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English Form 5 Unit 1

An adoptive family is a family that contains at least one adopted child and at least one adoptive
parent. At the age of 18, adopted children have the right to receive all the available information
concerning who their biological parents or their former adoptive parents are. Through adoption, an
adopted child obtains the same legal position with respect to the adoptive parents, their relatives
and those who are related to them through the adoption as it would be as the biological child of
the adoptive parents. From that same time, the child’s legal connections to its biological parents, to
other biological relatives, and to those who are related to the biological parents, to other biological
relatives are cancelled.
Adapted from: https://family.lovetoknow.com/about-family-values/types-family-structures

1. Read the descriptions of different family structures and label them correctly.

No. Descriptions Family Structure

1. Dad and I stay together in an apartment. He sends me to school every
day. He does the laundry and runs errands for us. He can cook very
nice dishes and I really enjoy his fried rice. Single parent family

2. Every year, all my relatives will come to my house for reunion dinner
for the celebration of my Grandpa’s birthday. He’s 80 years old and he’s
as fit as a fiddle. Extended family

3. As time goes on, I learnt to accept Joe as my step-father, he’s a nice
person who treats me as his own son. It’s better to live in a family with
someone who really cares for me. Blended family

4. Ever since I left the orphanage, I’ve settled down in Sam’s home.
Sometimes, I felt I couldn’t get along with his nephews, but I’m
satisfied to live in a family with warm atmosphere. Adoptive family

5. My neighbours like to call us a model family. My father works as an
engineer and my mother is a housewife. Every weekend, they bring
my brother and me to the playground for recreational activities. Nuclear family

Info

For understanding of family structures and
dynamics, log on to: https://health.howstuffworks.
com/pregnancy-and-parenting/understanding-family-
structures-and-dynamics-ga.htm?srch_tag=dreunkda
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