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Instructions:
Use all 20 vocabulary words from the box below to complete the paragraph about your
family.
This is you. You have a father and a 1) _Mother__. They are your 2) _____Parents ___.
Sometimes you have a brother and/or a sister. Your mother and your father also have
parents. The father of your mother or, as we normally say, your 3) ___Dad____ father is
your grandfather. Your mother's mother is your 4) ___Grandmother______. Your
grandfather and your grandmother are your 5) ____Grandparents_______.
Sometimes your mother or father have brothers and sisters. If your mother has a brother,
he is your 6) ____Uncle___. If your mother has a sister, she is your 7) ___Aunt____. If your
aunt is 8) ___married to_______ a man, he is also your uncle. When your uncle and aunt
have children, they are your 9)____Cousins __. We use the word cousin for a male or
female. Now imagine you are married. If you are married to a woman, she is your 10)
__Wife_____. If you are married to a man, he is your 11) ____Husband ____. If you have
children, the boy is your son and the girl is your daughter. Your son and daughter are your
12) _children________.
Now imagine your daughter is married. She has a husband. He is your 13) ___son in
law_____. If your son is married, he has a wife. She is your 14) _daughter in law__. If you
are a man, you are her father in law. If you are a woman, you are her 15) _mother-in-
law__. Now what happens if your son or daughter have children? If your son or daughter
have a son, he is your 16) _grandson________. If your son or daughter have a daughter,
she is your 17) __granddaughter_________. Now imagine your brother is married. He has
a wife. His wife is your 18) __sister-in-law __. If your brother has a son, he is your 19)
___nephew ______. If your brother has a daughter, she is your 20) _____niece ____.