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0 Grammar in a text. Read the text, and then write about yourself.

His name's Noureddin. He's from Rabat, in Morocco. He's a student. He's 21.
He isn't married. He's got four brothers and two sisters.
He's interested in music and politics. He isn't interested in sport.

My name's.........................................................................................

0 Grammar in a text. Put in affirmative (Q) or negative (B) forms of be or have.
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Helen ..................fourteen. She i ........................at a very nice school; she 2........................ interested
in the lessons - there 3........................only two teachers that she doesn't like - and she 4........................got

lots of friends. (Two years ago she 5........................at a different school; the lessons 6.......................
very good, and she i ........................ many friends, so she 8........................very unhappy.) The school
9........................a long way from Helen's house, so she gets up early. She io.........................a quick wash,
and then she n ........................ breakfast - cereal and fruit juice if she 12........................hungry. There
13........................a school bus, but if it 14........................very cold her mother takes her by car. In the
evenings she is........................school work; she 16.........................much difficulty with this, so she usually
finishes quickly. Then she 17........................supper. At ten o'clock she is.........................very tired, so she

19........................a bath and goes to bed. On Saturdays and Sundays she gets up at 12.00, 20.......................
a quick lunch and goes straight to her computer games.

^ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: relations. Make sure you know the words in the box.

Use a dictionary if necessary. Then look at the family tree and write'true'or'false'against
the sentences.

son daughter uncle aunt nephew niece Eric Sue
cousin grandchild grandfather grandmother

► Eric and Sue have four grandchildren.

► Ruby is Bill's grandmother. ..f7?.^?..
1 Toby is Bill's son..................... Paul

2 Bill is Paul's uncle.....................
3 Rosemary is Toby's mother................
4 Lily is Bill's niece.....................

5 Ben is Toby's nephew.....................
6 Ruby is Lily's cousin..................... Ben
7 Alice is Bill's aunt.....................
8 Rosemary is Lily's uncle.....................
9 Toby is Ruby's nephew.....................
10 Ruby is Paul's niece.....................

^ Internet exercise. Can you find these on the internet?

1 The name of a song with the words "f/iere is a house"...... .
2 The name of a song with the words "once I had"...............
3 The name of a song with the words "have a party"...........

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