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Re-write the following paragraph after choosing o­nE appropriate word from those between parentheses to complete each sentence:


Families in almost every country are changing. This is true in rich (basics, children, countries, women) and poor o­nes. It is true in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. All over the world, (aunts, branches, families, relatives) are getting smaller.

In North Africa, in the past, many people lived in (nuclear, average, extended, married) families. Fifty to a hundred people (alternated, lived, argued, played) together in a group of houses. They were all family (grandparents, children, members, weddings) – grandsons, aunts, uncles, cousins, children, and grandchildren. But now, this traditional family is breaking into small groups.