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English 5 - Teacher: Caio - Class 6 13.06.2013 Theme: Family Pair-discussion: 1. Can you describe a typical family in your country?

2. Who is the head of the household in a typical family in your country? *Do many wives work in your country? *What kinds of jobs do they have? 3. If a wife works outside the home, should the husband help with the housework inside the home? Why or why not? 4.Are there many single-parent families in your country? *Are they usually headed by men or women? *Do single women in your country ever decide to have a baby and raise the child by themselves? What do you think about this kind of decision? *Is it necessary to get married to have a good life? 5. What do you think of married couples who decide not to have any children? 6. Do unmarried couples live together in your country these days? *What do people in your society think about this kind of arrangement? *What do you think about this kind of arrengement? 7. Where do grandparents live in your country? *Do grandparents help to look after their grandchildren? *Who should take care of old people? 8. What do you think of people who get married many times? 9. When do children leave their parents' home in your country? *When do parents' stop giving financial support to their children? 10. Who in your family would you turn to if you had an emotional problem? Why? 11. If you had a financial problem, would you expect your family to help?

Family Collocations: family noun 1 group of people related to each other ADJ. large | old, old-established | land-owning, wealthy, well-to-do | hardup, low-income, poor tax incentives for low-income families | homeless | close, close-knit We are a very close-knit family and support each other through any crises. | immediate We've only told the immediate family (= the closest relations). | conjugal, nuclear the nuclear family of parents and children | extended maintaining contact with members of his extended family | lone-parent, oneparent, single-parent the difficulties faced by one-parent families | two-parent | adoptive helping emotionally damaged children to find placements with adoptive families | patriarchal | middle-class, working-class, etc. | royal | bereaved a counselling agency to help bereaved families VERB + FAMILY belong to, be one/part of, come from He belonged to an oldestablished family. We all knew her so well that we felt she was almost part of the family. Many of our students come from poor families. | marry into She married into a wealthy family. | run in a medical condition which runs in the family | be in This painting has been in our family for generations. FAMILY + NOUN background, history Do you know anything about her family background? a family history of heart disease | connections, relationships, ties They prefer to stay in their home country because of family ties. | member | life | business | home | commitments The job wouldn't really fit in with my family commitments. | income | doctor | holiday | feud | heirloom | motto | name (= surname) | planning (= controlling the number of children you have by using contraception) PREP. in a/the ~ These problems occur in all families. | within a/the ~ creating conflict within the family PHRASES family and friends The support of family and friends is vital. | a member of a family 2 children ADJ. large, small | young parents with young families VERB + FAMILY have I always wanted to have a large family. | start They got married last year and plan to start a family (= have children) soon. | bring up, raise struggling to bring up a family on a low income | feed, support It is difficult for them to earn enough to feed their families. FAMILY + NOUN size Average family size has decreased since the Victorian era. | man a good family man, completely devoted to his wife and kids.

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