Workbook Level 3 Unit 1

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1 How are you feeling?

T E E N L I F E Grammar Summary: Student’s Book page 109

1 Grammar: present simple questions and short answersComplete the interviewer’s questions. Then write the answers.

Do goINTERVIEWER (1) ________ you ________ (go) to clubs on Saturday?

LEO Yes, ________________ .

INTERVIEWER (2) ________ you ________ (speak) Spanish?

LEO Yes, ________________ .

INTERVIEWER (3) ________ you ________ (live) in the centre of Manchester?

LEO No, ________________ .

INTERVIEWER (4) ________ your sister ________ (play) the drums?

LEO No, ________________ .

INTERVIEWER (5) ________ your friends ________ (talk) about football?

LEO Yes, ________________ .

INTERVIEWER (6) ________ all the girls ________ (like) younger boys?

LEO No, ________________ .

INTERVIEWER (7) ________ crime ________ (worry) you?

LEO Yes, ________________ .

INTERVIEWER (8) ________ you ________ (want) to be a teacher?

LEO No, ________________ .

3 Grammar: present simple and present continuousComplete Leo’s email with the present simple or presentcontinuous of these verbs.

Hi!

I (1) __________________ my cousins in Greenwich

Village for a week. They (2) __________________ close

to the park and (3) __________________ a great

apartment. My cousin Alice (4) __________________ to

be a doctor, but at the moment she

(5) __________________ in a restaurant. Alex, my other

cousin, (6) __________________ to school during the

week and (7) __________________ his father in his

shop at the weekend. I (8) __________________ this in

a café in Washington Square and I

(9) __________________ an ice cream at the same

time. I (10) __________________ New York!

Best wishes

Leo

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2 Grammar: presentcontinuous questionsand short answers

Write questions and shortanswers using the presentcontinuous.

1 Tiffany/read anything at the

moment? ✘

Is Tiffany reading anything at the moment? No, she isn’t._______________________________________________________

2 she/feel excited? ✔

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3 she/wear a black top? ✔

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4 Tiffany’s friends/wait for her? ✘

_______________________________________________________

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5 Tiffany’s parents buy/her a birthday present? ✔

_______________________________________________________

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6 her boyfriend/study music? ✘

_______________________________________________________

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4 Grammar: present simple and presentcontinuous

Complete the questions with the present simple orpresent continuous. Then answer the questions foryourself.

do do1 What _____ you usually _____ (do) on Saturday nights?

I go to the cinema with my friends.______________________________________________________

2 How often _____________________ (watch) TV each week?

______________________________________________________

3 Where ______ you _____________________ (sit) at the

moment?

______________________________________________________

4 Who ______ you usually _____________________ (talk) to

at school?

______________________________________________________

5 What colour shoes ______ you _____________________

(wear) today?

______________________________________________________

6 What ______ you _____________________ (look) forward to

doing this weekend?

______________________________________________________

5 Grammar: present continuousfor future arrangements

Tiffany is talking to her boyfriend,Jake, on the phone. Complete theconversation with these verbs.

JAKE Hi Tiff! My mate Dave (1) _________________ to see

me tomorrow. Let’s have coffee or a meal

together.

TIFFANY Great idea – but I’m quite busy. I

(2) _________________ my mother until 11 o’clock

and then I (3) _________________ to the

hairdresser’s.

JAKE Cool. We can meet after the hairdresser’s.

TIFFANY No, I’m sorry, but I (4) _________________ my

friend Mary at 12 in the shopping centre. She

(5) _________________ clothes for her holiday and

wants me to help her.

JAKE And after that?

TIFFANY We (6) ________________ lunch together, but we

don’t know when or where we

(7) ________________ . How about the afternoon?

