B2 Exam Preparation

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Lesson 1 of 4 · Step 1: Explore

Explore the family mind map

FAMILY

Extended Family

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Coursebook exercises

Exercises 1 and 2 from the Topic 1 Skills Practice pages.

1

Complete each sentence with one of the following phrases.

  1. 1I hear you're expecting a small   . When's the baby due?
  2. 2Let's be careful, we don't know anything about his   .
  3. 3I have a   of heart disease.
  4. 4With three young kids, I can't really join the club because of   .
  5. 5No, he's not a relation. He's just a   – somebody we've known for years.
  6. 6Do you think that children brought up by both parents are less likely to get into trouble than children from a   ?
  7. 7As a boy, I was surrounded by my   . Most of my aunts and uncles lived in the same village.
2

Match the halves.

1They can't take their eyes off
2When I saw her across
3There's no love lost between them.
4Carol and Tom are obviously head
5Most of us have
6At the wedding ceremony the bride and the groom
7Nothing can be stronger than