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Starter B

READING VOCABULARY Family

1 Work in pairs. Write down all the words for family 4 What can you remember about Joe’s family? Write the
you know in English. correct family words for the members of his family.
Check your answers in the text.
brother, sister …
1 Ben brother 6 Bill
2 Read the text. Match the ages to the people in 2 Erin 7 Betty and Frank
Joe’s family. 3 Lucy 8 Clara
4 Mike 9 Mark
5 Lucy and Mike 10 Alfie, Charlie and Katie
10 12 14 40 84 88

5 Work in pairs. Take turns to say the name of a
Today’s topic is … member of your family. Your partner guesses who it is.

Mimi. She’s your mum.
Families GRAMMAR have got | Possessives

We’ve all got one and this I’ve got two brothers.
week we want you to tell I haven’t got any cousins.
us all about your family! Have you got any brothers or sisters?

I’m Joe and I’m twelve years old. Lidia’s got four sisters, but she hasn’t got a brother.
I’ve got one brother and one We use possessive adjectives and ’s to show
sister. My brother is fourteen possession.
and his name’s Ben and my my your his her its our their
sister is ten and her name’s Erin. My sister is Jack’s brother is funny.
very annoying! My mum and dad are Lucy and
Mike. They’re 40.
6 Write sentences. Use the correct form of have got.
My grandmother Betty and grandfather Frank
are my mum’s parents. They’re both 88 and 1 we / a computer ✗ We haven’t got a computer.
2 you / mobile phone ?
they’re Irish. They’ve got a house in Ireland. It’s 3 Harry / two cousins ✓
enormous and we go there in the summer. Bill is 4 my parents / a car ✗
my dad’s dad and he’s 84. He’s very funny. 5 Esther / a sister ?

My dad hasn’t got any brothers or sisters but my 6 I / three brothers ✓
mum’s got a sister called Clara. Clara’s husband is
Mark. Clara’s my aunt and Mark’s my uncle. They’ve 7 Look at the family tree and Dave Moira
got three children. They’re my cousins and their complete each sentence. |
Use a word from the box.
names are Alfie, Charlie and Katie. Mary Rob
Liam’s my Rob’s |
Ruth’s their Ruby Ruth Liam
3 Decide if the sentences are true or false.
1 Erin is annoying. 1 Dave and Moira are Liam’s grandparents.
2 Granddad Bill is a very serious man. 2 Mary and Rob are Ruby, Liam and … parents.
3 Betty and Frank are Irish. 3 Liam: ‘Ruby and Ruth are … sisters.’
4 Lucy and Clara are sisters. 4 Liam is Ruby and Ruth’s brother. He’s … brother.
5 Joe hasn’t got any cousins. 5 Dave is … dad.

Write three sentences about yourself and three about your best friend. 5

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