children and family

Complete these sentences with an appropriate word or expression from A, B or C.

1. Mr and Mrs Smith live at home with their two children. They are a typical example of a modern _______ family

A.extended

B. nuclear

C. compact

2. Mr and Mrs Popatlal live at home with their aged parents, children and grandchildren. They are a typical example of a traditional _______ family

A.nuclear

B. enlarged C extended

3. Mrs Jones lives on her own and has to look after her two children. There are a lot of _______ families like hers

A.single-parent

B. mother-only C mono-parent

4. Some parents need to _______ their children more strictly

A. bring down

B. bring about C bring up

5. When I was a child, I had a very turbulent _______

A. upbringing

B. upraising C uplifting

6. Mrs Kelly is _______ and finds it difficult to look after her children on her own

A. divorced

B. divided C diverged

7. Many men believe that _______ is the responsibility of a woman

A. childhelp

B. childcare C childaid

8. _______ is a particularly difficult time of life for a child

A. convalescence

B. adolescence C convergence

9. A person's behaviour can sometimes be traced back to his/her _______

A. creative years

B. formulating years

C. formative years

10. The country has seen a sharp drop in the _______ in the last few years

A. birth rate

B. baby rate C born rate

11. She has five _______ who rely on her to look after them

A. dependants

B. dependers

C. dependents

12. _______ is on the rise, with over 20% of serious crimes being committed by children

under the age of seventeen

A.junior crime

B. juvenile delinquency C minor crime