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Quiz: Family vocabulary 2

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For each of the six questions choose the correct answer.

1. As soon as she gets married, she wants to ... family. a. start a b. commence a c. start the d. start

2. She gave up smoking when she found out she was ... a. in the way b. in the pregnant way c. running in the family d. in the family way

3. How can you talk about marrying him? You've only been going out with him for two weeks! You know what they say - ...

a. 'Marry at leisure, repent in haste' b. 'Marry in haste, repent at leisure' c. 'Be married to something' d. 'A marriage of two things'

4. Those two have been going out for years. Do you think they'll ever ...? a. tie the not b. tie the hitch c. tie the knot d. knot the tie

5. He's such a creep! While he was ... her he was ... someone else at work. a. seeing / sleeping with b. seeing with / sleeping c. watching / resting with d. seeing / sleeping

6. They're a ... family. Jean is a ... to her second husband Frank's kids and Frank is a dad to her son.

a. mixed up / step-mother b. blended / ex-mother c. blended / step-mother d. blends / mother-step

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The Flatmates ? Quiz ? Family vocabulary 2 Answers

For each of the six questions choose the correct answer.

1. As soon as she gets married, she wants to ... family. a. start a ? Correct ? This means she's going to try to get pregnant quite soon

after getting married. b. commence a ? Wrong ? 'Commence' is a formal word. You need a more informal

word in this expression. c. start the ? Wrong ? The verb is correct but the article is wrong. d. start ? Wrong ? You need one more word here.

2. She gave up smoking when she found out she was ... a. in the way ? Wrong ? You need one more word here. b. in the pregnant way ? Wrong ? You need a different third word. The whole

expression is an informal way of saying 'pregnant'. c. running in the family ? Wrong ? If something 'runs in the family' it means she has

the same traits as other people in her family. You need an expression which is an informal way of saying 'pregnant'. d. in the family way ? Correct ? This is an informal way of saying 'pregnant'.

3. How can you talk about marrying him? You've only been going out with him for two weeks! You know what they say ? '...'.

a. Marry at leisure, repent in haste ? Wrong ? The verbs are correct but the other words are in the wrong order.

b. Marry in haste, repent at leisure ? Correct ? This means you'll end up regretting getting married so quickly.

c. Be married to something ? Wrong ? This means you're very close to an idea. You need an expression that means you'll regret not getting to know your future husband properly before marrying him.

d. A marriage of two things ? Wrong ? This means two things (rather than two people) are joined together. You need an expression that means that if you marry someone quickly, without knowing them well, you will regret it later.

4. Those two have been going out for years. Do you think they'll ever ...? a. tie the not ? Wrong ? You need a different spelling for the noun here. b. tie the hitch ? Wrong ? You need a different noun here. c. tie the knot ? Correct ? This is the question you can ask if you want to know

if they're planning to get married. d. knot the tie ? Wrong ? The words are right but some of them are in the wrong

order.

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5. He's such a creep! While he was ... her he was ... someone else at work. a. seeing / sleeping with ? Correct ? This means he was two-timing her. b. seeing with / sleeping ? Wrong ? You don't need a preposition in the first answer

but you do need one in the second. c. watching / resting with ? Wrong ? You need different words but with similar

meanings for 'watching' and 'resting'. d. seeing / sleeping ? Wrong ? The first answer is correct but the second one needs a

preposition.

6. They're a ... family. Jean is a ... to her second husband Frank's kids and Frank is a dad to her son.

a. mixed up / step-mother ? Wrong ? The second answer is correct but you need a different word with a similar meaning to 'mixed up'.

b. blended / ex-mother ? Wrong ? The first answer is correct but you need a different prefix to 'ex'.

c. blended / step-mother ? Correct ? This means that Jean and Frank have been married to other partners before and have now created a new family with their children from those previous marriages.

d. blends / mother-step ? Wrong ? You need a different form of the word 'blend' in the first answer and, in the second one, you need to change the order of the words.

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