JAKE Sure. We (8) ________________ the football match

on TV at three but after that is fine.

buy come eat go havehelp meet watch

6 Grammar: adverbial phrases of frequencyMatch the words in list A with the words in list B.

A B

1 every day 52 times a year

2 twice a week six times a day

3 every two weeks every 24 hours

4 every four months 12 times a year

5 every week eight times a month

6 every month three times a year

7 every four hours twice a month

7 Vocabulary: clothesFind seven words for things you wear in the wordsquare.

8 Vocabulary: compound nounsMatch the words in list A with the words in list B andwrite eight compound nouns.

A B

art college1 art friend ______________________________

2 birthday term ______________________________

3 computer end ______________________________

4 girl board ______________________________

5 half college ______________________________

6 home studies ______________________________

7 skate party ______________________________

8 week work ______________________________

9 PronunciationDo they rhyme or not?

1 care hair ✔ 6 mate wait

2 crime time 7 scared hard

3 fed said 8 term worm

4 fleece nice 9 worry hurry

5 half laugh

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1 Grammar: past simple of beComplete with was/were or wasn’t/weren’t.

1 Kate and Mel ________________ on holiday in London – they ________________ on

holiday in Brighton.

2 ________________ Kate pleased to hear her mother’s voice? Yes, she ________________ .

3 Mel’s parents ________________ on holiday with her.

4 Kate and Mel ________________ both excited before the start of the holiday.

5 It ________________ a great place for a holiday but Mel ________________ happy.

6 Kate and Mel ________________ together at all – they ________________ with their new

friends all the time.

7 ________________ Kate miserable too? Yes, she ________________ .

8 ________________ Kate on the phone to Mel’s parents? No, she ________________ .

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2 Grammar: past simple regular and irregularverbs

Complete Kate’s letter with the past simple of theseverbs.

Dear Sue

It’s the third day of our holiday in Brighton but I’m afraid

things aren’t going very well. I (1) ________________ some

great people on the first day and we (2) _________________

friends at once. But Mel (3) (not) ________________ my new

friends at all. She (4) ________________ new friends too and

(5) ________________ all her time with them. To tell you the

truth, I (6) ________________ her friends were really boring.

I don’t know what’s the matter with Mel. She thought my

friends (7) ________________ at her accent but I know they

(8) (not) ________________ that. Then yesterday evening I

(9) ________________ her to come to the cinema with us but

she (10) ________________ at a party for five hours instead. I

think her mother (11) ________________ her this morning – I

(12) ________________ her on the phone. Perhaps she’s going

home early – that doesn’t bother me at all.

More later.

Love

Kate

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3 Grammar: past simple questions, negative andshort answers

Write questions and answers.

1 Mel/go on holiday in June/July

Did Mel go on holiday in June?_______________________________________________________

No, she didn’t. She went on holiday in July._______________________________________________________

2 Mel’s mum/apologise for writing/phoning

______________________________________________________

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3 Mel/miss her little brother/sister

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4 Mel/want to stay in Brighton/go home

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5 the parties/last all day/all night

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6 Mel/nearly cry when she heard her father’s voice/mother

______________________________________________________

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7 Mel/fall asleep at the party/on the beach

______________________________________________________

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8 Mel/visit a doctor/fortune teller

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9 Mel/have a picnic with Kate/some friends

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4 Grammar: past simpleWrite questions about last weekend and answer themfor yourself.

1 make a new friend

Did you make a new friend?______________________________________________________

Yes, I did. He/She … /No, I didn’t.______________________________________________________

2 phone someone

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

3 go to a party

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

4 laugh at a joke

______________________________________________________

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5 spend time with your friends

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

6 go for a swim

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

7 have a picnic

______________________________________________________

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8 help your parents

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

5 Vocabulary: feelingsComplete the sentences with these words.

1 What’s the matter? You look frightened. What are you

_____________________ of?

2 There was no one interesting to talk to at the party, so I

was _____________________ .

3 Mel was very _____________________ about her first

holiday without parents.

4 Don’t look so sad! Why can’t you be more

_____________________?

5 She was very _____________________ to hear her mother’s

voice – it made her very happy.

6 I felt so _____________________ when I couldn’t remember

his name.

7 When I moved to a new school I was very

_____________________ for the first few weeks because I

didn’t know anyone.

