A Family Tree

Helen is Minerva's grandmother

Rachel is Sophie 's sister-in-law
Sophie is Alexandra's aunt
Kenneth is Michael's uncle
Michael and Simon are cousins
Sam is Paul's father-in-law
Helen is Rachel's mother-in-law
Robert is Margaret's brother
Paul is Kenneth's brother-in-law
Rachel is Robert's wife

A Family Profile

Do you know your mother's maiden name?

Are you an only child or do you have siblings?

Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? How long have you been going out with each other?

What character in a famous tale had a horrible stepmother? In what ways was she horrible?

Are single parents most often mothers or fathers? Why?

Ages

infancy: be a baby, wear nappies

childhood: go to summer camps, go to kindergarten
adolescence: be a teenager, go to summer camps, fall in love
youth: be a bride/a bridegroom, propose to somebody, go out with/date someone, be single, get pregnant, go on a
honeymoon, get engaged, be grown-up/an adult, fall in love, have a wedding
adulthood: be single, be a parent, be grown-up/an adult, be divorced, adopt a child, bring up children, have a career
middle age: have grandchildren, be a widow/a widower
old age: retire, have grandchildren, be a widow/a widower, be buried (funeral)

Household chores

washing clothes
washing-up
cleaning
ironing
cooking
walking the dog
feeding a pet
taking rubbish out
doing the shopping
vacuum-cleaning
paying utility bills
watering plants
mending clothes