American Family Life: Traditions, Changes, and Modern Trends
Explore the dynamics of the American family, from traditional structures to modern trends such as unmarried couples and adoptions. Learn about the roles of parents, children, and orphans, and delve into grammar topics like WH-questions and quantifiers.
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FAMILY LIFE A portrait of the American family
Think!!! Is your family big or small? Who is in your family? How many children are there in a typical family in our country? Are you a single child? What does it mean? Are there many unmarried couples in our country?
Exercise 1, page 54 traditional /tr d n l/ - being part of the traditions of a country couple / k p l/ - two people who are married or in a romantic relationship orphan / .f n/ - a child whose parents are dead modern / m d. n/ unmarried / n m r. d/ - not married;
Exercise 2, page 54 1 Children who do not have a father and mother are ________. 2 The ___________ American family consisted of parents and their children. 3 Today, many people are __________ . 4 Some _________ do not want to have children. 5 The ___________ American family sometimes consists of parents and adopted children. orphans traditional unmarried couples modern
ANSWER What did traditional American family consist of? Who worked in the family? What did mothers do? When did children move away? How does an American family look like now? Who are orphans? Do people in the USA marry now a lot?
American family A traditional American family consisted of mother, father and children. Big families usually had three or more children. Father went to work but mother usually did not go to work. She took care of children. Families got together around when it was time for holidays. Today traditional family in America is rare. There are many divorces and unmarried couples. Many people adopt orphans.
GRAMMAR WH-questions quantifiers ALL, MUCH, MANY irregular comparison of adjectives
WH-QUESTIONS WHERE do you live? WHEN did you arrive? WHAT is this? WHO did you meet yesterday? WHO is knocking? WHOSE book is this?
MUCH / MANY / ALL MUCH (time / sugar / pollution) People don t spend much time at home. MANY (people / boxes / dogs) Many people also adopt orphans. ALL (people / children / milk) All children have to go to school.
Page 55, Exercise B) Circle the correct word 1 Some parents want one child, but some want MORE / ALL children. 2 ALL / MUCH children deserve a good life. 3 My neighbour has MANY / MUCH pets, and I have just one dog. 4 I do not have MANY / MUCH time, I am sorry. 5 ALL / MUCH people must fight pollution.
Irregular comparison of adjectives There are more divorces in the USA. People spend more time at work. Some people think that quality of life is better when you are single and worse when you are married. ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE good better the best bad worse the worst much/many more the most
1 GOOD 2 THE MOST 3 BETTER 4 THE BEST 5 MORE 6 MUCH 7 WORSE 8 THE WORST 9 MANY 10 BAD
Homework workbook, page 36 1) Unscramble the letters 2) Use the words from exercise 1 in the sentences 3) Match the words to make the pairs such as WIFE HUSBAND 4) Retell the text at the page 54 in your Student s book 5) Speak about your family and family in our country
