Touchstone 2nd Edition • Language summary • Level 1

Unit 3 • Lesson C: Family

Vocabulary
Numbers
(10) ten (n)
(11) eleven (n)
(12) twelve (n)
(13) thirteen (n)
(14) fourteen (n)
(15) fifteen (n)
(16) sixteen (n)
(17) seventeen (n)
(18) eighteen (n)
(19) nineteen (n)
(20) twenty (n)
(21) twenty-one (n)
(22) twenty-two (n)
(23) twenty-three (n)
(24) twenty-four (n)
(25) twenty-five (n)
(26) twenty-six (n)
(27) twenty-seven (n)
(28) twenty-eight (n)
(29) twenty-nine (n)
(30) thirty (n)
(40) forty (n)
(50) fifty (n)
(60) sixty (n)
(70) seventy (n)
(80) eighty (n)
(90) ninety (n)
(100) one hundred (n)
(101) a hundred and one (n)

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Family
parents (n)
father (dad) (n)
mother (mom) (n)
husband (n)
wife (n)
children (n)
daughter (n)
son (n)
brother (n)
sister (n)
aunt (n)
uncle (n)
cousin (n)
grandparents (n)
grandfather (grandpa) (n)
grandmother (grandma) (n)

Other words
pretty (adj)
now (adv)

Grammar
Information questions with be
Use question word + be + subject (you, he, she, this, they, or noun) to ask an information
question. Answers to information questions are not Yes or No.

• Use What . . . ? in questions about things:

What are their names?

Linda and Carlos.

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• Use What . . . like? to ask someone to describe a person or thing:

What's she like? Remember, 's is the contraction of is from the verb be.

She's very smart.

• Use Who . . . ? in questions about people:

Who's this?

Who's that?

It's my grandmother.

This is . . .

That is . . .

• Use Where . . . ? in questions about places:

Where are they today?

They're at home.

• Use Where . . . from? in questions about hometowns or countries:

Where are your grandparents from (originally)?

They're from Texas.

• Use How . . . ? in questions about people's health and situations:

How are your parents?

They're fine, thanks.

• Use How old . . . ? in questions about ages:

How old are you?

I'm twenty-three (years old).

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