Lesson 2

My Family
We are social creatures who can not stand alone in this world. We need each other.
So, that is why we need some people close to us to share and to take care of. Now
lets talk about the people close to us.
Family Relationship
We belong to a family. A nuclear family consists of a father, mother and
children. An extended family includes relatives such as grandparents, uncles, and
aunts.
Activity 1 Identifying Family Relationship
omplete the blocks in the diagram, one letter is as the clue.
!. "y sisters daughter # N
$. "y mothers brother #
%. "y uncles child # N
&. "y brothers son # '
(. "y uncles wife #
). "y grandfathers sister # * +
Activity 2
Now read the paragraph that Dave wrote
Kinds of Family
A. Nuclear Family
"y name is ,ntan Savitri, but my family and my friends call me ,ntan. , am a college student ma-oring in .nglish
*epartment. , come a big family. /here are four children and , am the youngest. "y eldest sister, 0arah, is a house wife.
She has a son, 0a-ri. 'er husband is an engineer at petroleum company. "y elder brother, 0a1ih, is a teacher. And "y
elder sister, 2anti, is a computer programmer.
Although we all live together, we do not see much each other, because we all have different schedules. "y father
usually goes to his office early in the morning and so does my mother. 0a1ih does not get home until four in the afternoon,
and 2anti is very busy with her computer business. , spend most of my spare time on campus, taking part in+group
discussion. We are all very busy, but we are still a close family.
Activity 3 3ooking at family relationship
!. Who is ,ntans eldest sister4
$. Who is 0a-ri4
%. Who is the youngest woman in the family4
&. *oes ,ntans mother have her own office4
(. *oes the family spend a lot of time together4
Possessive Adjective
When using possessive ad-ective, make sure that they refer to their antecedents 5 that is their corresponding nouns or
pronouns. 0ill out the grammar chary below with correct pronouns and possessive ad-ectives. /he first has been done for
you.
6ronouns 6ossessive Ad-ective
Singular ,
2ou
777
She
,t
"y
777.
'is
777.
777.
6lural 77..
77..
they
8ur
2our
777
Activity 4 sing possessive adjectives
Fill in the !lan"s with the correct possessive adjectives. #hen underline their antecedents. #he first has !een already
done for you.
'i, , am Winarti. 77 nickname is Winni. , have a sister. 7.. name is ,melda. ,melda and , love both of 7..
parents, although they are different from each other. 0ather is rather stern, and 7. ,deas about women are very traditional.
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This is my family. I am in the middle of
the picture. My wife, Inggrid, is on my
left, next to the Christmas tree. We
have four children. The oldest is Brian.
He is one of the wearing the tie. He is
fourteen and in the ninth grade. We also
have twin, ric and !oel.They are eleven
years old. ric is to my right, next to the
piano. He is wearing a stripped shirt.!oel
is sitting on the floor next to Inggrid.
"aron is our youngest son. He is eight.
He is one wearing the plaid shirt
'e thinks that a womans place is at home. "other is the opposite9 7 ideas are
modern. "om is in favor of us of having careers, though she reali:es 7. Affects on
home life. "om and dad may disagree on various things9 but they still can always
resolve 7.. differences. 'ow about you4 Whats your family life4
Activity 5 #al"ing a!out family using possessive adjectives
!. /ell the class about your family. Whenever possible, use possessive ad-ectives.
;ive some personal information about each of the family member.
$. Now look at your friends family, and talk about it in the same way.
$. %&tended Family
We -ust talked about the nuclear family. Now lets have a closer look at the extended
family. Who may be the members of such a family4
Activity 6 Identifying %&tended Family
Answer the following 'uestions
!. ,s /om <ohnson married4
$. 'ow old is /om4
%. ,s /oms brother marreid4
&. ,s /oms sister .llen married4
(. What relation is Sally to /om4
). What relation is Steve to /om4
=. What relation is 6am to /om4
>. What relation is <oe to /om
?. ,s @obert /oms uncle4
!A. ,s @ichard /oms grandfather4
!!. ,s Bill /oms niece4
!$. ,s arol /oms niece4
!%. What is arols relation to Bill4
Activity 7 Identifying family relationship in an e&tended family
"y name is Amy "ufidah Aini, but at home, my friend call me Amy. , am twenty seven years old. , am an .nglish
teacher at -unior high school in Claten. , come from a big family of six and , am the eldest daughter in my family. "y
father, "r. Ngatiman, is a teacher at S"6 % *elanggu. 'e is fifty seven years old. "eanwhile, my mother, "rs. "arsiti,
is also a teacher at an elementary school. "y husband, Sugiharto, who married a year ago, works as a state official in
Boyolali. , have two daughters and a son. /hey are Asmah, 0arhan and *ian and they are the students of elementary
school.
