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My Family
A Warmer

What’s your mother’s name?

Her name is ………. . What’s your
father’s name? His name is
…………… . What’s your brother’s
name? I haven’t got a brother.
What’s your sister’s name? Her
name is …….. . Etc…

What are you doing now? I am

learning English. What is your
mum doing? She is working.
What is your dad doing? He is
driving a car. Etc….

I’m not drinking coffee now. How about you? I’m not listening to music. How
about you? I’m not swimming now. Etc…

B Vocabulary and Grammar

My family: mother (mum), father (dad), sister, brother, grandmother

(grandma), grandfather (grandpa), aunt, uncle, cousin
He / she His / her Present continuous

Fill in your family tree with the members and their names!

My grandma My grandpa
.................... ....................

My uncle My aunt
.................... My father My mother ....................
.................... ....................

My .............
My .............. My...............
.................... Me My ..............
.................... ................
.................... ....................

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B Vocabulary and grammar

Now draw their faces and write about them!

This is my mother . Her name is ................... . She is .............(age).

This is my father . His name is ................... . He is ................. .

This is my sister . ............ name is ............... . ......... is ......... .

This is my brother . ............ name is ............... . ......... is ......... .

This is my uncle . ............ name is ............... . ......... is ......... .

This is my aunt . ............ name is ............... . ......... is ......... .

This is my cousin . ............ name is ............... . ......... is ......... .

This is my grandma. . ............ name is ............... . ........ is ......... .

This is my grandpa. . ............ name is ............... . ......... is ......... .

Match the verbs with the pictures and add –ing to each verb!

drive + ing = driving listen + ing = ..................

go + ing = .............. draw + ing = ....................

eat + ing = ............... write + ing = writing

sleep + ing = ................ ride + ing = riding

play + ing = .................... drink + ing = ...................

watch + ing = .................. read + ing = ...................

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C Reading and Writing

Answer the questions!

1. What is your brother doing? He is …………………………. a bike.

2. What is your sister doing? She is ........................ tennis.

3. What is your grandpa doing? .......... .............. ...................... TV.

4. What is your father doing? ............ ............... ..................... a car.

5. What is your mother doing? .......... .......... ..................... a book.

6. What is your grandma doing? .......... ........ ..................... a letter.

7. What is your uncle doing? ........... .......... ...................... to work.

8. What is your aunt doing? ………….. ……….. ……………………… on the sofa.

9. What are your cousins doing? They are ....................... sandwiches and

........................... orange juice.

10. What are you doing? I am .......................... to music and ....................

a picture.

D Speaking

Mime what you are doing and talk to your friend!

A: What are you doing?

B: (miming the action) I am playing tennis.
What are you doing?
A: (miming the action) I am listening to music.

Mime what you are doing and let your friends guess!

A: (miming the action) B: Are you writing?

A: No, I’m not. C: Are you doing your homework?
A: No, I’m not. D: Are you drawing?
A: Yes, I am.

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Teacher Notes
Family vocabulary, possessive
Target Language:
adjectives: his/her, present continuous
Duration: 45 minutes

1 Structure and Timing (all times approximate)

A. Warmer (15 minutes)

B. Vocabulary and grammar (10 minutes)
C. Reading and writing (10 minutes)
D. Speaking (10 minutes)

Total: 45 minutes.

2 Procedure

A. Warmer

To practise using possessive adjectives make your students do a circular oral drill. First,
you ask the first student “What’s your mother’s name?” The students answers: “Her
name is ….” and asks the same question. If someone hasn’t got a sibling or other family
member, teach them to answer: “I haven’t got one.” When the circular exercise is
finished, the teacher asks about other family members in the same way.

Explain to your students in a simple manner that we add –ing to verbs when we want
to describe what a person is doing now or today. Revise using verb be in singular and
plural and use hand(s) for indicating different persons. After that ask one student what
his/her mother is doing. Help him answer and ask another student the same question.
Then repeat the exercise by asking about other family members.

Since the students in the classroom are almost all doing the same thing it is more
instructive to ask them what they aren’t doing for the time being. Their answer can vary
from common ones to funny or silly ones i.e. “I’m not eating worms.” etc.

B. Vocabulary and Grammar

In this exercise students are supposed to write names of their family members in the
family tree. In the lowest part they should add brothers, sisters or cousins and their
names. If they want they can add some more boxes and write in them or leave some
empty if they want.

In the next exercise they draw faces of their family members and write about their
names beginning with His/Her. Then they write their age.

Introduce several main activity verbs by miming them and making your students guess
what their meaning is. Then point to the icons in the third exercise and ask them to say
the base form of the verb and then –ing form, i.e. play, playing. After that, tell them to
draw lines to connect icons with the written verb and finally, let them write –ing form.
The verbs with spelling problems (omitted e) are already written form them, but let
them notice the difference and create the rule.

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Answer Key

Example

This is my mother. Her name is Maria. She is 38.

This is my father. His name is David. He is 40.
This is my sister . Her name is Lucy. She is 12.
This is my brother. His name is Luke. He is 6.
This is my uncle. His name is Patrick. He is 44 .
This is my aunt . Her name is Helen. She is 41.
This is my cousin. Her name is Ema. She is 15.
This is my grandma. Her name is Debby. She is 65.
This is my grandpa. His name is Peter. He is 68.

drive + ing = driving listen + ing = listening

go + ing = going
eat + ing = eating
sleep + ing = sleeping
play + ing = playing
watch + ing = watching
draw + ing = drawing
write + ing = writing
ride + ing = riding
drink + ing = drinking
read + ing = reading

C. Reading and Writing

Answer Key

1. What is your brother doing? He is riding a bike.

2. What is your sister doing? She is playing tennis.
3. What is your grandpa doing? He is watching TV.
4. What is your father doing? He is driving a car.
5. What is your mother doing? She is reading a book.
6. What is your grandma doing? She is writing a letter.
7. What is your uncle doing? He is going to work.
8. What is your aunt doing? She is sleeping on the sofa.
9. What are your cousins doing? They are eating sandwiches and drinking orange
juice.
10. What are you doing? I am listening to music and drawing a picture.

D. Speaking

Students practise the first exercise in pairs in front of the class while in the other one
only one student mimes the action in front of the class and other students try to
guess what he/she is doing.

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