E11 U1 GETTING STARTED

UNIT 1: THE GENERATION GAP

GETTING STARTED

by Duyen Le

​Content

• ​Warm up

• ​Vocabulary

• ​Activity 3

• ​​Activity 1: Listen and read

• ​Activity 2

• ​​Activity 4

• ​​Activity 5

• ​​Activity 6

• ​Revision​​

​CHALLENGING: CAN YOU SAY THESE SENTENCES?

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​Vocabulary

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​You're part of an extended family then.

​I live in a nuclear family with just my parents and my younger brother.

​You mean a generation gap? Well, there are.

​My grandma has her own beliefs about things like hairstyles, appearance and table manners.

​I think my parents are luckier than others because they don't have to worry about childcare.

​Do your parents share his viewpoints?

​He's the most conservative person in my family.

​They just give us advice, but they never try to impose their decisions on us.

​Well, sometimes conflicts happen, but we sit together and discuss.

​He says I should follow his footsteps.

​He thinks that I ought to get a job in a state-owned organisation after university.

​My parents are more open-minded

​Activity 3:

Complete the definetions

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Fill in the Blanks

A(n)

is a family that consists of parents and children.

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is the care of children, especially while parents are at work.

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A(n)

is the difference in attitudes or behaviour between younger and older age groups, which can cause a lack of understanding.

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are the rules of behaviour that are typically accepted while people are eating at a table.

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A(n)

is a person's opinion about a subject.

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A(n)

is a big family that includes not only the parents and children, but also grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins, all living under the same roof.

​Activity 1: Listen and read

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Activity 3:

True/ False/ Not given

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Multiple Choice

Sam is part of an extended family.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Ann is part of a nuclear family.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Ann's grandparents look after their grandchildren.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Ann's grandma thinks that all family members should share housework.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Ann's grandpa wants her to do the same job and things in life as he did.

• True

• False

Activity 4:

Find the compound nouns

in the conversation

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Open Ended

Write down 7 compound nouns in the conversation

Activity 5:

Find the modal verbs used to express duty, obligation, advice or lack of obligation.

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Open Ended

Modal verbs express duty and obligation

Open Ended

Modal verbs express opinion or advice

Open Ended

Modal verbs express lack of obligation