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Speaking skills practice: Talking about your family – exercises

2. Check your understanding: gap fill
Complete the dialogue with phrases from the box.

to someone else really nice he met my mum sent it to me.

been to visit him twice. married an American
was divorced half-brother on Skype a lot older than me

you want to play? I was really little

Jack: Hi Sam. How’s it going?

Sam: Good. How are you?

Jack: Fine, thanks. Hey, is that the new version of Game of Kings?

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Sam: Yeah, do _____________________________ It's great!
Jack: Oh! You can’t buy that here! Where did you get it?

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Sam: From my brother. He _____________________________
Jack: What? Charlie?
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Sam: No, my other brother, Rob. ... Well, he's my _____________________________.

Jack: But ... I don't get it ...
He's my dad's son. My dad went to New York to study and
Sam: 4 _____________________________.

Jack: Your mum's American?!

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Sam: No, no, not my mum ... before _____________________________.
Jack: Ah, OK, I get it now. Wow, I didn’t know that! So, how old is your half-brother?

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Sam: Er, he's five years _____________________________, so he’s twenty-three.
Jack: Cool. And do you see him often?

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Not very often. I've _____________________________ Well, three times, but the first
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Sam: time I don’t remember because _____________________________. But we speak
9 _____________________________.

Jack: And have you met Rob’s mum?
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Yeah. She's _____________________________. She’s from Mexico originally. She’s
Sam:
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married _____________________________ now.