UNIVERSITY OF St.

THOMAS OF MOZAMBIQUE
FACULTY OF ETHICS AND HUMAN SCIENCES
First Year Bachelor in International Relations 1P1LRI
English I; Semester I

Tuesday, May 25th, 2021

Topic: people and family vocabulary

Main objective: In this lesson, students learn how to talk about their families; learn how to
describe family members and relationships using vocabulary for family members and
possessives pronouns.

This is a list of vocabulary items related to personal relations: people and family members.

man woman baby boy girl

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Family members

Nancy is Mr. Lynch's daughter.

Bill is Mr. Lynch's son.
Mr. Lynch is Nancy's and Bill's
father.
Mrs. Lynch is Nancy's and Bill's
mother.
Nancy and Bill are Mr. Lynch's
children.
Mr. and Mrs. Lynch are Nancy's
parents.
Nancy is Steve's wife.
Steve is Nancy's husband.
Nancy is Bill's sister.
Bill is Nancy's brother.
Laura is Bill's and Barbara's daughter.
John is Laura's brother.
John is Alan's cousin.
Alan is Bill's nephew.
Lisa is Bill's niece.
Lisa is Mr. Lynch's granddaughter.
Alan is Mr. Lynch's grandson.
Mr. Lynch is Alan's grandfather.
Mr. and Mrs. Lynch are Alan's grandparents.
Alan, Lisa, Laura and John are Mr. Lynch's grandchildren.
Mrs. Lynch is Alan's grandmother.
Barbara is Nancy's sister-in-law.
Steve is Bob's brother-in-law.
Mr. Lynch is Steve's father-in-law.
Mrs. Lynch is Steve's mother in law.
Barbara is Mr. Lynch's daughter-in-law.
Steve is Mr. Lynch's son-in-law.
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Name:_______________________________________________________________

Exercises:

1. Write down the term of the opposite sex.

Female Male
a. grandmother
b. mother
c. daughter
d. sister
e. wife
f. granddaughter
g. niece
h. mother-in-law
i. sister-in-law
j. aunt
k. mum
l. girl
m. girlfriend

2. Fill in the correct family members.

1. My mother's sister is my_______________________________________.

2. My daughter's brother is my____________________________________.
3. My father's daughter is my_____________________________________.
4. My mum and dad are my_______________________________________.
5. My sister's son is my___________________________________________.
6. My aunt's son or daughter is my__________________________________.
7. My father's brother is my________________________________________.
8. My mother's father is my_______________________________________.
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9. My daughter's son is my________________________________________.
10. My brother's daughter is my_____________________________________.
11. My sister is my father's ________________________________________
12. My brother is my mother's ______________________________________
14. My _________________________is my mother's sister.
15. My __________________________is my brother's daughter
16. My __________________________is my brother's son.
17. My sister-in-law is my brother's _______________________________________
18. My brother-in-law is my sister's _______________________________________

3. Choose the correct words from the drop down menu according to the given family
tree

1. Oliver is Emma's ______________________________________

2. Andrew is Michael's ___________________________________
3. Emma is Oliver's ______________________________________
4. Sarah is Michael's _____________________________________
5. Henry is Emma's _______________________________________
6. James is Emma's _______________________________________
7. Andrew is Emma's _____________________________________
8. Michael is Oliver's ______________________________________
9. Susan is Michael's ______________________________________
10. Susan is Andrew's _______________________________________