8 What’s the matter? You look so unhappy! Why are you

feeling _____________________?

bored cheerful embarrassed excitedlonely miserable pleased scared

6 VocabularyComplete with these words and phrases.

1 fall ______________________

2 feel ______________________

3 go ______________________

4 have ______________________

5 last ______________________

6 laugh ______________________

7 miss ______________________

8 say ______________________

7 VocabularyMatch the verbs in list A with the words and phrases inlist B.

A B

1 apologise round

2 have for doing something

3 make something to someone

4 mean a good time

5 sound new friends

6 spend depressed

7 turn time

8 Vocabulary: spellingThe same letter is missing in each line. Write thecomplete words.

1 acent fantasti exited

______________________________________________________

2 apologis somone frindship

______________________________________________________

3 boter togeter eiter

______________________________________________________

4 funfir plesed miserble

______________________________________________________

5 embarassed feedom cheeful

_____________________________________________________

6 tredy differet loely

______________________________________________________

9 PronunciationSay the words and mark the stressed syllable.

■accent apologise cheerful depressed embarrassed

excited fantastic friendship miserable together

a picnic all night angry asleep at a joke for a swim hello someone

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1 Grammar: past continuousComplete with the past continuous.

The shark attacked Bethany when she and her best friend Alana

(1) ____________________ (surf) together. The two girls (2) __________________

(hope) for a big wave. They certainly (3) ____________________ (not think)

about a shark attack. Bethany (4) ____________________ (wait) on her board

with her left hand in the water when the shark attacked. After the attack

she saw that she (5) ____________________ (lose) a lot of blood. Alana, her

brother and her father helped Bethany to the beach. It took 15 minutes and

all the time Bethany (6) ____________________ (say) to herself ‘Get to the

beach’. She (7) ____________________ (not try) to escape from the shark –

she just wanted to get to the beach. Alana’s father talked to her all the way

to the beach. ‘I (8) ____________________ (answer) all his questions’, Bethany

said afterwards, ‘but I can’t remember now what I said’.

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2 Grammar: past simple and past continuousWhat were they doing when the balloon landed? Writequestions and answers using these phrases.

What was Anna doing when the balloon landed?__________________________________________________________

She was reading a newspaper.__________________________________________________________

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eat an ice cream play football sunbatheread a newspaper skateboard

3 Everyone was cheering


What did they do when the balloon landed? Writesentences using these phrases.

When the balloon landed, Anna took a photo.__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

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4 Vocabulary: phrasal verbs with get.Complete the sentences with these prepositions.

1 At weekends, Leo and his friends get ________________

and listen to music.

2 Do you get ________________ well with your parents?

3 Shane was lucky to get _________ from the crocodile.

4 You can’t sit watching TV all day – get ________________

and do something useful!

5 We must get ________________ home in time for supper.

6 How do you get _______________ school in the morning?

5 Vocabulary: waterComplete the puzzle and find this word .

1 Move in water using arms and legs.

2 Use waves and a board to move in water.

3 The Thames is London’s … .

4 A shark is a kind of … .

5 You travel on water in it.

6 You can swim in a swimming … .

7 What happens when you dive or jump into 6.

8 You can see into water when it is … .

9 It has lots of teeth and lives in water in hot countries.

6 PronunciationCircle the two rhyming words in each line.

1 bright white eight

2 cheer clear chair

3 hour four jaw

4 thought shout caught

5 water daughter later

6 turning morning warning

7 seem scream same

8 splash wash trash

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3 Grammar: past simple and past continuousComplete with these phrases using the past simple orpast continuous.

1 Tiffany was dancing when__________________________

Jake took a photo.__________________________

2 __________________________

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3 __________________________

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4 __________________________

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5 __________________________

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6 __________________________

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7 __________________________

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bring her some flowers come to see him cross the road dance go to sleep paint a picture phone read shout ‘Look out!’sit in the park start to rain take a phototalk to her friends watch football on TV

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4 Integrated Skills Describing ‘first times’


The largest concert was in the USA. At one point, up to a

million people were (8) __________________ Live 8 on the

Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, where performers

(9) ________________ Stevie Wonder, Destiny’s Child, and the

Black Eyed Peas.

