UNIT

UNIT

2
2
Describing family and home

Home
Describing your neighborhood
Giving directions

Life
s are my grandparents. They are on my father’s side of the family. My grandfather is 76 years old. He is serious but kind. He was a doctor.
There is my father, Paul. He has an older brother, Steven, and a younger sister, Beverly. Of course, Steven is my uncle. He’s a cook in a nice
e medicine. This is my mother. Her name is Michelle. She is a manager at a bank. She is very smart and hardworking. There are three childr
e has no children, but my aunt has two children, Randy and Clarissa. They are my cousins. Clarissa
in high school. Randy is in middle school. Clarissa is nice. Randy is not.
READING: Family tree

A. Read about Ellen’s family.

Fill in the family tree with the family
vocabulary (mother, grandfather, etc.)
and names.

Ellen

B.Read again. Fill in the chart. Some information is not given in the reading.

Person Occupation Description

Grandfather Doctor Serious, kind
Grandmother Doesn’t say Talkative, funny
Father

Mother

Uncle Robert

Uncle Steven

Aunt Beverly

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Cousin (Randy)

Cousin (Clarissa)
UNIT 2
GRAMMAR: Possessive adjectives and nouns

Possessive adjectives Possessive nouns

I → my Maria is my friend. Sam→ Sam’sThis is Sam’s brother.
you → your What is your Maria→ Maria’sThis is Maria’s sister.
name? he → his This is his Sam and Maria → Sam and Maria’sThat is Sam and Maria’s house.
book. she → her I am her
friend.
we → our This is our home.
they → their That is their car.

SPEAKING: How many people are in your family?

A. Complete the chart. Use the model sentences to ask and answer the
questions. How many are in your family?
There are in my family. I have people in my family.
There is only one in my family. I have only one in my family.
There aren’t any in my family. I don’t have any in my family.

How many
You Student #1 Student #2 Student #3 Student #4 Student #5
are in your family?
brothers
sisters
aunts
uncles
cousins

B.Prepare your report. Follow the examples.

Example:
Maria has the most brothers. There are four brothers in her family.
Vinnie and Maya have the most sisters. There are three sisters in their families.

I talked with five people.

the most brothers. There are brothers in family.
the most sisters. There are sisters in family.
the most aunts. There are aunts in family.
the most uncles. There are uncles in family.
the most cousins. There are cousins in family.

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 UNIT 2

LISTENING: Family portrait

A. Listen to Professor Violet describe her family portrait. Complete the chart below with information about
five of the seven family members she describes.

Relation:
Name: Occupation: Age: 27

Personality:

Relation: Name: Ana Occupation: Relation:

Age:
Name: Occupation: Age:
Personality: Personality: energetic and curious

Relation: Relation: Father

Name: Occupation: Marketer Age: Name: Occupation: Age:

Personality: Personality:

VOCABULARY: Occupations

A. Review the following vocabulary. Look up words you don’t know.

B.Add two more occupations to the list.

Writer Manager Scientist Doctor Programmer Engineer Teacher

Architect Nurse Artist Graphic designer Accountant Homemaker
Student Salesperson Banker Musician Technician Secretary Marketer

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 LISTENING: Occupation review

A. Listen to the students discuss their career plans. Write the name of the occupation
each student is interested in. Some students have more than one answer.

Ann: Sam:

Tom: Ellen:

Rachel: Carlos:

SPEAKING: Introducing family members

A: Fill out each box giving information about four people in your family (grandmother, mother,
father, brother, etc.). Review vocabulary for occupations and personality in Unit 1.
Follow the examples.
Relation: Mother Relation: Brother
Name: Julia Occupation: Salesperson Age: 47 Name: Mark
Personality: Kind and talkative Occupation: High school student
Age: 16
Personality: Smart and stubborn

Relation: Name: Occupation: Age: Personality: Relation: Name: Occupation: Age: Personality:

Relation: Name: Occupation: Age: Personality: Relation: Name: Occupation: Age: Personality:

B: Using your notes, describe your family members to your partner. Speak in
complete sentences. If you have a picture of the family member, show it to
your partner.

Example: This is my mother. Her name is Julia. She’s a salesperson in a

company. She is 47 years old. She is kind and talkative.
 LISTENING: Sam’s family picture

A. Listen to Sam and Ann talk about Sam’s family. Complete the chart with the missing
information.

Who is he/she? Occupation Age Appearance personality

High school Short Intelligent

Martin Sam’s brother 16
student handsome Funny
Michael Sam’s

Paul Sam’s
Judith Sam’s

VOCABULARY: Home

A. Label the places

bedroom kitchen bathroom yard

upstairs downstairs living room stairway

driveway garden
D A

F I G
E

C J
 SPEAKING: Describing your home

A. Describe your home or apartment to your partner. Talk about all of the rooms
(bedroom, kitchen, living room, bathroom, etc.) and places outside the home (yard,
garden, etc.).

Use the following sentences:

There is one . Example: There is one kitchen. There
are . Example: There are two bathrooms.
There isn’t a . Example: There isn’t a garage.

VOCABULARY: Household items

A. Identify the following things in the pictures.

Kitchen: counter, refrigerator, oven, microwave, chairs, garbage can

Bedroom: bed, pillow, nightstand, dresser, desk, pictures, floor, lamp
Living room: couch/sofa, coffee table, bookshelf, window, door
Bathrooms: toilet, bathtub, mirror, shower, sink

GRAMMAR: Prepositions of location

The bird The bird The bird The bird is The bird The bird is
is in the is on the is next to in front of is behind above the
birdhouse birdhouse the the birdhouse. the birdhouse.
birdhouse. birdhouse.
 LISTENING: Room description

A. Listen to Sam describe his room. Draw the items that are not in your
picture. The items should be in the right place.

SPEAKING: Information transfer

A. Partner A turn to page 131. Partner B turn to page 133. There are five things in your
partner’s picture that are missing in your picture.
Describe your picture and ask questions to find the missing items. Draw the missing
items in your picture. Use the following language:

In my picture, there is a . In my picture, there are .

