B) Ask your partner if he/she has the same duties
c) Compare your and your partner’s domestic responsibilities. What are the same and what are different? Use the following words:
| the same: like both of us both …. and … | different: unlike in contrast to |
17. Answer the questions:
1. Should members of a family share their duties about the house?
2. Do you believe that husbands and wives should have different duties about the
house? Are there any duties only for men and only for women?
3. Who must be responsible for brining-up children in a family?
4.How do you share domestic responsibilities in your family?
5. Are there any duties that you don’t like?
18. Find the pairs of synonyms:
| single under one roof prevent bring up share | raise children take part consist duty offer | typical divide not married together stop | be involved traditional include responsibility supply |
19. Match the word and the definition:
| to share duties cost of living understanding babysitter to marry to be independent to take care salary date divorced | · money that you get for your work · to become a husband and a wife · the situation when a person is responsible for his life himself · the situation when all members of the family are involved in running the house · a special person whom you hire to take care of your children · the amount of money you need in order to pay for basic things such as food, clothes and transport · people who have stopped living together as one family · a meeting with someone who you are having or starting a romantic relationship with · an agreement expressed without words · to do the necessary things for someone who needs help or protection |
20. Guess the crossword:
ACROSS:
6. the place where you live
9. the relationship between two people who are husband and wife
10. to stop something from happening
11. a person who doesn't depend on someone or something
12. a meeting with a person who you are starting romantic relationship with
DOWN:
1. a stepfather or a stepmother
2. a legal way of ending a marriage
3. two people who are married
4. typical
5. to have someone or something as a part
7. not married
8. someone who you live with
21. Choose one statement you agree and one you disagree with. Explain your choice:
1. Lack of understanding between parents and children can bring to negative results.
2. Today young people try to stay at home longer than before.
3. Most of modern young people prefer to be independent from their parents.
4. Nowadays it is difficult to be independent.
5. Today many young people prefer living together without getting married.
6. All members of a family should share responsibilities equally.
7. It is a good idea to hire a babysitter if you have a little child.
Part 4 «DAILY ROUTINE: TIME»
1. Match the times with the clocks and write these times in another way:
| 1. It's five to three. 2. It's five past three. 3. It's a quarter past six. 4. It's a quarter to five. | 5. It's ten to five. 6. It's five to ten. 7. It's half past six. 8. It's half past seven |
2. Look at the clocks, complete the times:
| 1. It’s ten ……….. 2. It’s ten ……….. 3. It’s a quarter ……….. 4. It’s a quarter ……….. 5. It’s five ……….. | 6. It’s twenty-five ……….. 7. It’s half ……….. 8. It’s half ……….. 9. …………….. 10. …………… |
3. Dictate the times to your partner:
Card A
| 7.30 2.55 | 3.00 9.35 | 8.10 5.00 | 12.45 11.20 | 5.30 13.15 |
Card B
| 16.30 19.15 | 3.45 8.25 | 9.11 5.05 | 18.45 10.40 | 5.20 17.30 |