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Meet my family
Vocabulary&rEading
family members
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1. Identify Steve’s family members.
Hi! My name’s Steve Harris. I’m eleven and I have got a big family. Here they are: Mr. and Mrs. Harris are my grandparents; Susan and Louis are my parents; Laura is my aunt, David is my uncle and their children, Tom and Amy are my cousins, they are twins. I am an only child, so I don’t have siblings. We are all from Los Angeles but I live in New York with my mum, dad and Gina, our old pet turtle.
2. Follow the example and complete the pairs of words.
Ex.: Children = sons + daughters 1) parents= … + … 2) … = brother +/or sister 3) father= … / … = Mum 4) … = grandfather + … 5) … = grandpa 6) grandmother = …
3. Match male and female family members.
1) husband 2) brother 3) nephew 4) uncle 5) son a) daughter b) wife c) aunt d) sister e) niece
4. Read the sentences and choose the correct definition.
1) Your big brother is a) your old friend b) your elder brother c) born after you 2) Your little sister isn’t a) as old as you b) as young as you c) as big as you 3) Your family name is a) your father’s name b) your grandfather’s name c) your surname
listEning types of family
5. Read and match the following definitions with the type of families.
1) single parent family
2) nuclear family 3) large family 4) close family a) a family who see each other regularly and have a good relationship b) one parent and one child c) two parents and their children d) parents, children, grandparents, aunts and uncles
6. Listen to the recording and match the pictures to the speakers. What are the types of their families?
Speaker 1_____ Speaker 2_____ Speaker 3_____ Speaker 4_____
a b c d
graMMar personal pronouns & possessives
7. Study the table.
Rule!
Subject pronoun Who?
I you he she it we they me you him her it us them my mother your sister his house her family its place our relatives their kids mine yours his hers its ours theirs
My mother’s job My parents’ car Their children’s room My mother and father’s house
Object pronoun
Whom?
Possessive adjective + noun
Whose?
Possessive
pronouns
Whose?
Possessive case
Whose?
8. Fill in the gaps with the correct possessives and family information and write sentences about a family.
daughters / wife / daughter / wife / children / parents / grandparents / nephew / aunt / cousin / uncle / grandma / husband / siblings / niece
Laura and Ann to Mike and Ella –Laura and Ann are Mike and Ella’s daughters. They are their daughters. 1) Carrie to John, me and Christine – _______. 2) Mike and Ella to Carrie and John – _______. 3) Alex to Laura – _______. 4) Ann to Nick – _______. 5) Carrie to Nick and Ann – _______. 6) Alex to Carrie – _______. 7) Ella to Carrie – _______. 8) Nick to Ann – _______. 9) Carrie to my mother – _______. 10) John to my aunt – _______. 11) Ann and Nick to me – _______. 12) Ann to John and Christine – _______. 13) John and Christine to me – _______.
9. Complete the blanks with the right personal pronoun, subject/object form.
1) My parents are wonderful. I love ____ very much. 2) Bob and I go to the same school. ____ are best friends. 3) Mary’s mother teaches young children. ____ thinks ____ are very smart. 4) We are going to the cinema. Do you want to come with ____? 5) Do ____ know Cindy? – No, I don’t think I know ____. 6) Mom, I’m doing my homework. Call ____ when dinner is ready.
10. Choose the correct answer.
1) Is your/yours dog angry? No, my/mine dog is friendly. 2) I’ve got a friend. Her/Hers name is Alice. 3) Is Alice Jane’s/Janes sister? Yes, she is hers/her. 4) Whose/Who’s car is this? I believe it’s my/mine. 5) Your house is beautiful, but mine/my is old. 6) Our/Ours TV is small, but your/yours is huge!
