Introducing People and Answering an Introduction

7. Tell about a person using the topical vocabulary:

a) your friend or relative

b) a famous person

Name: surname / family / second name, forename / last name, first / given / personal / Christian name, patronymic / middle name, full name, pet name, nickname, pen-name, pseudonym, married / maiden name namesake, name, call, give / bear / use a name, be christened, be baptized, take one's name from, under the name of.

What is his name? How is it spelt?

Origin: race, be from, come from, foreign, foreigner, native.

Where is he from? / Where does he come from?

Birth: be born, place, give birth (to), date, be alive, be dead, birthday, region, area, district.

When and where was he born? What is his native town / country of residence? What is his nationality? – He’s Russian/ American/ German.

Relations by birth: parent, mother/mom/mommy, father/dad/daddy, daughter, son, sister, brother, twins, triplets, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, cousin, grandparent, grandmother/grandma/granny, grandfather/grandpa/granddad, great grandfather, great grandmother, grandchild, grandson, granddaughter, etc.

- How many are you in the family? -We are four. I have a mum and a younger brother.

Marital status: (un) married, single, divorced, separated, widowed, bachelor, marry, get married, be married (to), be engaged, divorce, give a divorce

Relations by marriage: husband, wife, spouse, fiance, fiancee, relative, be related, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepsister, stepbrother, stepparents, half-brother, half-sister, etc.

- Are you related to Mr. Dickson? - Yes, he is my father-in-law. - Are you and Mary relatives? -Yes, she is my niece.

Sex: male, female, man, woman, member of the opposite sex, gentleman, lady

Age: baby, toddler, kid, child, teenager, adult, grown-up, generation, young, old, middle-aged, elderly, be in one's early/mid/late 40s, be under/over 40, at the age of, be/come of age

John has (got) two elder brothers, Jim and Tom.

Jim is three years older than John. Tom is the eldest in the family.

- Is your brother of age yet? How old is he? -No, he is 18. They come of age at 21 in Great Britain.

Appearance: attractive, good-looking, pleasant-looking, slim, sturdy, lean, fat, plump, stocky, pretty, tall, short, middle-sized, well-built, short-sighted, etc.

Character: active, cheerful, calm, serious, clever, smart, educated, talented, timid, strict, sociable, good-natured, well-mannered, responsible, lazy, talkative, honest, etc.

Religion: Orthodox, Catholic, Christian, Presbyterian, Muslim, trust, believe (in), God, service, faith

8. Say how do you call a person:

who is 10 months; who is about a year; who is a year and a half; who is 16 who is 18; who is 25; who is 38; who is 42; who is 70

(in his mid twenties; in his late thirties; in his early forties; an elderly person; a baby; toddler; a kid; a teenager, in his teens; he has come of age)

9. Translate the following collocations with the prepositions by and of. Use them in the sen­tences of your own.

Example: A relative in-law means a relative by marriage.

a) by name, by birth, by origin, by marriage, by nationality, by profession, by telephone, by himself, by mistake;

b) of your own, of the same age, of the opposite sex, a friend of mine / his / ours, a family of his own, at the age of six, a kid of two.

10. Explain the meaning of the following words and word combinations: to be separated, to be divorced, to remarry, to be related, an immigrant, a for­eigner, a widowed woman, to be in one's twenties.

Begin with: It's a person who ...; It's a period (condition) when ...

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