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VOCABULARY LIST
These are the words and phrases we will be focussing on in the vocabulary practice below. Which words/phrases do you know already? Are there any that you've never seen before?

Nouns
✤adolescence ✤adulthood ✤bond ✤brotherhood ✤character ✤childhood ✤conflict ✤connection ✤fatherhood ✤friendship ✤instinct ✤interaction ✤motherhood ✤nature ✤parent ✤relation ✤relationship ✤relative ✤resemblance ✤rivalry ✤sibling ✤teenager ✤temperament ✤ties ✤upbringing ✤active role

Collocations + Compound Nouns
✤extended family ✤family gathering ✤immediate family ✤maternal instinct ✤sibling rivalry ✤stable upbringing ✤striking resemblance

Adjectives
✤close ✤close-knit ✤maternal ✤parental ✤rewarding ✤stable

Verbs
✤accommodate ✤adopt ✤breakdown ✤develop ✤endure ✤establish ✤have sth in common ✤inherit ✤interact ✤nurture ✤play a role ✤relate (to)

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SHOW YOUR PROGRESS

1. Before you begin learning the new vocabulary, please complete this task.

2. Now, do one or both of the tasks in the Show-your-progress PDF (download it below). Remember to keep a record of how you answered the questions.

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VOCABULARY PRACTICE
Work through these exercises in this order to learn and practice the above vocabulary.

1. Exercise I

2. Exercise II

3. Exercise III — Collocations

4. Exercise IV

5. Exercise V

6. Exercise VI — Compound Nouns

7. Exercise VII

8. Exercise VIII

Now go to the next lecture in this section for some IELTS listening practice.

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