, have two younger sisters and a younger brother. "y younger sister, 0atkhi, has also married. 'er husband is
0aisal who works as a language instructor at 3B+3,A Surakarta. 0aisal and 0atkhi has also three children whose name are
0ahmi, 0atimah, and Sarah. "y only younger brother is Abid who is still a student at D"S ma-oring in mechanical
engineering. 'e likes repairing his motor bike and also his friends. /hen, my youngest sister, 0au:ah, is a student of
;ad-ah "ada Dniversity ma-oring in Agricultural /echnology. We are very busy, but, at least in the week end, we always
spend our time together. So, we are still a close family.
!. Who is "rs. "arsiti to Sugiharto4
$. What relation is 0au:ah to 0ahmi4
%. What relation is Abid to 0aisal4
&. What relation is 0ahmi to 0arhan4
(. What relation is Asmah to 0atkhi4
). What relation is Sugiharto to 0aisal4
=. What relation is 0ahmi, 0atimah, Asmah and 0arhan to "r. Ngatiman4
>. ,s Sugiharto 0au:ahs brother4
?. ,s 0atkhi is Asmahs aunt4
!A. ,s *ian is Sarahs niece4
C. Introducing Other
,n the first lesson, we discussed about personal information and how to introduce yourselves to others. Now, we are going
to discuss how to introduce someone to others. ;o over the following dialogs and pay attention to the expressions used in
such introduction. 2ou will see that greetings are often part of an introduction.
(ituation)
Intan has invited her friend Indri to her engagement party. She introduces Indri to several of her family memers.
,ntan # !om and "ad# I $ould li%e you to meet Indri# my friend in campus.
"r. 'eri # &i# Indri. 'ice to meet you. (han% for your coming.
"rs. 'eri# &ello# Indri.)ou loo% lovely. *lease ma%e yourself at home.
,ndri # (han% you# !a+am. It is pleasure to meet you.
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,ntan # ,ranny# this is Indri# my friend.
;randma # &i#Indri. -elcome to the party.
,ndri # (han% you# !a+am. It is an honor to meet you.
,ntan # Indri# this my %id rother# Agus. Agus# say hello to Indri.
Agus # &i. &o$ do you do.
,ndri # &i# ho$ do you do.
Activity / Practicing using e&pression of introduction
reate situations where you have to introduce your friendEsF to someone else, then
role+play the situation.
*rammar ) #he (imple Present #ense
When we describe peoples occupations and routine activity, we usually use the
simple present tense. 3ook at the following examples.
8ccupation Activity Workplace
,ntan works as a designer
0itri and 'eri are reporters.
, work as a teacher.
"other is a doctor.
'affilia is an engineer.
She designs clothes.
/hey write news articles.
, teach .nglish.
She checks the patients.
She works in a company.
She works at a bouti1ue.
Focusing on the 3
rd
person singular simple present tense
3ook at the following chart. Notice that changes in the verbs of 3
rd
person singular
simple present tense.
Invinitive +
rd
Person (ingular
ook
"anage
Buy
work
Gs
Gs
Gs
Gs
ooks
"anages
Buys
Works
/each
*o
Brush
Ges
Ges
Ges
/eaches
*oes
Brushes
arry
Bury
Hary
yI .iGes arries
Burries
Haries
Activity 0 ,riting a!out people you want to introduce
We have talked about people that want to introduce to someone else. Now write a few sentences about someone.2ou may
use the personal information.
Reference
Agus *wi 6riyanto, S.S., .nglish for All. 6ratama "ulia omputer ourse. Surakarta.
0letcher, "ark. !??&. "aking 6olite .nglish. .nglish .xperience. 3ondon
0rank, "arcella. !?=$. "odern .nglish, A 6ractical @eference ;uide. New 2ork# New 2ork Dniversity.
,nterchange !
/illit, Bruce, et. all. !?>(. Speaking Naturally. ambride# ambride Dniversity 6ress
2ayasan 3,A. !??)a. All about 6eople. <akarta. 6/. Siwibakti *arma.
2ayasan 3,A. !???. All /hat , Want to Cnow. <akarta. 6/. Siwibakti *arma.
2ayasan 3,A. !???. 0inding 8ur ,dentity. <akarta. 6/. Siwibakti *arma.
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