Fill the gaps with the proper words.

(a) Andrew’s parents don’t live together. They are …. 2. Frank has no parents. So he is an …. 3. Her … name was Hope. But after the marriage her name is Dickson. 4. He hasn’t got a family of his own, he is … so far. 5. Are you an … child in the family? – No, I’ve got an elder brother. 6. My grandparents are … already. 7. He is 19. He … of age last year. 8. Children go to school at the … of six in our country. 9. He is married now but two years ago he was …

(b) 1. He is in … late sixties. 2. His daughter is in … midteens. 3. Is Kate a relation of …? – No, we are just friends. 4. Do you have a family of … own? 5. This is Barbara Dickson. She is a colleague of … 6. I’m a namesake of …, Lucy. 7. They prefer to live by … 8. Does she live with … parents? 9. He is a dear old friend of …

7. Translate the following collocations with the prepositions by and of:

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.

8. 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.

9. Fill in the missing words:

1. My mother’s sister is my … and her brother is my …

2. My wife’s mother is my … and her father is my …

3. My wife’s sister is my … and my wife’s brother is my …

4. My uncle’s son is my … and my aunt’s daughter is my … too.

5. My mother has a sister, her son is my mother’s …

6. My father has a brother, his daughter is my father’s …