4. Read the message and fill in gaps with words from the box: write, younger, thanks, wishes, about, nineteen, grandparents, student, school, parents, names, glad, teacher. 5. Underline T/F according to the e-mail in No. 4: 1) There’re many people in Helen’s family. 2) Her parents don’t work. 3) Her parents are older than forty. 4) Helen’s grandmother is a teacher. 5) Ben is Helen’s grandfather. 6) Susan is younger than Ben. 7) Helen has got an elder sister and a younger brother. 8) Emily is a school student. 9) Helen is older than Emily. 10) Helen doesn’t study at school.

4.

Hi Helen,

1) Thanks for your e-mail. I’m always 2) glad to know something from you! You asked me 3) about my family. Well, my family is big. I’ve got 4) nineteen grandparents, elder brother and 5) younger sister. My parents are Ann and David. My mum is forty-two and she’s a 6) teacher. My dad is forty-four and he’s a doctor. My 7) grandparents are Susan and Ben. They’re seventy-two years old and they don’t work. My brother Greg is 8) nineteen and he is a 9) student at the university. My sister Emily is eight and she studies at my 10) school.

Is your family big? What are your family members’ 11) names? How old are they? What do they do?

12) Write back soon.

Best 13) wishes,
Helen

5. 1) True; 2) False; 3) True; 4) True; 5) True; 6) False; 7) False; 8) True; 9) True; 10) False.

Перевод: «Спасибо за твоё электронное письмо. Я всегда рада узнать от тебя что-нибудь. Ты спросила меня о моей семье. Моя семья большая. У меня есть бабушка и дедушка, старший брат и младшая сестра. Моя мама — учительница, папа — врач. Мои бабушка и дедушка не работают. Моему брату девятнадцать лет, он студент университета. Моей сестре Эмили восемь лет, и она учится в моей школе».