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Pełna lekcja Let’s Talk: Family Life – w sklepie
Your Family
- How big is your family?
- Do you have any brothers or sisters? How old are they?
- Are you the oldest among your brothers and sisters?
- How many cousins do you have?
- How many aunts and uncles do you have?
- Do you have any children? What are their names and ages?
- Do you look more like your mother or your father?
- What are your parents like?
- What do your parents do in their free time?
- What do the members of your family do for a living?
- Who is the breadwinner in your family?
- Who is the black sheep in your family?
- Has anyone in your family ever achieved something great?
- Name three people in your family you can always rely on.
- How did you get your name? Who are you named after?
- If you could have a different number of siblings, how many would you have?
Relationships
- Are friends more important than family?
- Is family your rock or a burden?
- Do you like your family? Why or why not?
- Do you get along well with your family?
- Do you get along well with your siblings?
- Do you get along well with your cousins?
- Do you get along well with your in-laws?
- Who do you get along better with, your mother or your father?
- Do your parents get along with each other?
- Do you often argue with your parents? What about?
- Are you pressured by your family to act in a certain way?
- Do you usually have any influence on family matters?
- Would you get involved in your in-laws’ family problems?
- What’s the best thing about your mum?
- What’s the best thing about your dad?
- What’s the best thing about your grandparents?
Grandparents and Time Together
- Did you ever meet any of your great-grandparents?
- Did you ever live with any of your grandparents?
- How often do you see your grandparents?
- How often do you see your cousins?
- How often is your entire family together?
- How often does your family eat dinner together?
- What do you and your family like to do together?
- What is the best memory you have of your family doing something together?
- What was the saddest time in your family?
Childhood and Parenting
- When you were a child, were your parents strict?
- Are you a strict parent?
- Do children in your family have any chores?
- Did you have to clean your own room when you were a teenager?
- Should children help with the housework? How much?
- What kinds of housework are not appropriate for children?
- Should parents give their children pocket money?
- What time should teenagers have to be home? Should they have a curfew?
- How should parents discipline their children?
- Is spanking a good way to discipline children?
- Would you let your teenage son or daughter listen to heavy metal music?
- What are some of your best memories of childhood?
- What would you change about your childhood?
- What was the most important thing your parents taught you?
- What values, skills or hobbies will you teach your children?
Family in Society
- Do you live in a nuclear family or an extended family?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear and extended families?
- What impact have divorce and modern living had on the family?
- Is the nanny or the day-care centre the third parent?
- Where do you think the best place to raise a family is? Why?
- What is the perfect number of children to have?
- Describe the perfect family.
- Why do people get married?
- Are you married?
- Would you live with your parents after you get married?
- After you’re married, should your parents make decisions for you?
- What do you think of married couples who decide not to have children?
- Do you think people should adopt children from other countries?
- Should people follow their parents’ religion, or should they be free to choose another?
- Which is more important: following your parents’ dreams for you or following your own dreams?
- Who should take care of old people?
- What makes you happy in the long term: job, family, health, money or faith?