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Complete the sentences 1 -8 with verbs and prepositions from Exercise 3. You may need
to change the verb form.
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Fam ily m em b ers don 't a lw a y s ___________ each other. In fact, they often argue!
M a rio n ___________ her e ld e rly m oth er, who is very fra il.
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Some p e o p le ________
The governm ent plans are 
Young m others o fte n _____
un m a rrie d couples living to g e th e r; they th in k it's wrong. 
________helping poor fam ilies.
looking a fte r th e ir newborn babies; the firs t couple of
m onths can be very d ifficu lt.
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Children should
many physical activities when they are young to keep
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them fit and healthy and help them socialise.
Parents c a n ___________ m any governm ent w ebsites fo r in fo rm a tio n about fa m ily
support.
Today, some m oth ers are the m ain earne rs in fa m ilie s w h ile the fa th e r stays at home 
a n d ___________ raising the children as his main responsibility.
Family m atters 
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Here are two people ta lk in g about th e ir fa m ilie s. Guess the m issing w ords 1-9. They are 
a ll from Exercises 1-4.
Jenny
My fam ily isn 't very big. There's ju s t my son and me. I’ m a single (1 )_________ For the
last ten years I've been (2 )_________ on looking a fte r my son James, who is now fourteen.
But now I’ve met someone special and w e ’ve ju s t got (3 )_________ ! My fiance has four
kids of his own and w e’ re going to get m arried in July. James is really excited about it; he’s 
looking forw ard to having brothers and sisters in his new (4 )_________ fam ily!
Sheila
We live as one big (5 )_________ family. There are seven of us in o u r (6 )__________Besides
my husband and me and our children, there's my aunt and two of my (7 )_________ I stay
at home and (8) c a re _________ my m oth er because she's quite old and can’t look afte r
herself. Obviously, we (9 )_________ from a lack of space in the house, but we a ll get
on w ell.
Now liste n and check your answ ers.
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