2 Trimester 6 Unit

TRIMESTER 2 UNIT 6
LEVEL A2|В1 WEEK 6
Lexical material: Family in modern society; modern young family and its problems; types of
modern families in the world; family relationships.
Grammatical material: The Infinitive with to or that clause and without to, Infinitive of
purpose, Infinitive constructions.
The Infinitive with to or that clause and without to, Infinitive of purpose, Infinitive
constructions.
The infinitive of a verb has two forms: the to-infinitive and the infinitive without to. The to-
form consists of to plus the base form of the verb: I want to speak to you. The form
without to consists of the base form of the verb: John lets the dog sleep on the sofa. We use
the to-infinitive after certain verbs (verbs followed by to-infinitive), particularly verbs
of thinking, feeling and verbs of saying. We can only use the infinitive of purpose if the subject
of the main verb and the infinitive of purpose are the same. If they are different, we use 'so that +
clause' or 'in order that + clause'.
Note: (See English Grammar in Use by Raymond Murphy 4th edition, Unit 53, 54 p.106-108)
Internet links on “The Infinitive with to or that clause and without to, Infinitive of purpose,
Infinitive constructions” theme
https://grammarway.com/ru/infinitive
http://audiorazgovornik.ru/anglijskaya-morfologiya/anglijskij-glagol/infinitiv-v-anglijskom-
yazyke/1271----the-infinitive-of-purpose
Now practice the rules in the following exercises.
Task 1. Write the correct infinitives with 'to'.
1. John's gone to the cash machine … some money.

2. Next weekend I'm going to Newcastle … my grandmother.
3. I'm going to the post office … a parcel.
4. He wrote Paul's birthday in his diary so as …to buy him a present.
5. I put the letter on the table near the front door in order not … to post it the next day.
Note: (See On screen A3, student’s book by Jenny Dooley-Virginia Evans.)

Ex.6 p.69 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct –ing or infinitive form.
VOCABULARY
1. Bachelor: A man who has never been married.

2. Bring up: To look after a child and teach him or her how to behave, etc.
3. Raise: To care for and educate a child until adulthood.
4. Sibling: A brother or sister of the same parents.
5. Widower: A man whose wife has died and who has not married again.
6. Single parent family: A family with children that is headed by a single parent.
7. Blended family: A family unit where one or both parents have children from a previous rela-
tionship, but they have combined to form a new family.
8. Nuclear family: A family group consisting of two parents and their children (one or more).
9. Large family: A family is said to be large when it has three children or more.
10. Joint family: Joint families are composed of sets of siblings, theirs spouses, and their depen-
dent children.
Task 1. Match the words with their definitions.
1. A nuclear family A when it has three children or more.
2. A single-parent family, B …. is two adults with at least one child.
3. A blended family C In this family there is only one adult who is raising children.
4. An extended family D … when one single parent marries another single parent.
5. A large family E …. might include one or two parents, children, grandparents,
aunts and uncles, and/or cousins all living together.
Task 2. Complete with following phrases: adolescents, relatives, responsible parents, nuclear
families, siblings.
1. If you have children it is very important to be ...

