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Contents
Goal: Talk about family members...................................................................................... 3
Vocabulary. Family.................................................................................................................. 4
Vocabulary. More family members.............................................................................. 5
Vocabulary. Relationships and marital status....................................................... 9
Goal: Describe your family.................................................................................................... 15
Vocabulary. Other family members........................................................................... 15
Grammar. The simple present tense - information questions: Review.17
Examples. .................................................................................................................................. 17
Goal: Talk about similarities and differences between family members..19
Vocabulary. Compare people........................................................................................19
Goal: Talk about family traditions..................................................................................... 21
 COURSE 5
Chapter 3, Section A

Goal: Talk about family members.

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Vocabulary. Family.

Immediate and extended family.

This is Jenny’s family tree.

Mr. Clark – grandfather Mrs.Lilian Clark - grandmother

Bob - father Mary – mother Louis – uncle Kate – aunt

Jenny- daughter Pete – son

Patty – Jimmy - Milly - cousins
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Vocabulary. More family members.

siblings: brothers and sisters great grandfather: your grandfather’s

/ grandmother’s father
husband: a married man
great grandmother: your grandfather’s
wife: a married woman
/grandmother’s mother
spouse: husband or wife
cousin: your aunt’s / uncle’s child
grandparents: your parents’ parents
nephew: your brother’s / sister’s son
grandfather: your father’s /
niece: your brother’s / sister’s daughter
mother’s father
father-in-law: your spouse’s father
grandmother: your father’s /
mother-in-law: your spouse’s mother
mother’s mother
son-in-law: your daughter’s husband
grandchildren: your children’s children
daughter-in-law: your son’s wife
grandson: one of your children’s sons
brother-in-law: your sister’s husband
granddaughter: one of your children’s
sister-in-law: your brother’s wife
daughters
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Practice. Look at the family tree and answer the questions about family relationships.

Pete Jenny Patty Jimmy Milly

Bob Jenny
Mary Louis Kate

Mr. Clark Mrs.Lilian Clark

1. Who is Mr. Clark? He’s Lilian’s husband.

He’s Mary’s father.

2. Who is Lilian? ____________________________________

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3. Who’s Jenny?

4. Who’s Louis?

5. Who’s Kate?

6. Who are Patty, Jimmy and Milly?

Expressions. Ask about your family.

1. Who’s that? She is my sister

2. Who’s that guy? He is my brother
3. Do you have any siblings? yes, I do
4. Do you have any children? No, I don't

5. Are you an only child? No I'm not

6. What about these kids? They are my siblings

7. Do you and your brother look alike? No, we don't

8. Do you keep in touch with your family? Yes I do
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Practice. Complete the chart with family vocabulary words.

Both
Female Male (female and male)

mother father
brother
sister
grandfather
grandmother
uncle
aunt
daughter son
nephew
niece
cousin cousin

mother-in-law father in law

Practice. Complete with information about your family.

Write the number for each relationship members.

brother(s)
sister(s)
cousin(s)
sobrina
niece(s)
nephew(s) sobrino

aunt(s) tia

uncle(s) tio

brother(s)-in-law
sister(s)-in-law
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Vocabulary. Relationships and marital status.

1. single 2. engaged

Melanie and Peter

are engaged.
Pete is her fiancé.
Mark is single.
Melanie is his
fiancée.

3. married 4. separated

Jackeline
Martha and and
Luis are Miguel are
married. separated.

5. divorced 6. widowed

Mrs. Smith is
widowed.

Matty and John are divorced.

Matty is his ex-wife.
John is her ex-husband.
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Time expressions and frequency adverbs.

He dances.

Simple Present. Affirmative statements.

My sister lives in New York.
My father works in an international company.
My parents have a big house.
Their children go to school every morning.

Simple Present. Negative statements.

My sister doesn’t live in Guatemala.
My father doesn’t work in a national company.
My parents don’t have a small house.
Their children don’t go to school on weekends.

Simple Present. Yes / no questions and short answers.

Does your sister live in New York? Yes, she does.
Does she live in Guatemala? No, she doesn’t.
Does your father work in an international company? Yes, he does.
Do your parents have a small house? No, they don’t.
Do their children go to school on weekends? No, they don’t.
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Rules for the 3rd person singular (He / She / It)

In general Verbs ending in conson. +y Verbs ending in -0, sh, ch,x,ss

+s y + ies + es
work → works study → studies go → goes
eat → eats cry → cries wash → washes
play → plays try → tries watch → watches
swim → swims spy → spies mix → mixes
write → writes fly → flies kiss → kisses

The present simple: affirmative.

Subject Verb infinitive

s
i
n I read
g
u
every day.
l You read
a
r He / She / It reads
once a week.
p
l
We read
u
r
You read
a
at home.
l
They read

Negative form.

Subject Do / Don't Not Verb

s
i
n I do not read
g every day.
u
l
You do not read
a
r He / She / It does not read
once a week.
p We do not read
l
u You do not read
r at home.
a They do not read
l
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Interrogative & short answers

Do / Don't Subject Verb Short answers

s
i
n Do I read ? Yes, you do. / No, you don't.
g
u
l
Do You read ? Yes, I do. / No, I don't.
a
r Does He / She / It read ? Yes, he does. / No, he doesn't.
p Do We read ? Yes, we do. / No, we don't.
l
u Do You read ? Yes, we do. / No, we don't.
r
a Do They read ? Yes, they do. / No, they don't.
l

Practice. Complete the sentences use the simple present tense.

