Active vocabulary. First name, middle name to be broad-shouldered

first name, middle name to be broad-shouldered

last name/surname with fair hair and grey eyes

to be 17 years old to play the guitar

first of all to play the piano

to work in a college to repair old radio sets

to like one's profession to be handy with many things

to be a good-looking woman to take everything to pieces

to look much younger to put all the wheels and screws back

to be tall and slim to give smth. to a repairman

to be experienced to fix almost everything

a vacuum cleaner to keep the house

a washing machine to run the house

a fridge to help smb with the housework

a radio in pieces to help smb about the house

to be married for 26 years to take care of smb

to have much in common to be good at doing smth

to have different views on smth to be clever with one's hands

horror films and "soap operas" to be practical

to be fond of smth to go shopping

to go in for sport to tidy /to clean one's flat/

to have the same opinion about smth to be a pensioner

education and upbringing to have a family of one's own

to be hard-working people to work as (an accountant)

to be even-tempered to go to a nursery school

to be in a good mood to be not sure of smth

to be deeply attached to smb to dream of being a cosmonaut

to get on very well foreign languages

to take after smb

to work for a joint-venture company

I. Answer the questions:

1. How old are you?

2. Are you married?

3. Have you got a family of your own?

4. Do you live together with your parents?

5. Is your family large or small?

6. What are your parents?

7. Are you the only child in the family?

8. Is you sister (brother) older or younger than you?

9. What is your sister's (brother's) occupation?

10. Do you help your mother to keep the house?

11. Have you got grandparents?

12. Where do they live?

13. Have you any other close relatives?

14. Do you often visit them?

15. What do you usually do in the evenings?

16. Do you spend your week-ends together with your parents or with your friends?