Family Vocabulary PDF
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This document provides a vocabulary list of family members and relatives, including terms for immediate family, different generations, relatives, and in-laws. It also includes vocabulary related to the family mix and word collections for family and parent.
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People Vocabularies | TeachingDione Family members Immediate Family Masculine Feminine father mother son daughter brother sist...
People Vocabularies | TeachingDione Family members Immediate Family Masculine Feminine father mother son daughter brother sister husband wife Different Generations Masculine Feminine Forefathers Great-great grandfather Great-great grandmother Great grandfather Great grandmother Grandfather Grandmother Father Mother Son Daughter Grandson Granddaughter Great grandson Great granddaughter Great-great grandson Great-great granddaughter Descendents Relatives and Extended Family uncle nephew aunt niece cousin The In-Laws The in-laws are the members of the family of your spouse (the person you are married to) or via a marriage in your family: father-in-law daughter-in-law mother-in-law brother-in-law son-in-law sister-in-law People Vocabularies | TeachingDione The Family Mix Nowadays in many countries a person can get married more than once. These are the terms used to describe the "new" members of the family when someone gets remarried. "Step-" means that you are related as a result of one parent marrying again stepfather stepdaughter stepmother stepsister stepson stepbrother Sometimes one of your parents gets married again and they have more children. There half-brother half-sister People Vocabularies | TeachingDione Word collections Family Verb + family: Have / Support / Bring up / raise / Start / Come from a family Adjective + family: Your immediate / extended / respectable / single-parent / close /the whole family Noun + prep+ family: An addition to the family; A friend of the family; A member of the family; The brains of the family; The baby of the family; The interest of the family; Opposition from your family Family + noun: family background; family history of heart disease; family planning clinic; family commitments. Diabetes tends to run in the family. So, if your mother is diabetic, you might develop it later in life. Parent verb + parent: parents worry / separate / split up / get divorced / bring you up; please / meet (one’s) your parents verb + prep +parents: live with (one’s) parents; fall out with (one’s) parents; look after (one’s) parents; communicate with (one’s) parents adjective + parents: an elderly / a single / strict / foster / working parent(s) expressions: o I’m completely dependent on my parents for money o I have a good relationship with my parents o It is the parents’ responsibility to make sure that their children attend school. child/children verb + child: have / bring up / raise / look after / teach / neglect / adopt a child / children; children play together; children tease each other adjective + child: a small / young / grown-up / well-behaved / gifted / spoilt child; an only child; the average child common expressions: ideal for children; (un)suitable for children; Happy as a child; Treat someone like a child People Vocabularies | TeachingDione Husband/wife Verb + husband /wife: Look for a husband/wife; Meet / Live with /Lose your husband/wife Adjective + husband/wife: Your present / ex-/former / late / loving husband/wife