Learning Menu 5

Appetizer

Practical English
Source: Oxford New English File

2024
Activities (Time: 30 min)
Part 1. Look at the two-family trees. Number the people in relation to Richard. Listen and check your
answers.
Recording 1_NEF 4.3: CLICK HERE
Part 2. Complete 1-5 with children, couple, grandparents, parents, or parents-in-law.

Part 3. Look at some photos of actors with family. With a partner, choose A or B below.
Recording 2_NEF 4.1: CLICK HERE
Part 1:
The family

7 John is Richard’s grandfather.

8 Jennifer is Richard’s grandmother.
2 Carol is Richard’s mother.
1 Gary is Richard’s father.
9 Sue is Richard’s aunt.
10 Nick is Richard’s uncle.
4 Kate is Richard’s sister.
3 Steven is Richard’s brother.
13 Hugh is Richard’s cousin.
13 Sarah is Richard’s cousin.
14 Emma is Richard’s wife.
5 Chloe is Richard’s daughter.
6 Jake is Richard’s son.
12 Ruby is Richard’s niece.
11 Oliver is Richard’s nephew.

Part 2:
1. my father and my mother _ my parents
2. my wife’s mother and father _ my parents-in-law
3. my grandfather and my grandmother _ my grandparents
4. my son and my daughter _ my children
5. a husband and wife _ a couple

Part 3:
1. He’s Carey Mulligan’s husband.
2. She’s Meryl Streep’s daughter.
3. She’s Jake Gyllenhaal’s sister.
4. He’s Morgan Freeman’s son.
5. He’s Mary-Kate Olsen’s husband.