Basic Communication. English. Family and personality traits. Ice breakers to improve the art of speaking . Phrasal verbs with model sentences . Creative thinking . Strengthening Vocabulary. Exchanging ideas . Basic Communication in English. Phrasal verbs related to family. Model sentences. Building vocabulary. Review exercise to enhance thinking.

1. Get along
Fond of
Take after
Look up to
Addicted to
Adhere to
Abide by
Look after
Bring up
Look back on
To count on/ to depend on
To get on with
Live up to
FAMILY
PHRASALVERBS

2. To count on/ to depend on/ rely upon
I can always count on/ depend on my uncle
to solve intricate problems in Mathematics.

3. Get along to be friendly, to adjust…..
I can never get along with my elder brother.
We keep arguing over small things.

4. To look up to- to consider as a role model
I always look up to my Science teacher.
I want to become a scientist.

5. To bring up to take care or, to raise
It is not always easy to bring up some
children who are adamant and difficult to
control.

6. Fond of, have a special liking for….
My mother is very fond of my baby sister

7. Take after -resemble
People remark that I take after my
maternal grandmother.

8. Addicted to – always clinging on to or obsessed with
We are not addicted to the Television.

9. Adhere to- strictly follow
We have to adhere to timings in our house.

10. To look back on ---- to think of the past.
When I look back on my childhood, I
understand how difficult the times
were for my parents to bring us up.

11. To live up to – to reach the expectations of..
It is not easy to live up to the expectations of my
grandfather.

12. Use the right word to fill the blanks.
disciplinarian, carefree, fussy, methodical,
excellent, close knit, freedom,
We are a ------------ family. We do not have any inhibitions. In
our childhood we were given a lot of ---------- to pursue any
activity that we liked . Father was a strict ----------- but this did
not prevent us from enjoying ourselves. Mother is an -----------
cook, but we were very ----------- .She would use umpteen tricks
to make us eat items that we disliked. She would always have
her own way and win in the end .Ours was a joint family and
Grandfather was very ----------- .He always insisted on
cleanliness. I have imbibed a lot of values from him. All our
cousins would come down for the holidays. The house was
filled with fun and laughter. On the whole we had a very ---------
-- childhood.
Check your answers.

13. We are a close knit family. We do not have any inhibitions.
In our childhood we were given a lot of freedom,
to pursue any activity that we liked . Father was a strict
disciplinarian but this did not prevent us from enjoying
ourselves. Mother is an excellent, cook, but we were very
fussy .She would use umpteen tricks to make us eat items
that we disliked. She would always have her own way and
win in the end .Ours was a joint family and Grandfather
was very methodical. He always insisted on cleanliness. I
have imbibed a lot of values from him. All our cousins
would come down for the holidays. The house was filled
with fun and laughter. On the whole we had a very carefree
childhood.

14. THINK.
Write a short note about your family. Exchange your views
with your friends.
A HAPPY FAMILY IS THE BEDROCK OF SOCIETY.