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'on ': The verb 'rely' is usually follow ed by the dependent preposition 'on'.
a noun: This sentence has a subject and a verb. To com plete the sentence we need 
an object. This needs to be a noun because the verb 're ly on' is follow ed by an object. 
There may be a possessive adjective in fro n t of the noun (e.g. 'th e ir sib lings'], o r an 
a rticle (e.g. 'the g o ve rn m e n t’).
T h e ________________ fa m ily s tru c tu re has changed greatly in the last fifty years.
Strong fa m ily stru c tu re s used to be necessary d u e _________________
People o fte n ________________ the w e alth of th e ir parents.
More th a n ________________ children have no sib lings nowadays.
Now liste n and com ple te the sentences using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A 
NUMBER.
Exam information: Choosing answers from a list (1)
In the IELTS Listening exam, you may have to answ er a question by choosing a num ber of 
correct answers from a list. This question type can be found in any section of the exam.
You have to w rite the co rre ct le tte rs (A, B, C, etc.) and you may w rite these in any order.
Family m atters

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Look at the photo and question below. Then u n d e rlin e the key w ords in sentences 1-5.
Which of the follow ing are m yths about upper-class V ictorian* fam ilies?
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Fam ilies lived w ith servants.
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Children were m ainly home schooled.
3 
Fathers occasionally taught th e ir 
children Latin.
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The V ictorians were not generous to 
the poor.
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Parents were s tric t w ith th e ir children.
*The Victorians were the British people who lived in 
the time of Queen Victoria, i.e. 1838-1901.
In the IELTS Listening exam, you probably w ill not hear the same words on the recording.