May I Introduce Myself and My Family?

Try to prepare answers to these questions:

Whats your full name?
How old are you?
Where and when were you born?
Where do you live?
Have you got any brothers or sisters?
How old are they?
What are their names?
What do they do?
How old are you parents and what are their jobs?
Do you live in a house or in a flat?
Have you got your own room or do you have to share your room with someone?
What are your hobbies and favourite past time activities?
Do you do any sports?
Do you play a musical instrument?
What are your plans for the future?
What school do you want to study in the future? Why?
Would you like to live in a city or in the country in the future? Why?
Would you like to travel in the future? Which countries would you like to visit and why?
What about your future family? Would you like to get married sometime? Would you like to
have children? How many?
Family members
Revise English terms for family members
! Mother a female parent
! Father a male parent
! Son a male child of the parent"s#
! Daughter a female child of the parent"s#
! Brother a male child of the same parent"s#
! Sister a female child of the same parent"s#
! Grandfather father of a father or mother
! Grandmother mother of a father or mother
! Grandparent
! Grandfather a parent$s father
! Grandmother a parent$s mother
! Grandson a child$s son
! Granddaughter a child$s daughter
! Uncle father$s brother% mother$s brother% father$s&mother$s sister$s husband
! Aunt father$s sister% mother$s sister% father$s&mother$s brother$s wife
! ephew sister$s son% brother$s son% wife$s brother$s son% wife$s sister$s son% husband$s
brother$s son% husband$s sister$s son
! iece sister$s daughter% brother$s daughter% wife$s brother$s daughter% wife$s sister$s
daughter% husband$s brother$s daughter% husband$s sister$s daughter
! !ousin the children of aunts or uncles'
(he term "Sister#in#law" refers to three essentially different relationships% either the wife of
one$s sibling% or the sister of one$s spouse% or the wife of one$s spouse$s sibling' "Brother#in#
law" e)presses a similar ambiguity'
Source: Wikipedia, shortened
* would like to add the terms mother#in#law and father#in#law$ who are the parents of ones
husband or wife' (hey are sometimes called in#laws for short'
Families
+amily is a basic social unit of al, societies% but its structure and its role varies from society to
society' (he nuclear family consists of two adults - a man and a woman - and their children'
*t is the main unit especially in western societies'
*n other societies% the nuclear family is only a part of an e%tended family% which also consists
of grandparents and other relatives'
.nother type of family is the single#parent family% consisting of one adult% single% divorced
or widowed% and his or her children'
*n the past% the family was an important economic unit% nowadays% the main function of the
family is to raise children and provide love and emotional support to its members'
. stepfamily is created when a single parent gets married' (he new partner is the children/s
stepfather or stepmother and his or her children% if there are any% are the childrens
stepbrothers and stepsisters'
0ome families take care of foster children% that were removed from their biological parents
by the authorities'