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Topical vocabulary
Topical vocabulary
Topical vocabulary: 1. Complete these sentences with an appropriate word or phrase from A, B or C. 1. Mr and Mrs Smith live at home with their two children. They are a typical example of a modern ................... family. A. extended B. nuclear C. compact 2. Mr and Mrs Popatlal live at home with their aged parents, children and grandchildren. They are a typical example of a traditional ........ family. A. nuclear B. enlarged C. extended 3. Mrs Jones lives on her own and has to look after her two children. There are a lot of ................................. families like hers. A. single-parent B. mother-only C. mono-parent 4. Some parents need to ................................. their children more strictly. A. bring down B. bring about C. bring up 5. When I was a child, I had a very turbulent ................................. . A. upbringing B. upraising C. uplifting 6. Mrs Kelly is ................................. and finds it difficult to look after her children on her own. A. divorced B. divided C. diverged 7. Many men believe that ................................. is the responsibility of a woman. A. childhelp B. childcare C. childaid 8. ................................. is a particularly difficult time of life for a child. A. Convalescence B. Adolescence С. Convergence 9. A person’s behaviour can sometimes be traced back to his/her ................................. . A. creative years B. formulating years C. formative years 10. The country has seen a sharp drop in the ................................. in the last few years. A. birth rate B. baby rate C. born rate 11. She has five ................................. who rely on her to look after them. A. dependants B. dependers C. dependents 12. ................................. crime is on the rise, with over 30 per cent of thefts being committed by young people under the age of eighteen. A. Junior B. Juvenile C. Children Topical vocabulary: 2. Match sentences 1 – 12 with a second sentence A – M. Use the key words and phrases in bold to help you. 1. Mr and Mrs White are very authoritarian parents. A. They don’t look after their children very well. 2. Mr Bowles is considered to be too lenient. B. He is fascinated by the way they learn new things. 3. Mr and Mrs Harris lead separate lives. C. He very rarely punishes his children. 4. Billy is a well-adjusted kid. D. I live with my mother and visit my father at weekends. 5. The Mannings are not very responsible parents. E. He never listens to a word I say, and is always playing truant from school. 6. My parents are separated. F. Brothers and sisters usually bear some resemblance to one another. 7. Parents must look after their children, but they G. Although they are married and live together, they rarely speak to each shouldn’t be overprotective. other. 8. Professor Maynard has made a study of the H. They are very strict with their children. cognitive processes of young children. 9. I’m afraid my youngest child is running wild. I. Of all of these, the teenage years are the most difficult. 10. She looks quite different from all her siblings. J. Children need the freedom to get out and experience the world around them. 11. There are several different and distinct stages K. He’s happy at home and is doing well at school. of development in a child’s life. 12. Tony was raised by a foster family when L. Many families take in children who are not their own. his own parents died.
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