In London, over 200,000 people (10) ____________ Hyde Park

to hear musicians and singers such as Madonna, Coldplay,

Robbie Williams, Scissor Sisters and The Cure. Paul

McCartney and U2 (11) __________________ the concert with

Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – it

(12) ___________________ the first time McCartney ever

(13) ___________________ the song live. The concert

(14) ________________ just before midnight with all the

performers singing together on the stage.

Reading and Writing1 Read and complete the text with these words.

On 2nd July, 2005, huge music concerts (1) _______________

place around the world for Live 8. These concerts

(2) ________________ a message to the leaders of the eight

richest countries: ‘Help people in poor countries’.

Nearly two million people (3) ________________ to the

concerts in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the USA,

Canada, South Africa and Russia. From Johannesburg to

Berlin and from Rome to Moscow, musicians and bands

sang and (4) __________________ through the afternoon and

evening. The plan was for all the concerts to take place

between noon and 10pm local time, so while the first

concert – in Tokyo – was (5) __________________ , the one in

Paris was just (6) __________________ . And millions more

(7) ________________ the events on TV – up to five and a half

billion people worldwide.

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2 True or false? Correct the false sentences.

1 The Live 8 concerts raised money for eight poorcountries.

______________________________________________________

2 Nearly two million people went to the concert inLondon.

______________________________________________________

3 The concerts started at midday in all the countries.

______________________________________________________

4 About 5,500,000 people watched Live 8 on TV.

______________________________________________________

5 The London concert took place in a park.

______________________________________________________

6 Paul McCartney performed Sergeant Pepper’s LonelyHearts Club Band for the first time at Live 8.

______________________________________________________

3 Learner IndependenceStudy Plan

Make a study plan for this week. Use this example tohelp you.

4 Extensive ReadingRead The Princess Diaries: Book 3.

Now imagine you are a film director making a film ofthe book. Write notes saying which actors you willchoose to play the main characters, and why. Thencompare your choices with another student.

5 CrosswordComplete.

Across ➜

1 Like a bicycle with an engine. (9)

5 Plural of I. (2)

6 Scorsese’s mother often … . (4)

7 In the morning. (2)

9 Scorsese went to … Bo Diddley. (3)

10 You need a pair of …s for ice hockey. (5)

11 Bo Diddley was playing in a … and roll show. (4)

12 … - The Extra-Terrestrial is a famous Spielberg movie. (2)

14 To be … is to be a person. (5)

15 Nothing … me – nothing makes me feel worried or

frightened. (7)

18 Something that happens to you. (10)

Down1 Very unhappy. (9)

2 Five and five make … (3)

3 You use the … to stop a car, for example. (5)

4 depressed and nervous are both words for … (8)

5 See 5 across. (2)

8 Short for mathematics. (5)

9 Appears to be. (5)

13 Sorry, I can’t … you. What did you say? (4)

16 Highest part of something. (3)

17 He put … the helmet. (2)

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Things to do before myEnglish lessonsFinish the homework andremember to take mydictionary.

Reviewing my learningLook back through Unit 1and read all the textsagain.

GrammarRead the GrammarSummary for Unit 1.

VocabularyMake a word map forMusic.

Using my EnglishPhone Anita and have afive-minute conversationin English. Send an emailin English to my friend inIceland.

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Mia Thermopolis is the Princess ofGenovia, a small country in Europe.But she’s also an ordinary teenageschoolgirl living in New York – andshe’s secretly in love with her bestfriend’s brother, Michael. But Kennythinks he’s Mia’s boyfriend, so shemust be Kenny’s girlfriend … or mustshe? How can Mia tell Kenny thetruth? And how can she tell Michael?

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Inspiration Extra!


Lesson 3Write sentences using the past continuous + when +past simple.

1 the girls/surf/the shark/attack

The girls were surfing when the shark attacked. ______________________________________________________

2 the boys/look for sharks/they/see a huge white one

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

3 Shane/help his father/he/decide to go for a swim

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

4 Shane/swim/he/come face to face with a crocodile

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

5 the crocodile/look at Shane/he/punch it

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

Lesson 4Write questions for these answers about MartinScorsese – film director.

1 What did his father play?_____________________________________________________

The mandolin.