Does work (work) in a bank?
1. your mom

Yes, she does . She works at the International Bank.

2. Do his parents live (live) in the city?

No, they don't . They live in a small town.

3. Does Mrs. Pike have (have) a small family?

No, she doesn't . She has a big family. She has five children.

4. Do Matty and Paul study (study) at the university?

Yes, they do . Matty studies science and Paul studies engineering.

5. Do your children watch (watch) TV?

Yes, they do . They watch TV every afternoon.

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Practice. Change the sentences to negative form.

1. Carol has two cute children. Corol doesn't have two cute childeren.

2. Mr. and Mrs. Chang work at school. Mr. and Mrs. Chang don't work at school

3. My brother goes to the university every day. My brother doesn't go to the university every day.

4. Patty’s brothers speak two languages. Patty's brothers don't speak two lenguages.

5. My family lives in a beautiful neighborhood. My family doesn't live in a beutiful neighborhood.

Practice. Complete the questions using Do or Does.

Give a short answer for each question.

Do Yes I do
1. you live near here?

Does No she doesn't

2. your mother work?

3. Does your dad speak English? Yes he does

4. Do you like English? Yes I do

5. Does anyone in your family live in U.S.? No, anyone doesn't

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Conversation. Describe your family.

Conversation.
A: Hey, Adam. How’s everything?
B: Great, thanks! And you?
A: I’m so happy!
B: Why?
A: My sister got engaged!
B: Do you have a sister? I didn’t know! Tell me something about her.
A: Well, she is an English teacher. She works at The English Center.
B: And, does she look like you?
A: Not really. She has green eyes and blonde hair.

Practice.
What about you? Write something about your family.
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Chapter 3, Section B

Goal: Describe your family.

Vocabulary. Other family members.

1. stepfather 2. stepmother

Jake is my stepfather. He isn’t my father. Mishell is my stepmother. She’s my dad’s

He married my mother last year. second wife.
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3. stepsister 4. stepbrother

Jenny is my stepsister. Her mother Bill is my stepbrother. His father married

married my father. my mother.

5. stepdaughter / stepson 6. half-sister / half-brother

I married Anthony 2 years ago. Anthony Sophie is my half-sister and Joel is my

has 2 children from his first marriage; half-brother. We have the same mother
they’re Suzy and Bob. Suzy is my but different father.
stepdaughter and Bob is my stepson.
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Grammar. The simple present tense - information questions: Review

Question Words

What to ask about general information

Who to ask about people

When to ask about time

Where to ask about places

How often to ask about frequency

How many to ask about quantities (count nouns)

How much to ask about quantity (non-count nouns)

Why to ask about reasons

Which to ask about choices

Examples.
What do you do?
Who does your bother live with?
When does your grandmother visit you? Be careful!
Who as a subject:
Where does your sister work?
Who has a big family?
How often do you study English? Who lives in Guatemala city?
How many siblings do you have? Who studies English?
How much free time does your mother have?
Why do you study English at CALUSAC?
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Practice. Complete the sentences, use question words and the correct auxiliary for
questions. Use the simple present for answers.

do
1. When you play soccer? I play soccer only on weekends.

Where does
2. your grandfather live? He lives in a village far from the city.

3. When does Annie study English? She sometimes studies English.

4. How many aunts and uncles do you have? I have a lot.

Who
5. speaks English in your family?

My sister and I speak English and Spanish.

Conversation.
Conversation.
A: Do you have a small or a large family?
B: I have a small family. I only have one brother.
A: What does your brother do?
B: He’s a lawyer. He’s married. He doesn’t live in this country. He has
one son.
A: That’s nice! What about your aunts and uncles?
B: Well, on my mom’s side, I only have one aunt. But, on my dad’s side,
I have three aunts and three uncles. So, I have a lot of cousins.
A: I’d say that’s a big family.
B: I think that’s big, too.
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Chapter 3, Section C

Goal: Talk about similarities and

differences between family members.

Vocabulary. Compare people.

How are you similar? / How are you How are you different?
alike?
4. We have different hair. Her hair is
1. My sister and I look alike. blonde, my hair is brown.

2. We like the same kind of music. 5. We like different kind of food.

3. We both wear glasses. 6. She likes Japanese food, but I like

junk food.
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Practice. Use the previous vocabulary to compare you and a family member.
The person’s name: Relationship to you:

You Both of you Your family member

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Chapter 3, Section D

Goal: Talk about family traditions.

Guatemalan families
Most of Guatemalan families are values-centered. Guatemalans have a strong sense of
loyalty, respect, solidarity, and cooperation. We have two kinds of families, immediate
families and extended families. Both are very common in Guatemala. You can find
families formed just by mom, dad, and children. But don’t be surprised if you find big
families formed by mom, dad, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. All of
them living in the same house.
Children live with their parents until they become adults, until they’re eighteen.
After eighteen, some children leave their parents’ house to go to live with their friends;
others continue living with their parents but they have to work and go to the university.
Parents usually worry about their children’s future, they always support them because
they want them to graduate from the university to have a better life.
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Practice. Answer the questions. Give your personal opinion.

1. At what age should children leave their parents’ house? Why?

2. Why do some adult children leave their parents’ house?

3. Why do some adult children prefer to continue living with their parents,
even if they are adults?

4. What do adult children have to do when they live with their parents?

5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of living with an extended

family?

6. Do you prefer to live with your immediate family or extended family?