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Teacher’s Notes

FAMILY LIFE – matura rozszerzona

by Aleksandra Prochalska

Type of activity: individual work
Focus: to check and revise vocabulary concerning FAMILY

LIFE based on “Revise ForMatura – Repetytorium”

Level: Intermediate – Upper Intermediate
Time: 20 – 25 minutes
Preparation:

1. Photocopy the test.

Procedure:

1. Explain the tasks in the test if necessary.

2. Set the time limit.

Extension / Follow-up:

You may discuss marked tests with the whole class.

KEY
The key just provides suggestions, there might be

other possible answers.
1. Fill in the missing words. / 20 points.

1. A holiday taken by two people who have just got

married is called –

a honeymoon.

2. A Christian religious ceremony at which a child is

officially given a name and becomes a member of a

Christian church is called –

a christening /

baptism.

3. A party that you give to celebrate moving into a

new house –

a housewarming party.

4. A date on which something special or important

happened in a previous year –

an anniversary.

5. The mother of your wife or husband –

your mother-

in-law.

6. The man who helps the bridegroom at a wedding

ceremony –

the best man.

7. A brother or sister is often called –

a sibling.

8. I do not want to be a

gooseberry and go out with

you and your boyfriend.

9. They get on like a

house on fire.

10. A party for women only, that happens just before

one of them gets married is called –

a hen party.

11. Someone who was born in or is a citizen of the same

country as someone else is called –

a compatriot.

12. A

single parent is a person who brings up a child on

his / her own.

13. Sit down and feel at

home. I will bring you some

coffee and biscuits.

14. We have a lot

in common with Jane. We have the

same hobbies and interests.

15. Ann is five months

pregnant, she is going to have a

baby in September.

16. Jane is married

to Tom.

17. As a husband, he fulfilled the model role of an

attentive and loving

spouse.

18. To

divorce means to end the marriage legally.

19. My neighbour and I are on speaking

terms with each

other.

20. I split

up with my boyfriend two weeks ago.

2. In English, explain the difference. / 10 points

a) a colleague

= a person you work with /

a friend

= a person you trust and have a lot in

common with

b) a compatriot

= a person from the same country

as you /

an expatriate

= someone from your country who

lives in a foreign country

c) a birth

= you enter the world /

a funeral

= you leave the world

d) ex-wife

= former wife /

wife-to-be

= future wife

e) to look down on

= to despise /

to look up to

= to admire

3) Translate into Polish. / 20 points

1. a stag night

2. pain in the neck

3. a reunion

4. an argument

5. a couple

6. steady boyfriend

7. an only child

8. to detest

9. to fall out with

somebody

10. to idolize

11. an offspring

12. an engagement

13. the in-laws

14. a stepmother

15. a rival

16. a next of kin

17. a stranger

18. the next door neighbours

19. ancestors

20. descendants

- wieczór kawalerski

- utrapienie

- spotkanie

- kłótnia

- para

- stały chłopak

- jedynak /jedynaczka

- nienawidzić

- pokłócić się z…

- ubóstwiać

- potomek

- zaręczyny

- teściowie

- macocha

- rywal

- krewny

- obcy

- sąsiedzi

- przodkowie

- potomkowie