Family & Relationships Exercises

In time of test, family is best.

Our friends are talking about families and relationships.

B. Do you know the difference between the ‘extended’ and ‘nuclear’ family?

C. James: I think that a good family relationship means that parents and children get on well. I have a great relationship with my parents and siblings.
David: What is the key to a great relationship, James?
James: Well, I think that…

D. David: I always argue with my mum when she starts talking about chores! I
hate doing them. Since my sister is little, all duties are on me.
Emma: Everything? I am sure you do much less than I used to do when I
worked as an au-pair in the UK…

E. The teenagers discuss the most critical problem they experience with their relatives, which is a generation gap. Do you know what a generation gap is?

F. David: I always have a quarrel with my father over my lifestyle.
Heidi: Your lifestyle? What do you mean?

G. Heidi: I get on well with both my parents because they are divorced. They got divorced when I turned 5. I used to spend weekends with my daddy and weekdays with my mom. They both wanted to compensate for my ruined childhood, so they pampered me with expensive things and trips.