Is there a in your room? How many are in your

room? Where is the ? Where are the ?
It’s (next to, between, on, in front of) the .
 WRITING: Describe your bedroom

A. Describe your bedroom.

Example: In my bedroom, there is a bed and two pillows. There is a nightstand next to
my bed. There is a desk and a chair next to the closet. On the desk, there are books and
...

LISTENING: Places in town

A. These words are used to describe a neighborhood. Listen to the conversation

between Tom and Ellen. Circle each word that you hear in the
conversation.

Apartment Bus Stop East Fire Station Grocery Store House

Library North Park Pool Restaurant Shop
South University West

SPEAKING: What is in your neighborhood?

A. Read the examples below.

Singular In my neighborhood, there is a library.
In my neighborhood, there is a pool.
In my neighborhood, there isn’t a fire station.
Plural In my neighborhood there are three bus stops.
In my neighborhood, there are many
restaurants. In my neighborhood, there aren’t
any parks.

B.Following the examples, create sentences to describe your own

neighborhood. Read your sentences to a partner.
Singular In my neighborhood, there is a .
In my neighborhood, there is a .
In my neighborhood, there isn’t a .
Plural In my neighborhood there are .
In my neighborhood, there are .
In my neighborhood, there aren’t any .
 LISTENING: Neighborhood tour

A. Listen to Ellen describe different buildings in the neighborhood. Label the missing
buildings and places with the words from the box below.

Apartment building Bank Grocery store Pool

SPEAKING: Information transfer

A. Work with a partner. One of you should look at Map A, on page 131. The other should
look at Map B, on page 133. Both of you know where the restaurant and the bus stop
are, but not all of the other places. Describe where each building is so that your partner
can fill in the blanks on their map. Then have your partner do the same for you.
 LISTENING: Where is everybody?

A. Listen to the students say where they are and who they are with. Fill in the table.

Where? With who?

Ann At home in her bedroom alone

Pete

Ellen

Tom

Carlos

Diana

WRITING: Where is everyone right now?

A. Where do you think your friends and family members are right now? Write
sentences for at least three of your friends or family members. Follow the
example.

Certainly 100%
Probably 70-90%
Maybe 50%

Example: It is 11:30 AM on a Tuesday. My father is maybe at work. My mother is

probably at home. My younger brother is certainly at school.

It is on a .
READING: The Changing Family

A. Using the following charts, fill in the missing information in the reading below.

Chart 1: Average number of children per family Chart 2: Family living arrangements of children

50%
1976 2015 1960s 2016
Living with
40% Living with
mother only Living with
40% 41% father only
father only

7% 1% 3%
30%
Other

23% 24%
9% Living with
20% 24% mother only
22% 23%
10% 14% Other
11% Living with
Living with
both parents
14% both parents
0% 60%
One Two Three 83%
child children children Two Three Four or more
Four or more One children children children
children child

The Changing Family

Write your answers to the following questions:
1. How many children did your grandparents have?
2. How many children do your parents have?
3. How many children do you think you will have?

If you are like most people in many parts of the world, the answers to those questions are
getting smaller with each generation. In the 1970s, most American families had children.
About
% of families had three children, and about 23% of families had two children. Only 10% of
families had only one child. These days, most American families have children, and families
with only one child have doubled to %. In the 70s, about 40% of all families had four or
more children, but now only % do. Family sizes are shrinking. Is this trend happening in
your home country as well?

What are the reasons for having fewer children? Money tends to be the most common
reason. In most families, both parents need to work, and child care in the United States is
expensive.
Another leading reason is that parents want more time to spend on the children they have.
People have a limited amount of free time, and the more children they have, the less time they
can spend with each one. The third most common reason is simply that more parents want to
have a little more time for themselves. Raising children takes a lot of time and energy and leaves
little free time for parents.
 Another big change in families is with the parents. Traditionally, most children lived with both parents. Many families al
. That means either the mother or father does not live at home. 14% of do not live with their parents at all. Most of th

Comprehension
Match

Three reasons for smaller A. People do not have enough

money for more children.
families 1.
B. People do not think the world
2. is (or will be) a good place for
children.
3.
C. Parents want more time
for themselves.
Not mentioned in the reading:
D. With fewer children, you can
and spend more time with each child.
E. People are worried about
overpopulation (too many
people in the world).

SPEAKING: Your future family

A. Discuss the following questions with a partner.

1. How many children do you plan to have?
2. What are the reasons you do not want to have more?
3. What do you think about people having fewer children? What are the possible good
and bad points?
4. Is this situation in the reading similar in your own country? If yes, what are the reasons why?
WRITING & SPEAKING: 5-minute conversations

A. Write at least three sentences for each question. Use the following cues to help you
think of more things to say on each topic:

Wh-Questions

What? Who? When? Where? Why? How?

Example: Tell me about your dream house in your future.

What? My dream house is big. It has many rooms. There is also a swimming

pool! Who? There are my future husband and three children in my house. There is

also a dog. When? I will have my house in about 10 years.

Why? I need a big house so I can have a big family.

How? In the future, I am rich!

1. Introduce yourself (name, occupation, family, personality)

2. Tell me more about your family.

3. Tell me about your dream house in your future.

4. Describe your house or apartment.

5. Describe your room.

6. What places are in your neighborhood?

7. What are some of your favorite places (restaurants, stores, parks, etc.) in your town?