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Lesson 4: Who is who?

Family

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Hello!

Here you can see the full list of words we include in the topic 'Family': 

 


FAMILY: 


1.-  Mother

2.-  Father

3.-  Parents

4.-  Sister

5.-  Brother

6.-  Grandmother

7.-  Grandfather

8.-  Grandparents

9.-  Cousin

10.- Cousins

11.- Wife

12.- Husband

13.- Daughter

14.- Son

15.- Children

16.- Aunt

17.- Uncle

18.- Niece

19.- Nephew

20.- Godmother

21.- Godfather

22.- Godparents

23.- Goddaughter

24.- Godson

25.- Godchildren

26.- Granddaughter

27.- Grandson

28.- Grandchildren

TRUE or FALSE?

Read each sentence and decide if it is TRUE or FALSE: 

Pregunta 1

a) The brother of my father is my son.

Pregunta 2

b) The mother of my mother is my grandmother.

Pregunta 3

c) Mister Monster Joe and Miss Monster Christy have got two daughters: Celine and Tabitha. 

Celine is Tabitha's daugther.

(C) TRUE or FALSE?

Review the vocabulary about the members of the family and choose the correct option:

Pregunta 1

The son of my daughter is my niece.

HIDDEN WORDS...

Order the letters to form the word of a member of the family:

a) TISERS:

b) WEFI:

c) GFARNDETAHR:

d) CINSOU:

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FAMILY MEMBERS:

(C) Think and write the member of the family:

a) The mother of my mother is my .
 
b) The brother of my father is my .
 
c) The sister of my brother is my .
 
d) The son of my parents is my .
 
d) The cousin of my brother is my .
 
e) The daughter of my uncle is my .
 
f) The daughter of my parents is my .
 
g) The son of my aunt is my .
 
h) The wife of my grandfather is my .
 
i) The husband of my grandmother is my .
 

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WRITE IT IN YOUR NOTEBOOK:

Now it's time for you to tell us about your family. 

Draw a family tree with pictures of the people and names. Then, write seven sentences about the relations between those people as in the example:

Example:

My father's name is Paul. His brother is my uncle Chris. 

USES OF 'CAN':

USES OF THE MODAL VERB 'CAN':

The modal verb 'can' has got different uses, depending on what we want to express: 


1) ABILITY

Example: I can play the guitar.

2) OFFER

Example: Can I help you?

3) POSSIBILITY

Example: Studying can help you learn more.

4) REQUEST

Example: Can you help me, please?

5)  CANNOT (not allowed)

Example: You cannot drive my car.

6) PERMISSION

Example: Can I use your laptop, please?

CAN

CAN



AFFIRMATIVE: 

(SINGULAR:)

I can

You can

He / she / it can

(PLURAL:)

We can                                       

You can

They can

Example: I can eat four apples a day. 



NEGATIVE: 

(Short form)

(SINGULAR:)

I can't

You can't

He / she / it can't

(PLURAL:)

We can't                                       

You can't

They can't

Example: I can't drink milk.



(Long form)

(SINGULAR:)

I cannot

You cannot

He / she / it cannot

(PLURAL:)

We cannot                                  

You cannot

They cannot

Example: I cannot go to your house.




INTERROGATIVE: 

(SINGULAR:)

Can I? -----> SHORT ANSWERS: Affirmative: Yes, you can. Negative: No, you can't.

Can you? -----> SHORT ANSWERS: Affirmative: Yes, you can. Negative: No, you can't.

Can he / she / it? -----> SHORT ANSWERS: Affirmative: Yes, he / she / it can. Negative: No, he / she / it can't.

(PLURAL:)

Can we -----> SHORT ANSWERS: Affirmative: Yes, you can. Negative: No, you can't.                                    

Can you? -----> SHORT ANSWERS: Affirmative: Yes, we can. Negative: No, we can't.

Can they? -----> SHORT ANSWERS: Affirmative: Yes, they can. Negative: No, they can't.

EXERCISES WITH 'CAN':

Create questions with the modal verb 'can' as in the example:

a) she / run: Can she run? Yes, she can. 

b) he / swim: ? No, he can't.

c) they / jump: ? No, they can't. 

d) you / sing: ? Yes, I can. 

e) we / read: ? Yes, you can. 

f) I / draw: ? No, I can't. 

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Something curious...

'COUSIN'

'Cousin' is a word which means 'primo/curmán' and also 'prima/curmá'. It's the same word for male and female! 

However, niece, nephew, son, daughter, uncle, aunt... are specific for male or female:

FEMALE: niece, daughter, aunt, mother, grandmother, sister... and cousin!

MALE: nephew, son, uncle, father, grandfather, brother... and cousin!

Something interesting...

In English, we read the numbers of the years in groups of two!

Example:1980: nineteen eighty.