Families

Exercise 19.4

Answer these questions.

1. Who do you have in your immediate family?
   Answer

   Just my husband and son.

2. Do you have much contact with your distant relatives? If so, when?
   Answer

   No, I don’t know much at all about my distant relatives.

3. Where did your parents first set up home?
   Answer

   In a small flat in London.

4. Which would most children prefer to live in, and why, a stable home or a deprived home?
   Answer

   A stable home, where there are not likely to be sudden or unpleasant changes. A deprived home is one where living conditions are extremely poor.

5. What collocation means the same as to be pregnant?
   Answer

   to be expecting a baby

6. Can dysfunctional families also be respectable ones?
   Answer

   Yes, they can. A respectable family is one that outwardly conforms to social norms, but within its own private world, it may be dysfunctional.

7. What can be put before the words wife and husband to indicate that they are no longer married to someone?
   Answer

   ex-

8. What is a more formal alternative for give custody?
   Answer

   grant custody