PUTTING ENGLISH TO WORK 1:

UNIT 5

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FAMILY

In this unit you will learn:

THESE LIFE SKILLS:

‰ Identify family members Sylvie’s husband
‰ Ask for and give marital status Are they married?
‰ Identify school personnel She’s the office clerk.

THIS VOCABULARY:
‰ The family wife, brother, children
‰ School personnel principal, teacher
‰ School locations cafeteria

THIS GRAMMAR:
‰ Verb: HAVE I have a sister.
‰ Possessives: Mia’s father is from Mexico.
‰ Possessive Adjectives: my, your, his, her
 Vocabulary: The Family

Exercise 1: Match the words and pictures.

a. b. c. d.

e. f. g. h.

i. j. k. l.

g 1. brother
__ __ 4. father __ 7. husband __ 10. sister

__ 2. children __ 5. grandfather __ 8. mother __ 11. son

__ 3. daughter __ 6. grandmother __ 9. parents __ 12. wife

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 Listening from the Video Unit 5
Page 3

Exercise 2: Listen to the sentences from the first

“It’s Your Turn” in the video. Write the
number of the sentence under the
correct picture.

______ ______ ______ ______

Exercise 3: Practice the conversations below.

1. a. Is she single?
b: Yes, she is.

2. a: Are they married?

b: Yes, they are.

3. a. Are they divorced?

b: Yes, they are.

4. a: Is she widowed?
b: Yes, she is.

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Exercise 4: Complete the sentences below. Use the words in the
box.

divorced single widowed married

1. Roger and Isabel aren’t married now. They are _____________ .

2. She isn’t married. She is ____________________________ .

3. She is very sad. She is ______________________________ .

4. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are very happy. They are _____________ .

The Family

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Exercise 5: Look at the family tree. Circle the correct answers.

1. Does John have a sister?

a. Yes, he does. b. No, he doesn’t.

2. Do Sharon and Patrick have grandchildren?

a. Yes, they do. b. No, they don’t.

3. Does Jeff have a wife?

a. Yes, he does. b. No, he doesn’t.

4. Do Mark and Sylvie have children?

a. Yes, they do. b. No, they don’t.

5. Is Jeff single?
a. Yes, he is. b. No, he isn’t.

6. Are Mark and Sylvie married?

a. Yes, they are. b. No, they aren’t.

Exercise 6: Look at the family tree again and complete the

sentences. Use the words from Exercise 1.
John: I’m John. (1) I have one _____________. Her name is
Mary. Mark and Sylvie are my (2) ___________________.
My (3) ____________________________ is Sharon and
my (4) _____________________________ is Patrick.

Sylvie: Hi. I’m Sylvie. Mark is my (5) ______________________.

I have two (6) ________________________. John is my
(7) _______ and Mary is my (8) __________________.
Sharon is my (9) ___________________ and Patrick is my
(10) ___________. I have only one (11) ______________.
She is married to Jeff. She is Jeff’s (12) ____________.

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Exercise 7: Answer the following questions with YOUR
information.

1. Are you married or single? ___________________________

2. Do you have any brothers or sisters? ____________________

3. What is your mother’s name? _________________________

4. Do you have any children? ____________________________

5. What are their names? ______________________________

More Vocabulary: School Personnel and School Locations

Exercise 8: Match the school personnel with their locations.

1. teacher ___ library

2. janitor ___ principal’s office

3. office clerk ___ cafeteria

4. principal 1 classroom
___

5. librarian ___ office

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Exercise 9: Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the
vocabulary from Exercise 8 on page 6.

Example: Is he the librarian? No, he isn’t.

Who is he? He’s the principal.

Where is he? He’s in the principal’s office.

PRINCIPAL

1.
Is she the office clerk? ____________________

Who is she? _____________________________

Where is she?____________________________

2. Is she the janitor? ________________________

Who is she? _____________________________

Where is she?____________________________

3.
Is she the teacher? _______________________

Who is she? _____________________________

Where is she?____________________________

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 Grammar: HAVE in the Present Tense

Affirmative Negative
I I
You You
have a sister. do not have a sister.
We We
They They

He He
has a sister. does not have a sister.
She She

No Contraction Contraction
I I
You You
do not have children. don’t have children.
We We
They They

He He
does not have children. doesn’t have children.
She She

Exercise 10: Look again at the family tree on Page 4. Complete

the sentences with have, has, don’t have, or doesn’t
have.