2 ______________________________________________________

The guitar.

3 ______________________________________________________

The song was See See Rider.

4 ______________________________________________________

Leadbelly.

5 ______________________________________________________

Again and again.

SpellingFill in the missing letters of these words from Unit 1.

ac ent at ack b ots che rful depres ed

embar as ed fe ling fre dom hap y happines

mis profes ional rub ish ter ified wor ied

BrainteaserWhy is an island like the letter T?

Answer on page 25.

Lesson 1Complete with the present simple or presentcontinuous of the verbs in brackets.

1 Tiffany and her friends ____________________ (meet) in

town at weekends.

2 She ____________________ (talk) to her friends about

clothes, TV and boys.

3 Today she ____________________ (wear) a red shirt.

4 She ____________________ (look) forward to her party.

5 Tiffany and her friends ____________________ (go) to the

cinema once a week.

6 She ____________________ (read) a book called The Life of

Pi at the moment.

7 She ____________________ (feel) very cheerful today.

8 She ____________________ (think) most school lessons are

interesting.

9 She ____________________ (not want) to go to Australia.

Lesson 2Write questions and answers using the past simple.

1 Kate/go for a swim in the morning/afternoon

Did Kate go for a swim in the morning?______________________________________________________

No, she didn’t. She went for a swim in the afternoon.______________________________________________________

2 Kate’s friends/meet her on the pier/beach

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

3 Kate/visit a museum/the funfair

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

4 Kate/write to her mother/her best friend

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

5 Kate’s boyfriend/come to see her/phone her

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

6 Kate/hate the holiday/enjoy the holiday

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

R E V I S I O N for more practice

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Lesson 1Write questions and answer them for yourself.

1 wear a skirt today?

Are you wearing a skirt today? ______________________________________________________

Yes, I am./No, I’m not.______________________________________________________

2 usually wear a skirt to school?

Do you usually wear a skirt to school?______________________________________________________

Yes, I do./ No, I don’t.______________________________________________________

3 go to the cinema every week?

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

4 read a book at the moment?

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

5 feel hungry in the morning?

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

6 listen to music now?

______________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

7 care about the environment?

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

Lesson 2Write questions about yesterday and answer them foryourself.

1 what time/get up?

What time did you get up?______________________________________________________

I got up at seven o’clock.______________________________________________________

2 what/have for breakfast?

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

3 what/do after breakfast?

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

4 who/talk to in the morning?

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

5 when/have lunch?

______________________________________________________

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6 what/do in the evening?

______________________________________________________

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E X T E N S I O N for language development Lesson 3Write sentences about what you were doing at thesetimes last Saturday.

1 At 8am _____________________________________________

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2 At 11am _____________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

3 At 1pm _____________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

4 At 5pm _____________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

5 At 8pm _____________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

6 At 11pm _____________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

Lesson 4Use the notes you made in the interview with anotherstudent in exercise 6 on page 15 to write about thatstudent’s ‘first time’.

Web WatchLook up Bethany Hamilton on a search engine and findout more about her life. Note down new words, checkthem in the dictionary, and add them to yourvocabulary notebook.

SpellingRead and complete the words from Unit 1.

● When we hear the sound /i/ at the end of words of

two or more syllables, the usual spelling is -y.

angry happy (1) memor__ (2) suddenl__

(3) trend__ (4) universit__

● But a few words end in -ey.

journey monkey (5) hock__ (6) mon__

But note: movie

BrainteaserWhat often falls but never gets hurt?

Answer on page 25.

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I d e n t i t yF A M I L Y L I F E

1 Sari and Bill Irving live in Clacton-on-Sea with Robert, 9,

and Mikey, 8, who are Bill’s children from another

relationship, and their own children, Nicolette, 6, and

Genevieve, 3.

Bill is white and Robert and Mikey’s mother is African-

Caribbean. The boys don’t have contact with their mother.

Bill works in an office in London and Sari, who grew up in

the United States, gave up her job last

year to be at home with the

children.

At their happiest when:

Genevieve is singing and

dancing after dinner.

Most likely to argue

about: Who sits in the

middle of the people

carrier.

