Members of the family in English.

(Worksheet for the video)

Members of the family in English.

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)
__Mother_____ 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________. 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________.

uncle cousins wife Son in law grandparents

mother’s nephew mother in law grandson granddaughter
children mother grandmother husband sister in law
daughter in law married to aunt parents niece