1. Mark and Sylvie _________________________ two children.

2. Jeff ______________________________________a wife.

3. Sharon and Sylvie _________________________ husbands.

4. Sylvie ____________________________ a granddaughter.

5. John ________________________________ a grandfather.

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 Possessive Adjectives and Nouns
Subject Pronouns Possessive Adjectives
I have a sister. My sister is a librarian.
You are married. Your husband is a principal.
He is the janitor. His name is Mr. Jones.
She has a son. Her son is married.
We have two children. Our children are teachers.
They have a daughter. Their daughter is married.

Exercise 11: Complete the sentences with my, your, his, her,
our, or their.
1. I have a son. _______ son is married.
2. We are married. ____ last name is Smith.
3. You are a mother. ____ children go to school.
4. They have a daughter. _________daughter is divorced.
5. He is married. __________ wife is an office clerk.
Exercise 12: Complete the sentences like the examples in the
boxes.

This is Bill. This is Carol.

Bill and Carol are married.
Carol is Bill’s wife. Bill is Carol’s husband.

1. Who is Carol? Carol is __________ ___________________ .

Jorge has a father. His name is Enrique.

Enrique is Jorge’s father. Jorge is Enrique’s son.

2. Who is Enrique? He’s ___________ ___________________ .

3. Who is Jorge? He’s ____________ ___________________ .

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 Life Skill: Using a Calendar

Exercise 13: Read the information below. Then write it on the

calendar.

1. Back-to-School Night is on Thursday, February 19th at 7:00 p.m.

2. Presidents’ Day is on Monday, February 16th.

3. Parent-Teacher Night is on Wednesday, February 25th at 5:00 p.m.

4. School begins on Monday, February 9th.

5. The Science Fair is on Saturday, February 28th at 10:00 a.m.

FEBRUARY

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Back-to-School
Night 7:00 p.m.

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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 Narrative Reading
“Ms. Kennedy’s Family”

Ms. Kennedy is the school principal. She has a good

job. She isn’t married. She is widowed. She has two sons and one

daughter. Her son, Eric, is single. Her son, Bruce, is married. Bruce

doesn’t have children. Her daughter, Veronica, is married. Veronica

has two children. Jessica is Ms. Kennedy’s granddaughter. Her

grandson’s name is Ben. Ms. Kennedy doesn’t have any brothers. She

has two sisters.

Exercise 14: Write T if the sentence is TRUE or F if the

sentence is FALSE.

1. Ms. Kennedy is the school principal. ___________

2. Ms. Kennedy is married. ___________

3. Ms. Kennedy has three children. ___________

4. Her sons are Bruce and Eric. ___________

5. Veronica is widowed. ___________

6. Ms. Kennedy is a grandmother. ___________

7. Ms. Kennedy has a brother. ___________

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 Unit 5 Putting English to Work 1

UNIT REVIEW
(Each item=1 point)

Fill in the blanks. Use the items in the word box.

has librarian married classroom Their

husband doesn’t have wife Her single

1. Are they single or married? They are ________________.

2. Who is she? She is a _________________.

3. Where is she? She is in the _________________.

4. How many children does he have? He ________ one son.

5. John isn’t married. John _______________ a wife.

6. Maria is a grandmother. _____________ daughter has two children.

7. They have a son. _____________ son’s name is Alberto.

8. Bill and Anna are married. Bill is Anna’s _______________.

Turn page over

Number correct and percentage score (circle one) Student name___________________________

Date _____________
10=100% 9=90% 8=80% 7 or fewer: no credit Initials _______

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9. Write the following information on the calendar.

Parent-Teacher Night is on Thursday, June 12th at 6:30 p.m.

JUNE
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

10. Circle the sentence that is NOT correct.

a. I have two sisters and one brother.
b. What is your father’s name?
c. Do you have any grandchildren?
d. He don’t have any children