10th form "My Friends and Family" Reading

1. When British and American people use the word "family" ______ the mother, father and their children.

2. In a general social context, "the family" is usually ____ mean this nuclear family.

3. Society in Britain and the US _____ a nuclear family living in the same house.

4. The members of this family are _____ each other's lives.

5. Fifty years ago, the typical family was a husband and a wife, and two or three children. The father spent all day at work and ______ decisions about how the money he earned was spent.

6. The mother stayed at home to manage the house and to look after the children. The children were _____ their parents.

7. Many modern families live rather differently, and because of this some people think that the family unit is dying and society ____.

8. Many couples still get married, but others live together without _____.

9. A few years ago, couples living together got married when ____ a family, but this happens less now.

10. Another trend is _____ married later in life and to have fewer children, so the size of the average family is shrinking.