Unit 1 - HOMELIFE - READING

UNIT 1 : HOME LIFE – READING
BEFORE YOU READ
Activity 1 : Find the three differences between the two pictures:
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Do you think they are happy?
Activity 2 : Look at the picture on page 12 and answer the questions
WHILE YOU READ
*VOCABULARY
Activity 3 : Match the words or phrases on the left with their definitions on the right.
1. to join hands a. thinking what people need or want and trying to help them
2. to give a hand b. try
3. to come up c. a. doing what one tells them to do
4. to rush d. to hurry
5. caring e. to work together
6. supportive f. giving help and encouragement
7. mischievous g. to happen, to arise
8. obedient h. to help
9. close-knit i. fond of behavior that is annoying
10. attempt j. having close relationships with each other
Activity 4 : Complete the sentences, using the right forms of the words
- biologist /ba
ɪɒ
ləd
ʒɪ
st/ (n) ; biology (n) ; biological (a); biologically (adv)
1. A scientist who studies living things is a …………. .
2. ……………….is the study of the life and structure of plants and animals.
3. They use ………………….powders.
- supportive /səp
ɔː

t
ɪ
v/ (a) : support (n, v) ; supporter (n)
4. He is a declared ……………………… of the scheme.
5. Children with ……………… parents often do better at school than those without.
6. He is dependent on his father for …………………… .
* until/ not…until- I stay in bed until half past ten./I didn’t get up until half past ten.
Activity 5 : Task 1 page 14
Activity 6 : Task 2 page 14
AFTER YOU READ
Activity 7 : Work in groups to compare the family described in the text with your own families.
A. THE FAMILY IN THE TEXT
WORK FATHER MOTHER CHILDREN
- washing dishes
- playing with children
- giving children a nice house and a happy home
- running the household
- making breakfast
- preparing clothes for children
- going shopping
- cleaning the house
- cooking special meals
- washing the dishes
- taking out garbage
- looking after the boys
- mending things around the house
- find solution to solve problems
- being supportive
B. YOUR OWN FAMILY
WORK FATHER MOTHER CHILDREN

- washing dishes
- playing with children
- giving children a nice house and a happy home
- running the household
- making breakfast
- preparing clothes for children
- going shopping
- cleaning the house
- cooking special meals
- washing the dishes
- taking out garbage
- looking after the boys
- mending things around the house
- find solution to solve problems
- being supportive