Family motto: All for

one and one for all.

2 Kate Watkins lives with her children Alice, 11, Ella, 9,

Lucy, 7, and James, 2, in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire.

She is in the middle of a divorce with her husband of 15

years who no longer lives at home. Kate works as an

editor for BBC news.


We’re having fish and chips

in Whitby.


about: Leaving the house

and getting anywhere on

time.

Family motto: We’re

proud to be loud – we

may be noisy but that

means that we are living

life to the full!

3 Paula and Lee Holloway live with their son Alfie, 11,

and their identical twin girls Tommy and Nikita, 8, in

east London.

Paula is a receptionist and Lee is a gardener. Nikita has a

problem with her eyes and Alfie spent the first year of his

life in Great Ormond Street

Children’s Hospital because

of a heart problem.


We are all sitting together

on the sofa watching a fun

family film and eating a

take-away.

Most likely to argue about:

Doing the tidying up.

Family motto: Honesty.

4 Sarah Evans lives with her son Jacob, 9, in Warrington.

Sarah’s relationship with Jacob’s father ended when he was

11 months old. After that, Sarah trained as a lawyer. While

she was studying she lived with her mother, who

looked after Jacob.

At their happiest

when: On Jacob’s first

foreign holiday in

Corfu.


about: Football, spelling

and why the English

language is ‘stupid’.

Family motto: Are we nearly there yet?

5 Ellen and Don Kitson live with their children Lydia, 16,

and Nathaniel, 8, in south London.

Ellen and Don are both social workers and help with their

local church. Lydia is starting AS levels at college and

Nathaniel likes swimming and jujitsu. Don feels that life for

children growing up today is different from his childhood

in Jamaica.


Getting together once a

month to talk about any

problems.


Putting things in the

dishwasher and cleaning the

table after dinner.

Family motto: Expect from

others what you expect from

yourself.

There are 17 million families in the UK, and in 7 out of

10 of them there is a married couple. But the shape of

the British family is changing. People live together without

marrying, and divorce is more and more common. People

marry again after divorce so children from different

relationships grow up together. One in four children now

lives in a single-parent family.

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3 VocabularyComplete the sentences with these words.

1 A __________________ is a good car for a big family

because there is lots of room.

2 After a __________________ a husband and wife aren’t

married any more.

3 Indian and Chinese __________________ meals are

popular because you don’t cook them yourself.

4 A __________________ helps people with problems like

housing and relationships.

5 __________________ are two children from the same

parents born at the same time who look exactly the

same.

6 A __________________ is the first person you meet when

you go to an office or hotel.

7 Two or three people can sit side by side on a

__________________ .

8 __________________ means always telling the truth.

9 A __________________ is a short sentence saying what

you believe in or try to do.

10 When you __________________ something, you think it’s

likely to happen.

4 WritingWrite a similar description of your family or of animaginary family.

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Family motto:

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1 ReadingRead Family Life and answer the questions.

Who …

1 is a gardener? ___________________________

2 works for the BBC? ___________________________

3 grew up in Jamaica? ___________________________

4 grew up in the USA? ___________________________

5 is a lawyer? ___________________________

6 are social workers? ___________________________

7 is a full-time mother? ___________________________

8 spent a year in hospital? ___________________________

9 is studying at college? ___________________________

10 likes jujitsu? ___________________________

11 live in London? ___________________________

12 went to Corfu with his mother?

___________________________

2 ReadingRead the text again and match the beginnings withthe endings.

1 25% of children in Britain

2 One of the Holloway twins

3 The family which loves fish and chips

4 Sara and Bill have four children, two of Bill’s

5 The family with two children often

6 The largest family has a big car and they like it when

the youngest child

7 The smallest family is most likely to

8 The boy whose parents go to church

9 The family who think it is important to be honest

10 30% of families in Britain are one-parent families or

families where the parents

a sings and dances.

b and two of their own.

c enjoy watching films together.

d has an eye problem.

e aren’t married.

f likes swimming.

g argue about cleaning up after meals.

h live in one-parent families.

i argue about English.

j is very noisy.

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