a) Choose the title for each paragraph. A-H are the possible ones. Choose the one you think is the most appropriate for each paragraph. Be ready to justify your choice.
A The Liberal
B The Enlightened
C The Uncaring
D The Exhausted
E The Domineering
F The Depressed
G The Overprotected
H The Critical
b) Identify the main reasons for parental behaviour which are given in each category. Select from the list A-E.
1 _____ A own childhood
2 _____ B work
paragraph 3 _____ C marital relationship
4 _____ D own emotional state
5 _____ E personality
Vocabulary
a) Find words, phrases and set-expressions with these meanings:
to keep something secret; not allowed to be expressed or released (about feelings); young and sexually attractive (humorous); beginning, promising; to pay attention to the simplest and most important matters; an emotion, belief or characteristic of a situation which is hidden and usually negative or dangerous; an energetic and often not well organized effort, activity, fight or disagreement; to make known forcefully what you think should happen
b) Find phrasal verbs with these meanings.
a) to move away or stop doing something
b) to think carefully about something for a long time