1Work in pairs. Tell your partner about your family.
💬 Example:
My family are from Poland. My mum's name is Ewa. She's a taxi driver.
My family are from Poland. My mum's name is Ewa. She's a taxi driver.
2Read the blog. What is it about? Choose a, b or c.
THE ROADMAP REPORT
A Family Business
¶1
This month we talk to two families about their businesses.
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We're the Jones family. We're from the UK. This is a room in our hotel. It's in Norfolk in the UK. I'm Sue and I'm the hotel manager. My husband is the waiter in the hotel restaurant. His name is Dave. My daughter is the receptionist at the hotel. Her name is Jess. My sons' names are Alex and Tom. They're students.
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This is our language school. It's in Brighton in the UK. I'm Sophie and I'm a teacher. My brother and mum are teachers, too. My mum is from France. Her name is Natalie. My dad and sister aren't teachers. My dad's name is Rob. He's the manager. My sister's called Jen. She's the receptionist.
3Read the blog. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false sentences.
1
The Jones family are American.
Example: F — The Jones family are British.
2
Sue is the manager of the hotel.
T
F
3
Dave is the hotel receptionist.
T
F
4
Sue's daughter isn't a student.
T
F
5
Natalie is French.
T
F
6
Sophie's sister is a teacher.
T
F
7
Rob is the receptionist.
T
F
8
Sophie's sister is called Jen.
T
F
4Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
brothers
daughter
father
mother
sister
wife
1 Sue's is called Jess.
2 Jess' are students.
3 Dave's is the hotel manager.
4 Sophie's is from France.
5 Sophie's isn't a teacher.
6 Jen's is a manager.
5aWork in pairs. Label photos A–D with the words in the box.
chickens
eggs
farm
shop
A
🥚
B
🛒
C
🌾
D
🐔
5bWatch the video. Put photos A–D in the correct order.
Enter the correct position number (1–4) for each photo.
A
🥚 Eggs (production line)
B
🛒 Shop (market stall)
C
🌾 Farm (fields view)
D
🐔 Chickens (free range)
6aWork in pairs. Choose the correct alternatives.
1 Jo is a
manager
farmer.
2
Three
Four
people in Jo's family work at the farm.
3 The farm produces
sixteen
sixty
thousand eggs a day.
4 Flo collects
five
ten
thousand eggs a day.
5 A tray of eggs costs
£8
£9.
7Work in pairs. Complete the sentences with one word in each gap.
Photo 1 — Jo
Jo is Flo and Finty's . They are daughters.
Photo 2 — Rich
Rich is Jo's . She is wife.
Photo 3 — Flo
Flo is Jo and Rich's . They are parents.
Photo 4 — Finty
Finty is Flo's .
8aFind photos of your family on your phone. Make notes about their names, ages and jobs.
8bWork in pairs. Ask and answer questions about your photos.
Ask
· Who is she/he?
· How old is she/he?
· What does she/he do?
· Where is she/he from?
Example answers
A: Who is she?
B: She's my mother. Her name is Claire.
A: How old is she?
B: She's 70.