learn to describe families, relationships and life events • learn friendship vocabulary, phrases with be and get, and phrasal verbs • review different verb forms, the present perfect with for and since, pronouns and possessive adjectives • practise giving recent news
Review family vocabulary.
Read a news story about two sisters.
Study words to describe life events and the verbs say, speak and talk.
Revise different tenses and study the present perfect with for and since.
Listen to someone talking about visiting her family.
Review what you have studied so far.
Post messages and find out about each other's families. (This is an optional activity designed to give you extra writing practice.)
Tell your tutor about your family.
Practise asking about recent news.
Practise saying tone groups.
Search the Internet for information about some famous families. (This is an optional activity designed to give you extra reading and writing practice.)
Write an email to your tutor giving him or her your recent news, or describe how you lost touch with somebody and how you found each other again.
Talk to your tutor about the unit and the topic you wrote about in Tutorial 2.
Review the work in the unit.
Send us your feedback on this unit.
Test what you have studied in this unit.
Practise the language you study in this unit, and improve your reading, listening and speaking skills.
adopted
adopted (adj)
a child who lives and grows up with adults who aren't his/her natural parents
biological
biological (adj)
natural, original (not adoptive)
board
board (v)
to get in or on a type of transport
bride
bride (n)
a woman on the day she gets married
common
common (adj)
usual or normal
cottage
cottage (n)
a house, often small, in the country
cute
cute (adj)
sweet, good-looking
dowry
dowry (n)
the presents or money given in some countries by a woman's family when she gets married
emigrate
emigrate (v)
to go and live in a foreign country
emotional
emotional (adj)
causing strong feelings
employee
employee (n)
a worker
famine
famine (n)
a time when there isn't a lot of or enough food for people
fluent
fluent (adj)
able to speak a language well and easily
getdivorced
get divorced (v)
to legally end a marriage
getintouch
get in touch (v)
to contact someone, for example, by letter, email or telephone
highest
highest (adj)
the biggest number
keep
keep an eye on someone (idm)
to watch someone carefully to make sure they are OK
kids
kids (n)
children (informal)
lateral
lateral thinking (n)
a way of thinking about something that is non-rational/non-logical
loads
loads (quantifier)
a lot of something (informal)
lookafter
look after (v)
to take care of someone or something; for example, a nurse looks after ill people
lookfor
look for (v)
to try to find something
lowest
lowest (adj)
the smallest number
manage
manage (v)
be able to do something that is difficult
melt
melt (v)
to cause a solid to become a liquid; for example, the sun melts the snow
moving
moving (adj)
causing strong feelings
news
news flash (n)
a piece of news, usually very important, which interrupts TV or radio programmes
odd
odd one out (n)
one of a group of things which doesn't share a common characteristic
overnight
overnight (adv)
happens/occurs during the night
quote
quote (n)
repetition of something that another person said
repeatedly
repeatedly (adv)
again and again
reunion
reunion (n)
a meeting with someone from your past
rites
rites of passage (n)
when a person's legal or social position changes; for example, from single to married or becoming a parent
thesis
thesis (n)
a long piece of academic writing for a university degree
thirsty
thirsty (adj)
a dry feeling in your mouth, when you need to drink something
world
worldwide (adj)
in all of the world