1. Make sentences with the verb to be.
1. I ___ 18 years old.
2. I ___ 15 three years ago.
3. My family ___ not very big.
4. Our flat ___ in the centre of the city.
5. We ___ ___ married yet.
6. Last year his uncle ___ 45 years old.
7. My mother and father ___ at work.
8. I ___ an engineer in four years.
9. Mark ___ a sociable boy at school.
10. ___ they married in 2008?
11. Alex ___ her brother.
12. Maria’s mother ___ in her office at 12 o’clock yesterday.
13. I ___ at home now. I ___ at the lesson couple of hours ago.
14. They ___ ___ ___ happy together because they are different: she
___ modest and he ___ ambitious.
2. Fill in the gaps with a suitable form of the verb to have. Use the
information given below.
Paul Hill/grandfather/64/teacher
Liza Hill/grandmother/58/housewife
Kelly Green/35/ journalist
Mark Green/38/ bank manager
Bob/6/Maggy/10
Dog/Rex/5
1. Paul and Liza ___ a daughter.
2. ___ Paul and Liza ___ a son?
3. Three years ago the family ___ a dog. It’s name was Rex.
4. ___ they ___ a dog three years ago?
5. Kelly Green ___ a husband.
6. Kelly ___ two children when she was 26 years old.
7. ___ the family ___ a good time tomorrow?
8. Six years ago Mark and Kelly Green got married and they ___
two children.
9. Maggy ___ a brother.
10. ___ Maggy ___ a sister?
11. Bob and Maggy ___ a grandma and a grandpa.
3. Read the story about Irene’s family. Check your comprehension
choosing the right variant.
I’m Irene. I’m 21. My dad is quite old, he’s 65. My mum’s about 20
years younger. I have two brothers. Tom, who is five years older than me,
is a computer programmer so he’s good at computers. His main interest is
music and he’s fond of playing the guitar and the piano. He’s married to
Jessica, she is a librarian, but I am not sure that she is interested in her job
because she’s always busy with other things such as cooking or knitting.
They are in Newcastle, and have two children – a boy and a girl.
My other brother, Steve, is far away in Canada. He’s a ski instructor
and his wife Julia is a dancing master. They have three children, so I have
two nieces and three nephews. At Christmas my bag is always full of
presents for them.
I’ve got eight cousins but only one grandparent, my grandmother on
my mother’s side. Her home is also very far from us so I have chats with
her over the Internet. My mum has two brothers and sisters and my dad
has three brothers and two sisters.
In England the typical family is husband and wife and two children,
and a dog and a cat. We have two cats. They were my cats but now they
are with my mum. We also had a dog, a golden collie, but he was very
sick – so that was a sad story.
My dad was a businessman but now he is retired. He’s a very
interesting man for me and he is the head of the family. My mum is a
housewife. She’s very kind, generous and hardworking.
Now I don’t have very close contact with my family because I am a
student at university which is in another city far from home but our
relationship is still very warm.
1) Irene is
a. a housewife
b. a student
2) Steve and Julia have
a. two sons
b. one son
c. a dancing instructor
d. a graphic designer
c. three sons
d. four sons
3) Tom is
a. 30 years old
b. 25 years old
c. 26 years old
d. 16 years old
4) Irene and Tom have
a. three uncles
b.five aunts
c. two aunts
d.five uncles
5) Irene’s two cats
a. were black
b. are now with her
c. are now with her parents
d. were sick
6) The dog is
a. old
b. sick
c. white
d. dead
7) Irene’s family is
a. typical
b. not friendly
c. strange
d. very big
8) Irene’s dad is
a. a businessman
b. retired
c. a ski instructor
d. a programmer
9) Irene
a. is a student and she is often at
home
b. has very close contacts with her
parents
c. is not away from home
d. doesn’t have close contacts with
herfamily
10) Irene
a. has good relations with her
granny
b. has contacts with her granny
thanks to computer
c. has good photos of her granny
d. doesn’t have any contacts with
her granny
4. Read the information about David. Mark true (T) and false (F)
statements.
My friend’s name is David. He’s twenty-nine and he’s married. His
wife’s name is Iris. She’s twenty-five and she’s an engineer. David is
a bank manager. They have two children. Their daughter, Aline, is seven
and their son, Nick, is four.
1) David is married. T
2) Aline is David’s daughter.
3) Iris is seventeen.
4) David and Iris have two daughters.
5) Aline’s brother is four.
6) Nick’s sister is twenty-five.
5. Write about yourself using the set of questions below.
- What is your name?
- How old are you?
- Which country are you from?
- Which city/area do you live in?
- Do you have any pets?
- Pick three words to describe your personality
- What do you like most about yourself?
- What do you like least about yourself?
- What would you like to do in the future?