5. Paco's family
Reading activity
Paco's family members
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As you already know, Paco has a sister and a brother apart from his parents. These are called Antonio and Isabel. Sonia is his sister and his brother's name is Carlos. He is not married so Paco doesn't have any niece or nephew yet.
But Paco has also grandparents on his mother's side. He usually visits them because they live in Córdoba too. His grandfather's name is Sebastián and María is his grandmother's name. They love their grandchildren a lot.
Paco has a lot of aunts, uncles and cousins on both his mother and father's side. And there are other important family members in Paco's family: his close friends. Alex and Andrés are considered family members for Paco. Friendship is really remarkable for him.
Example exercise
Here you have some proper names of Paco's family:
Paco's mother: Isabel / Paco's father: Antonio / Paco's sister: Sonia / Paco's brother: Carlos
Complete the following sentences with the suitable proper names:
- Antonio is Isabel's __________.
- Sonia is Carlos' _________.
- Carlos is Isabel and Antonio's _________.
- Isabel is Antonio's __________.
- Paco is Carlos' __________.
- Sonia is Antonio and Isabel's __________.
- Antonio and Isabel are Carlos, Paco and Sonia's __________.
Writing practice
Complete a family quiz with the suitable family member.
We use this picture to illustrate. Imagine you are Jack:
My name is Jack. Sarah is my sister. Emily and Peter are my cousins. Anne and Paul are my parents. Anne is my mother and Paul is my father...
Now complete the family quiz and write a short paragraph about them. You'll find it easy.
Curiosity
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| By Ville Miettinen. C.Commons. |
The word husband comes from the Old English words hus (meaning house) and bónda (meaning peasant or yeoman) which in turn derives from bua (meaning to dwell).
Consequently, husband means a peasant or yeoman who lives in a house. During the 13th century the word began to be used in the sense of a man married to a woman, as it is used nowadays.
Listening comprehension activity
With this activity you can practice some vocabulary related to the family. If you make too many mistakes, don't worry, you can make a revision of the vocabulary and do the exercise again. The listening exercise is at the top of the page. Now try here.
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