The key answer of exercise 2
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3.1 - Big happy families for the textbook Speakout Elementary - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education
Question
- Discuss. What do you think are the good / bad things about life in a big / small family?
- Work in pairs. Student A: look at page 167. Student B: read the text on this page. Circle the numbers in the box which are in your text. What do they refer to?
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- Work in pairs. Draw lines to complete the information. Use the texts to help.
Answer
a)
big family
- good → children always have company; they have to learn to share things / don't get spoilt; clothes, toys, etc. are handed down and reused
- bad → expensive; children don't have so many opportunities; don't have so much individual attention
small family
- good → more money / attention; parents have closer contact
- bad → children spoilt / given too much attention; children can be lonely / fight each other more / be more competitive
b)
A (the Radford family)
- 17 → 17-seat minibus
- 9 → 9 boys / sons in the Radford family; 9 bedrooms in the Radford house
- 7 → 7 girls / daughters in the Radford family
- 3 → Noel brings the children home at 3p.m.
- 1 → daughter Sophie has got a 1-year-old daughter, Daisy
B (the Bonell family)
- 600 → food shopping costs $600 a week
- 16 → 16 children in the Bonell family
- 9 → 9 boys / sons in the Bonell family
- 8 → children help in the house from the age of 8
- 7 → 7 girls / daughters in the Bonell family; 7 bedrooms in the Bonell house
- 2 → 2 children in neighbour's family; the 2 oldest kids don't live with the family
d)
- The Bonell family don't all live together; all do housework together; like their big family.
- The Radford family have got a bakery; sometimes make pizza; like their big family.