My Family Writing Exercise

A Correct the mistakes.

1 I got a brother.
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2 He has 10. (age)
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3 She has eleven years.
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4 My brother go to school.
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5 I go to the school.
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6 I havent any brothers or sisters.

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7 His wears glasses.
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8 He loves the football.
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9 The sisters name is Susana.
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10 He has got eyes brown.
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B Fill the gaps with the words from the box.

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likes

old

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dont

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out

goes

like

name

My Family
My name is Mara. I ........................ in Valencia in Spain. My mothers ........................ is Amparo
and ........................ fathers name is Vicente. My mother is 43 years ........................ and my father is 55.
My mother is ........................ doctor and my father is a dancer. I love ........................ both very much.
Ive ........................ one horrible little brother and no sisters. ........................ name is Fernando. He is a
smelly pig. He ........................ to the same school as me. He ........................ 8 years old.
He ........................ playing football, video games and annoying me! I ........................ playing basketball
and going ........................ with my friends. I ........................ like school because my teacher is always
angry.
We have one dog ........................ Bobbi. He is always happy.

C Now write about your family.

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Written by Bob Wilson Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2010

ANSWERS
A
1 I got a brother.
Ive got a brother.
2 He has 10.
Hes 10.
3 She has eleven years.
She is eleven years old.
4 My brother go to school.
My brother goes to school.
5 I go to the school.
I go to school.

6 I havent brothers or sisters.

I havent got any brothers or sisters.
7 His wears glasses.
He wears glasses.
8 He loves the football.
He loves football.
9 The sisters name is Susana.
My sisters name is Susana.
10 He has got eyes brown.
He has got brown eyes.

B
My Family
My name is Mara. I live in Valencia in Spain. My mothers name is Amparo and my fathers
name is Vicente. My mother is 43 years old and my father is 55. My mother is a doctor and my
father is a dancer. I love them both very much.
Ive got one horrible little brother and no sisters. His name is Fernando. He is a smelly pig. He
goes to the same school as me. He is 8 years old. He likes/loves playing football, video games
and annoying me! I like playing basketball and going out with my friends. I dont like school
because my teacher is always angry.
We have one dog called Bobbi. He is always happy.

www.autoenglish.org

Written by Bob Wilson Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2010