2. Children can sometimes cause more problems for their parents when they become ...
3. … such as grandparents, can play an important role in helping to raise children.
4. I have three … – one brother and two sisters.
5. Most households in the Western world tend to be ...
READING
Pre-reading task: Interview each other answering the following questions?
1. What is the best environment to raise a family in (e.g. apartment, village, etc)?
2. What was the worst thing you did as a child? Did you get caught?
3. Is there anything funny or different about your family?
4. Does someone in your family maintain a family tree? How far back can you trace your fam-
ily history?
The nuclear family is the traditional family structure in the West. This term, originating in
the 1950s, describes families consisting of a father, a mother, and their offspring. Under
this conventional structure, the family is seen as the basic unit in society; the father functions as
the breadwinner and the mother as the homemaker. Nowadays, alternative family types are
becoming more common, such as single-parent families, families headed by same-sex parents,
and extended families where families live with their kin, which may include several generations.
Extended families are less common in North America, where it is not uncommon to place
grandparents in retirement homes.
A Social Trends survey in 2009 reported radical changes in child rearing and marriage
practices in the United Kingdom. Figures showed that while 30 percent of women under thirty
had given birth by the age of 25, only 24 percent had married. This marked the first time
childbirth had become the first major milestone in adult life, ahead of marriage. In 1971 in the
U.K, 3/4 of women were married by the age of 25 and half were mothers.
Judging by the high rates of divorce and the increasing number of children born out
of wedlock, it would appear that the family as an institution is in decline. American sociologist
Stephanie Coontz believes so too, but for different reasons. Coontz points out that marriages are
no longer arranged for political or economic reasons, and children are no longer required to
contribute to the family income. Marriages nowadays are founded on love. She believes this shift
towards love, emotional fulfillment, and free choice has actually weakened the family by making
it optional and fragile.
While reading task: give the definitions of words in bold.
Post reading task: answer the questions according to the text.

1) What is a nuclear family?
2) True or False: extended families are replacing nuclear families in North America.
3) How has marriage and raising children changed in the U.K. since 1971?
4) Why does Stephanie Coontz believe the institution of the family has weakened?
5) Do you agree or disagree with the ideas in the article?
LISTENING
Before listening task answer the questions:
1. What is marriage?
2. What is a family?
3. Describe society’s current understanding of family.
4. What is the ideal family relation?
5. What is the importance of family in modern society?
While listening task: fill in the gaps. https://www.listenaminute.com/f/family.html
What does family ___________________? In a perfect world, all families should be happy and
everyone should ___________________ together. I know ___________________ families that
have many problems. Brothers and sisters ___________________ each other, parents who never
talk to each other. I wonder why this is. How can you live ___________________ your family
members and feel apart from them? There is a lot of talk ___________________ about the
___________________ family life. Divorce is rising everywhere in the world. This means single
parents have ___________________ spend with their children, which creates problems. Maybe
___________________ modern life puts too much pressure on families. It
___________________ family life was better a generation or two ago. Is this true for families in
your country?
Post listening task: Write five questions about family. Do this in pairs. Each student must write
the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write
down their answers.
SPEAKING
Task 1. Discuss with a partner what you should do when…
 your six year-old child asks where babies come from.

 your child fails his English test.
 your 13-year old gets a tattoo on his back of a tarantula.
 your child won’t eat his/her vegetables at dinner.
 your child won’t stop screaming because you won’t buy him candy in the grocery store.
Task 2. Discuss with your groupmates.
 How were families different 100 years ago?

 What is the best way for families to be happy together?
WRITING
Paragraph development
After you have chosen a topic and written a topic sentence, you develop your main idea by
adding more information to explain what you mean. There are three common ways to develop a
paragraph: giving details, giving an explanation, and giving an example.
Task 1. Write a paragraph in 5-10 sentences using the development of Paragraph writing on
theme: “How will families be different 100 years in the future?”
Develop your own paragraph. Follow these steps:
Step one: Choose the topic sentence that you would like to develop into a paragraph.
Step two: Brainstorm some ideas using any method you like.
Step three: Develop your paragraph with supporting sentences.
Step four: Exchange paragraph with a partner. Say what kind of support your partner used. Could
your partner tell what kind of support you used?

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TRIMESTER 2 UNIT 6

LEVEL A2|В1 WEEK 6

1. John's gone to the cash machine … some money.

Note: (See On screen A3, student’s book by Jenny Dooley-Virginia Evans.)

1. Bachelor: A man who has never been married.

1. If you have children it is very important to be ...

Pre-reading task: Interview each other answering the following questions?

While reading task: give the definitions of words in bold.

Post reading task: answer the questions according to the text.

Before listening task answer the questions:

 your six year-old child asks where babies come from.

 How were families different 100 years ago?

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