Family Ties (Close-up B1 Quizz 1 Vocabulary)

When my baby brother was born he ___ 3kg. He wasn’t a big baby.

• height

• weighed

• build

Can you ___ a secret? We’re planning a surprise party for Grandma.

• have

• get

• keep

This engagement ring has been ___ in the family for four generations.

• passed away

• found out

• passed down

That’s not true! Jack is a ___ young man. He does well at school and he works in a restaurant at the weekends.

• hard-working

• generous

• easy-going

My mum made our family tree and she ___ that one of her ancestors was from the Phillipines! Isn’t that amazing?

• looked

• found out

• looked like

You can see Ian has his grandfather’s ___. He has the same red hair and green eyes. 

• genealogy

• generations

• genes

I can’t walk around in these ___ old shoes any more.

• reliable

• elderly

• scruffy

Ben and Mike look so different. Ben’s tall and ___, and Mike is short and a bit overweight. How can they be twins?

• slim

• straight

• blonde

After ten years of ___, the couple decided to start a family.

• birth

• wedding

• marriage

How many of your ___ are coming to your birthday party?

• relative

• friend

• cousins