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CHECK YOUR VOCABULARY FOR NATURAL
ENGLISH COLLOCATIONS
12. FAMILIES
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A. Which are the most natural-sounding answers?
Other collocations are in bold type
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1
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Jenny comes from a large/ big family but I’m a
single/ an only child.
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2
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There’s no one in my near/
immediate family with curly
hair.
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3
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He’s a talented musician – he takes /gets it from his mother.
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4
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Jody is a spoilt/ ruined
child with over-protective
parents.
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5
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I’ve got
a distant relative/ far relation
who works in the film industry.
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6
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They’ve all got red hair. It goes/
runs in the family.
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7
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I’m
afraid Mr Harris is critically
ill. We need to notify his next
of kin/ closest relation.
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8
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It’s natural for a waiting/
an experiment mother to worry about her unborn child.
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B. Which of these two versions sounds more
natural?
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9
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a
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I told all my relations and friends.
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b
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I told all my friends and relations.
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10
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a
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He is my own flesh and blood, after all
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b
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He is my own blood and flesh, after all
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11
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a
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They are
brother and sister.
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b
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They are
sister and brother.
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12
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a
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I went to see my dad and mum.
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b
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I went to see my mum and dad.
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13
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a
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I now
pronounce you wife and man.
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b
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I now
pronounce you man and wife.
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C. Choose the most suitable verb from the box. Change
the form of verb where necessary.
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start
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bring
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have
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raise
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give
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14
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Claire’s going ___________________ a
baby in early March.
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15
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I’m used to being around animals – I was ___________________ up on
a farm.
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16
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It’s
very hard to ___________________ a family on a single income.
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17
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They decided not to ___________________ a family until they had
enough money to buy a house.
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18
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Linda
decided she wanted to ___________________ birth at home, instead of at
hospital.
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