grandparents: the parents of your parents
grandfather: the father of your father/mother
grandmother: the mother of your father/mother
grandchildren: the children of your children
grandson: the son of one of your children
granddaughter: the daughter of one of your children
great grandfather: the father of your grandfather/grandmother
great grandmother: the mother of your grandfather/grandmother
uncle: the brother (or brother-in-law) of your mother/father
aunt: the sister (or sister-in-law)of your mother/father
cousin: the child of your aunt/uncle
nephew: the male child of your brother/sister
niece: the female child of your brother/sister
The In-Laws
The in-laws are the members of the family of your spouse (the person you are married to) or via a marriage in your family:
father-in-law: the father of your spouse
mother-in-law: the mother of your spouse
son-in-law: the husband of your daughter
daughter-in-law: the wife of your son
brother-in-law: the husband of your sister
sister-in-law: the wife of your brother
Note: To refer to more than one brother-in-law or sister-in-law etc. we add an the ending -S to the brother/sister part.
e.g. My brother s -in-law are fun. My sister s -in-law are crazy.
The Family Mix
Nowadays in many countries a person can get married more than once. These are the terms used to describe the "new" members of the family when someone gets remarried.
" Step -" means that you are related as a result of one parent marrying again
stepfather: the (new) husband of your mother but not your biological father
stepmother: the (new) wife of your father but not your biological mother
stepson: the son of your (new) husband / wife (he is not your biological son)
stepdaughter: the daughter of your (new) husband / wife (she is not your biological daughter)
stepsister: the daughter of your stepmother or stepfather
stepbrother: the son of your stepmother or stepfather
Sometimes one of your parents gets married again and they have more children. There
half-brother: the brother you have only one parent in common with.
half-sister: the sister you only have one parent in common with.
Do the exercise. Use the words from the word bank and complete the gaps in the sentences. Use each word only once.
WORD BANK
| 1. brother | 2. grandfather | 3. niece | 4. mother |
| 5. aunt | 6. cousin | 7. grandmother | 8. uncle |
| 9. nephew | 10. wife | 11. sister | 12. father |
| 13. husband | 14. son | 15. nephew | 16. cousin |
| 17. sister | 18. grandmother | 19. uncle | 20. daughter |
1. My sister’s son is my ______________________.
2. My brother’s son is my ______________________.
3. My son’s father is my ______________________.
4. My sister is my father’s ______________________.
5. My son’s mother is my ______________________.
6. My brother is my son’s ______________________.
7. My mother is my daughter’s ______________________.
8. My mother’s brother is my ______________________.
9. My son is my daughter’s ______________________.
10. My mother is my son’s ______________________.
11. My father is my daughter’s ______________________.
12. My mother’s husband is my ______________________.
13. My wife’s son is my ______________________.
14. My daughter is my son’s ______________________.
15. My father’s sister is my ______________________.
16. My aunt’s daughter is my ______________________.
17. My sister is my brother’s ______________________.
18. My sister’s daughter is my ______________________.
19. My uncle’s son is my ______________________.
20. My wife is my son’s ______________________.
4. Find the synonyms:
5.
| · Coupling · Senior years · Adult · Stage · Independence · Bonded by something · To delay · Adolescent · To master · Challenges | o Teenager o Marriage o Retirement years o Grown up o To do well o Problems o Phase o Freedom o Connected by something o To postpone |
6. Make up phrases matching the halves:
| · emotional · to pass · retirement · family · to face · to allow to · to gain · to launch · bonded · to care for · to manage · to make · to act | · stages · through · years · life cycle · challenges · get married · new skills · adult children · by blood · the parents · decisions · as a team · duties |
7. Add as many adjectives to these nouns as possible to get word combinations
- Family
- Childhood
- Skill
- Adolescent
- Disease
- Team
