family relationships (relations between siblings, parents and children, grandparents, duties, housework, common days vs. family meetings/celebrations)
- Are your parents strict or tolerant? What rules do they set?
- What types of problems have you had with your parents since you have been a teenager?
- How are household chores divided up in your family? Explain.
- Do you like the idea of a husband taking a paternity leave? Why? Why not?
- On what occasions does your family get together? Do you keep any special traditions?
Writing suggestions:
Composition (150 – 180 words)
Describe an interesting relative you remember from your childhood. Say who the person was, what he/she looked like, how you knew him/her and what impressed you most about this person.
Vocabulary:
Family background, ancestor descendant, marital status, single, married, divorced, separated, widow, widower, orphan, to propose, proposal, engagement, to be engaged, fiancé, fiancée
Wedding: religious. by banns, by licence, without a religious ceremony, registry office, bride attendants: bridesmaids, pages, bridegroom accompanied by the best man, marriage service reception, wedding cake, honeymoon, wedding anniversary, relative/relations, next of kin, kinship, spouse, husband, wife, offspring, son, daughter, twins, siblings, sister, brother, half-brother, step-sister, an only child, in-laws, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparents, great grandfather, niece, nephew, cousin, uncle, aunt, adult, children, baby, toddler, teenager, adolescent, grown up,
Family relationship: take after someone, get on with somebody, respect, admire/look up to, bring up/raise a child/rear, to see eye to eye, to get one’s way, to be close to, to take someone’s side, the black sheep, scapegoat, put up with, flatter/get round, tell off, punishment, parents: strict, tolerant, family structures/patterns: nuclear, extended, reconstituted/step, single/one-parent, foster parents, dysfunctional family, domestic violence, trouble, argument, victims, abuse: sexual, physical, verbal