Basic vocabulary
4 We've just had a baby
Complete the following sentences with these Match the words with the pictures: words:
dummy
pregnant feed born
pram
COT
newborn
healthy tOYS birth pregnancy
1. I'm going to stop work when the baby is
2. Women shouldn't smoke during ...
• . . . . .
3. Julie's staying in hospital for a few more days. It was quite a difficult . . . . . . . . . . .
4. Have you heard? Jane's ....
• . . again.
5. Looking after a ...
... baby is more
difficult than you think.
6. I'm exhausted. I have to get up three times every night to . . . . . . . . . . the baby.
7. I don't mind whether it's a boy or a girl as long as it's . . . ..
• . . . . .
8. Don't forget to bring some ..
..for
the children to play with.
2 Expecting a baby
Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verbs below:
plan expect lose
get
1. One of the girls at my school . . . . . ...
pregnant when she was only 14.
2. We only . . . . . . . . to have two children, so Jane was a bit of surprise - to both of us!
3. Have you heard? Lisa's . . . . . ... another baby. It's due in November.
4. A friend of mine crashed her car when she was pregnant and . . . . . . . . the baby.
3 Having a baby
Put the following in the most logical order 1 - 7:
a. She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl.
b. She got pregnant.
c. She went into labour.
d. They called her Helen.
e. She was in labour for eight hours.
f. She was rushed to the maternity ward.
g. She had a scan to see if the baby was OK.
12
buggy
4.
Complete the following sentences with the words and phrases below:
парру
sleepless nights child-minder
twins
baby-sitter
nursery school
crawling breast-feeding maternity leave
1. We've had quite a few . ...
... since
the baby was born. I'm absolutely exhausted most of the time.
2. The baby's crying again. I think her ...
needs changing.
3. I can't drink any alcohol at the moment. I'm
4. I wish we could go out a bit more in the evening, but getting a . . . . . . . . . . . . is very expensive.
5. I've still got two months of my . . . . .. left but I'm not sure what to do then. I'd quite like to go back to work but employing
a . . . . . . . . . . . . to look after the baby will be so expensive.
6. Justin's six months now. He's just started
.. . He'll be walking in no time.
7. Jenny's nearly three now. She'll soon be able to go to . . . . . . . . . . .. and I'll be able to go back to work.
8. If you think having one baby to look after is difficult, imagine what it's like if you have
• • . . Or even triplets.
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1. I'm going to stop work when the baby is born.
2. Women shouldn't smoke during pregnancy.
3. Julie's staying in the hospital for a few more days. It was quite a difficult labour.
4. Have you heard? Jane's pregnant again.
5. Looking after a newborn baby is more difficult than you think.
6. I'm exhausted. I have to get up three times every night to feed the baby.
7. I don't mind whether it's a boy or a girl as long as it's healthy.
8. Don't forget to bring some toys for the children to play with.
2. 1. One of the girls at my school got pregnant when she was only 14.
2. We only planned to have two children, so Jane was a bit of a surprise - to both of us!
3. Have you heard? Lisa's expecting another baby. It's due in November.
4. A friend of mine crashed her car when she was pregnant and lost the baby.
3. c-f-g-a-d-e-b
4. 1. We've had quite a few sleepless nights since the baby was born. I'm absolutely exhausted most of the time.
2. The baby's crying again. I think her nappy needs changing.
3. I can't drink any alcohol at the moment. I'm breastfeeding.
4. I wish we could go out a bit more in the evening, but getting a child-minder is very expensive.
5. I've still got two months of my maternity leave left but I'm not sure what to do then. I'd quite like to go back to work but employing a baby-sitter to look after the baby will be so expensive.
6. Justin's six months now. He's just started crawling. He'll be walking in no time.
7. Jenny's nearly three now. She'll soon be able to go to nursery school and I'll be able to go back to work.
8. If you think having one baby to look after is difficult, imagine what it's like if you have twins or even triplets.