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Unit 4 • Lesson B: Family memories

Vocabulary
Immediate family
father (n)
mother (n)
fiancé / fiancée (n)
brother (n)
sister (n)
son (n)
daughter (n)
only child (n)

Extended family
grandfather (n)
grandmother (n)
great-grandfather (n)
great-grandmother (n)
uncle (n)
aunt (n)
nephew (n)
niece (n)
(first / second) cousin (n)
brother-in-law (n)
sister-in-law (n)

Blended family
stepfather (n)
stepmother (n)
stepson (n)
stepdaughter (n)
stepbrother (n)
stepsister (n)
half brother (n)
half sister (n)

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Family life
be part of (a big family) (v)
come over (for dinner) (v)
crawl under the table (v)
get divorced (v)
get married (v)
tease someone (v)

The past
used to (v)
would (v)
when I was (17)
when we were kids

Grammar
used to and would
Affirmative statements

Use used to + verb for regular activities in the past that don't happen now:
I used to go over to my sister's house a lot.
(= In the past, I went to my sister's house a lot, but I don't do this now.)

You can also use would or 'd + verb for regular activities in the past:
I'd go over to my sister's house a lot.

Use used to + verb for situations in the past that are no longer true:
My sister used to live next door.
(= In the past, my sister lived next door, but this isn't true now.)

You can only use would to describe regular activities. Do not use would for situations in the
past that are no longer true.

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Negative statements and questions
For negative statements and questions, write use to, not used to. Negative statements and
questions with use to are less common than affirmative statements with used to:
I didn't use to like jazz.
(= I didn't like jazz in the past, but now I like it.)

What kind of music did you use to like?

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