Talk About Family - Learning English

Robert and Lucy are married. They've been hapily married for fifteen years. Robert works in a factory, he's a machine operator. He works from 8 to 3. Lucy works at the local supermarket. She's the supervisor of the check-out. She works part time, from 10 to 2. They have four children, Mark, 14, John, 13, Hilda, 11 and Jane, 8. Mark and John go to St. Mary's Secondary school of the local County council. Hilda and Jane are still at Primary School. They live in a little cottage in Park Lane. The back of the house gives on to the park and it's a very quiet place. There is no noise, no traffic. The only noise they hear comes from the children playing in the park, or the birds in the trees. The two boys often go out with their friends at the weekends.

Sometimes they go to the school sports grounds to play football. The girls like to stay at home watching TV or playing in the garden. They have a little Yorkshire Terrier. They all like playing with the dog.

Questions

1. How long have Robert and Lucy been

married?

2. Where does Robert work?

3. What are his working hours?

4. What does Lucy do?

5. Does she work full time?

6. What are the ages of the four children?

7. Which school do the boys go to?

8. What about the girls?

9. Where do they live?

10. What's at the back of the house?

11.1s it a noisy street?

12. What's the only noise they can hear?

13. What do the boys do at the weekends?

14. What about the girls?

15. What sort of dog do they have?

Family

1. What's your first name?

2. What's your surname (family name)?

3. What's your mother's name?

4. Do you have any brothers or sisters?

5. What are their names?

6. What's your father's name?

7. Do you have a grandfather or grandmother?

8. How old are they?

9. Do you have any uncles or aunts?

10. How many cousins have you got?

11 .What are their names?

12. Are they older than you?

13. How old are they?

14. Are they boys or girls?

15. Where do your cousins live?

16. Where do your grandparents live?

17. What does your father do?

18. Where does your mother work?

19. Does your father have a car?

20. What kind of car is it?

21. Do you know the make?

22. What does your brother do?

23. What about your sisters? What do they do?

24. Do you live in a house or in a flat?

25. Do you have your own room?

26. Does your brother or sister have his/her own

room?

27. What do you have in your room?

28. Can you describe your house or flat?

29. Do you have a garden or a balcony?

30. Have you got a pet?

31 .What kind of pet have you got?

32.What's its name?

33. How old is it?

34. Does your mother let you have a pet in the house?

35. How do you get on with your brother/sister?

36. Do you quarrel or argue with him/her?

37. Do you go to the same school as your brother/

sister?

38. Do your grandparents live with you?

39. Do you have a great-grandfather/grandmother?

40. Do your grandparents give you any pocket money? 3

ert and lucy are married. they've been happily 

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