Exercise 10.
Pronounce the following questions with your eyes up. Let your fellow-students answer them.
1.How many are you in the family? 2. What are your parents? 3. How many brothers and sisters have you got? 4. What is your sister’s name? 5. What is your brother’s occupation? 6. Your aunt is an engineer by profession, isn’t she? 7. What is your friend’s full name? 8. How old are you? 9. How old is your friend? 10. Is he (she) your senior or junior? 11. How many years is he (she) your senior (junior)? 12. You have a large family, do not you? 13. You are not married, are you? 14. Is your grandfather a pensioner? 15. How many cousins have you got? 16. Are you fond of all of them? 17. Are you twins with your sister (brother)?
Text 2. Read and translate the text.
An English Family.
Alice and Arthur Heath are grandparents. They’ve got one son – Harold. They live with Harold and his wife. Arthur Heath is 70 years old. He had his birthday last week.
Fred Beaumont is a widower. He spends a lot of time with his grandchildren.
Bertha Beaumont died in 1970.
The Beaumonts had two daughters – Jean and Betty. Jean married Harold Heath.
They’ve got three children – one girl and two boys. Harold Heath’s father used to work on the railways, but Harold works for a car manufacturer.
Betty’s husband is John King.
The Kings have four children. The names of the children are
Shirley, Johnny, Christine and baby Sandra.
Elizabeth Heath is 16, and she is still at school. She is studying for her exams. Her favourite subject is Spanish.
David and Paul Heath are Arthur Heath’s grandsons.
David spends a lot of time with his grandfather.
They love trains, and old Mr. Heath is always telling David about the railways in the old days.
Robert King is Betty King’s nephew. His father (George) is John King’s brother.
Robert has a wife (Gwen) and a little daughter (Tracey) who is going to be two years old next month.
Robert King’s sister married Alan Marshall last year. They went to their wedding in an old bus.
Brian King loves cars. Brian is still at school. He doesn’t like school much. He wants to leave school and work in a garage. Brian is fifteen, and so he’s going to leave school next year. He The Kings have four children. The names of the children are Shirley, Johnny, Christine and baby Sandra.
Elizabeth Heath is 16, and she is still at school. She is studying for her exams. Her favourite subject is Spanish.
David and Paul Heath are Arthur Heath’s grandsons.
David spends a lot of time with his grandfather.
They love trains, and old Mr. Heath is always telling David about the railways in the old days.
Robert King is Betty King’s nephew. His father (George) is John King’s brother.
Robert has a wife (Gwen) and a little daughter (Tracey) who is going to be two years old next month.
Robert King’s sister married Alan Marshall last year. They went to their wedding in an old bus.
Brian King loves cars. Brian is still at school. He doesn’t like school much. He wants to leave school and work in a garage. Brian is fifteen, and so he’s going to leave school next year. He loved his sister’s wedding. He rode in an old bus and learnt about its engine.