Family Members and Relationships

Immediate Family Members

• Spouse: A person's husband or wife
• Children: Biological or adopted sons and daughters
• Parents: Biological or adoptive mother and father
• Siblings: Biological or adopted brothers and sisters

Extended Family Members

• Grandparents: Parents of a person's parents
• Grandchildren: Children of a person's children
• Aunts and Uncles: Siblings of a person's parents
• Nieces and Nephews: Children of a person's siblings
• Cousins: Children of a person's aunts and uncles

Other Family Members

• In-laws: Relatives of a person's spouse
  • Mother-in-law: Mother of a person's spouse
  • Father-in-law: Father of a person's spouse
  • Brother-in-law: Brother of a person's spouse
  • Sister-in-law: Sister of a person's spouse
• Stepparents: Spouse of a person's parent
• Step-siblings: Children of a person's stepparent
• Foster family: A family that provides care and support to a child or adult who is not their biological or adoptive relative

Family Relationships

• Immediate family members include spouse, children, parents, and siblings, all of whom can be biological or adopted.

Immediate Family Roles

• Spouse refers to a person's husband or wife.
• Children include biological and adopted sons and daughters.
• Parents include biological and adoptive mother and father.
• Siblings include biological and adopted brothers and sisters.

Extended Family Relationships

• Grandparents are the parents of a person's parents.
• Grandchildren are the children of a person's children.
• Aunts and uncles are the siblings of a person's parents.
• Nieces and nephews are the children of a person's siblings.
• Cousins are the children of a person's aunts and uncles.

Other Family Relationships

• In-laws are relatives of a person's spouse, including mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law.
• Stepparents are the spouse of a person's parent.
• Step-siblings are the children of a person's stepparent.
• Foster family provides care and support to a person who is not their biological or adoptive relative.

Formation of Simple Present Tense

• Base form of the verb is used (except for "to be")
• Third person singular (he, she, it) takes an -s or -es ending
• Unique forms for each person in the verb "to be" (I am, you are, he/she/it is, we are, they are)

Uses of Simple Present Tense

Habits and Routines

• Describes regular or habitual actions
• Examples: I wake up at 7:00 am every day, She eats breakfast at 8:00 am

General Truths

• States facts or universal truths
• Examples: The sun rises in the east, Water boils at 100°C

Timeless Situations

• Describes situations that are always true
• Examples: I love playing tennis, London is the capital of England

Scheduled Events

• Talks about planned or scheduled events
• Examples: The bus arrives at 8:00 am, The meeting starts at 2:00 pm

Time Expressions

• Used with time expressions such as:
  • always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never
  • every day, week, month, year
  • at the moment, nowadays, currently

Sentence Types

Positive Sentences

• Examples: I live in Paris, She works as a teacher

Negative Sentences

• Examples: I don't like coffee, They don't speak English

Interrogative Sentences

• Examples: Do you speak French?, What do you do for a living?

Identify the different types of immediate and extended family members, including spouses, children, parents, siblings, and more. Learn the relationships between them and how they are connected.