Introduce friends and family

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Introduce friends
and family
Learn about the countries of the UK, practise saying
's', and describe your family and friends.

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Let’s talk about friends and family

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Introducing family

I ____ a big family. She ____ four uncles. He ____ two cousins.

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Describing people

My aunt has ____ eyes. His niece has ____ hair. My nephew has ____ eyes.

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The verb to have

The verb to have can be a main verb that is used to talk about possessions, family/friends,
physical appearance and illness:

I have a house.
She doesn’t have a brother.
Do you have brown eyes?
He has a headache.

With third person singular subjects, the main verb is conjugated to has and the
auxiliary verb is conjugated to does(n’t). We use have and do with all of the other subjects.

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Match the items

1. My uncle A. doesn’t have brothers and sisters.

1. Do I B. have the same phone.

2. Her mother C. has brown eyes.

3. We D. have blue eyes?

1 2 3

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Michael’s parents

Michael works in Canada. Michael’s parents live in England.

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Possessive ‘s

To talk about relationships between people and things we can use possessive ‘s.
It is attached to a possessor noun that is positioned before the possessed noun.
We use the question word whose to ask about possessions:

My sister’s eyes are green.

Her father’s name is David.
Whose house is it? It is my girlfriend’s house. / It is my girlfriend’s.
It is my parents’ car.
He is James’(s) boyfriend.

The possessive ‘s looks and sounds the same as the s in contractions of is:

Her father’s name’s David.

He’s my brother’s boyfriend.

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Complete the sentences

0. Michael’s wife and daughter live in England.

1. Michael’s brother lives in ________________

grandparents
2. Michael’s parents live in ________________

3. Michael’s aunt lives in ________________ aunt

4. Michael’s grandparents live in ________________

parents
5. Michael’s cousin lives in ________________

brother
cousin
wife &
daughter

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Put the words in the correct column

possessive contraction

Jack’s an only child.

x

1. I know Pedro’s sister.

2. My cat’s name’s Sukie.

3. Laura’s parents’ house is really big.

4. St James’s Park is in London.

5. Ken has a new car. It’s really fast.

6. My sister’s cat’s black and white.

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The phonemes /s/, /z/ and /ɪz/

Laura’s parents’ house is really big.

/ə/ /z/ /t/ /s/

St James’s Park is in London.

/z/ /ɪz/

To know which sound to use look at the sound before.

1. If it’s a vowel or voiced consonant, use /z/.
2. If it’s voiceless consonant, use /s/.
3. If it’s /s/ or /z/, use /ɪz/. This adds an extra syllable.

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Ask and answer

1. Who’s your father’s brother?

My father’s brother is my uncle.

1. Who’s your sister’s daughter?

2. Who’s your mother’s father?

3. Who’s your aunt’s son?

4. Who’s your uncle’s wife?

5. Who’s your father’s mother?

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Ask and answer Alex Paul Owen

Joanne

1. Whose top is grey? Owen’s top is grey.

1. Who’s Sean’s mum?

2. Who’s Joanne’s husband?

3. Whose trousers are green?

4. Whose T-shirt has stripes?

5. Whose hair is blond?

6. Who are Paul’s children?

Sean

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Your turn!

● Choose two members of your family.

● Make notes about them. Include their

relation to you, name, where they live, their
appearance, who they live with.

● Tell your partner about your family

members.

My mum’s name is Carol. She lives in Belo

Horizonte. She has green eyes.

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Your turn!

My aunt My nephew My cousin

This is my mother’s sister.

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