FAMILY

Activity 1

1 Family is a group consisting of one or two parents, their children and close relatives. What

  else would you say about a family?

2 Name the members of a family.

3 Who are close realtives?

4 Who are distant relatives?

Activity 2

These two children come from very different families. Here is what they think about their family situations.

“I’m an only child, so I’m often with adults - my parents                 

or their friends. I can sometimes do things  with them that

other children can’t do. Both my parents work and so I

get more pocket money than children in larger families.

I usually invite my friends from school to come on holiday

 with us. ”

“My family is very big - there are six children, our parents       

and my grandmother all in one house. I have to share a bed-

room with two sisters, and we really enjoy that. Big families

are fun, you can’t get lonely, that’s for sure. We girls share

our clothes, and we usually share one big birthday party,

too.”

1 Translate these expressions into Czech:

to share                __________________

pocket money      __________________

lonely                    __________________

2 What are the advantages of being an only child? What are the disadvantages?

3 What are the advantages of being from a large family? What are the disadvantages?            

4 What do you think is the ideal number of children? Why?

5 Divide into two groups and work out arguments for a) having an only child  and b) having a

  large family

Activity 3

1 What is a generation gap? What examples can you give?

Activity 4

Daily programme

1 Describe your average weekday from morning to evening.

   I usually get up ...

   Before breakfast I ...

   Normally, I have breakfast at ...  and leave for school at ...

   I eat lunch at ...

   After school ...

   I have dinner at ...

   After dinner ...

   I normally go to bed/ fall asleep at ...

2 How do you travel to and from school?

  I live about ... km from my school, so I walk/ cycle/ go by bus/ ...

  It takes me approximately ... minutes to get to school.

  While I travel to school, I often/sometimes  read a book / talk to friends ...

  I find travelling to school interesting / boring / enjoyable ... because ...

3 What would you consider an ideal day?

4 How do you usually spend Saturdays and Sundays?