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UNIT 5

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FAMILY

In this unit you will learn:
THESE LIFE SKILLS:
Identify family members
Ask for and give marital status
Identify school personnel

Sylvies husband
Are they married?
Shes the office clerk.

THIS VOCABULARY:
The family
School personnel
School locations

wife, brother, children

principal, teacher
cafeteria

THIS GRAMMAR:
Verb: HAVE
Possessives:
Possessive Adjectives:

I have a sister.
Mias father is from Mexico.
my, your, his, her

Vocabulary: The Family

Exercise 1: Match the words and pictures.

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.

g.

h.

i.

j.

k.

l.

g 1. brother
__

__ 4. father

__ 7. husband __ 10. sister

__ 2. children

__ 5. grandfather

__ 8. mother

__ 3. daughter

__ 6. grandmother __ 9. parents

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__ 11. son
__ 12. wife

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Listening from the Video

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Exercise 2: Listen to the sentences from the first

Its Your Turn in the video. Write the
number of the sentence under the
correct picture.

______

______

______

______

Exercise 3: Practice the conversations below.

1.

a. Is she single?
b: Yes, she is.

2.

a: Are they married?

b: Yes, they are.

3.

a. Are they divorced?

b: Yes, they are.

4.

a: Is she widowed?
b: Yes, she is.

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Exercise 4: Complete the sentences below. Use the words in the

box.
divorced

single

widowed

married

1. Roger and Isabel arent married now. They are _____________ .

2. She isnt married. She is ____________________________ .
3. She is very sad. She is ______________________________ .
4. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are very happy. They are _____________ .

The Family

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Exercise 5: Look at the family tree. Circle the correct answers.

1. Does John have a sister?
a. Yes, he does.

b. No, he doesnt.

2. Do Sharon and Patrick have grandchildren?

a. Yes, they do.
b. No, they dont.
3. Does Jeff have a wife?
a. Yes, he does.

b. No, he doesnt.

4. Do Mark and Sylvie have children?

a. Yes, they do.
b. No, they dont.
5. Is Jeff single?
a. Yes, he is.

b. No, he isnt.

6. Are Mark and Sylvie married?

a. Yes, they are.
b. No, they arent.
Exercise 6: Look at the family tree again and complete the
sentences. Use the words from Exercise 1.
John:

Im John. (1) I have one _____________. Her name is

Mary. Mark and Sylvie are my (2) ___________________.
My (3) ____________________________ is Sharon and
my (4) _____________________________ is Patrick.

Sylvie: Hi. Im Sylvie. Mark is my (5) ______________________.

I have two (6) ________________________. John is my
(7) _______ and Mary is my (8) __________________.
Sharon is my (9) ___________________ and Patrick is my
(10) ___________. I have only one (11) ______________.
She is married to Jeff. She is Jeffs (12) ____________.
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Exercise 7: Answer the following questions with YOUR

information.
1. Are you married or single? ___________________________
2. Do you have any brothers or sisters? ____________________
3. What is your mothers name? _________________________
4. Do you have any children? ____________________________
5. What are their names? ______________________________

More Vocabulary: School Personnel and School Locations

Exercise 8: Match the school personnel with their locations.
1. teacher

___ library

2. janitor

___ principals office

3. office clerk

___ cafeteria

4. principal

___
1 classroom

5. librarian

___ office

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Exercise 9: Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the
vocabulary from Exercise 8 on page 6.
Example: Is he the librarian? No, he isnt.
Who is he? Hes the principal.
Where is he? Hes in the principals office.
PRINCIPAL

1.

Is she the office clerk? ____________________

Who is she? _____________________________
Where is she?____________________________

2.

Is she the janitor? ________________________

Who is she? _____________________________
Where is she?____________________________

3.

Is she the teacher? _______________________

Who is she? _____________________________
Where is she?____________________________

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Grammar: HAVE in the Present Tense

Affirmative

Negative

I
You
We
They

have

a sister.

I
You
We
They

He
She

has

a sister.

He
She

No Contraction
I
You
We
They

do not have

He
She

does not have

do not have

a sister.

does not have a sister.

Contraction

children.

I
You
We
They

dont have

children.

children.

He
She

doesnt have

children.

Exercise 10: Look again at the family tree on Page 4. Complete

the sentences with have, has, dont have, or doesnt
have.
1. Mark and Sylvie _________________________ two children.
2. Jeff ______________________________________a wife.
3. Sharon and Sylvie _________________________ husbands.
4. Sylvie ____________________________ a granddaughter.
5. John ________________________________ a grandfather.

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Possessive Adjectives and Nouns

Subject Pronouns

Possessive Adjectives

I have a sister.

My sister is a librarian.

You are married.

Your husband is a principal.

He is the janitor.

His name is Mr. Jones.

She has a son.

Her son is married.

We have two children.

Our children are teachers.

They have a daughter.

Their daughter is married.

Exercise 11: Complete the sentences with my, your, his, her,
our, or their.
1. I have a son. _______ son is married.
2. We are married. ____ last name is Smith.
3. You are a mother. ____ children go to school.
4. They have a daughter. _________daughter is divorced.
5. He is married. __________ wife is an office clerk.
Exercise 12: Complete the sentences like the examples in the
boxes.
This is Bill.
This is Carol.
Bill and Carol are married.
Carol is Bills wife. Bill is Carols husband.
1. Who is Carol? Carol is __________ ___________________ .
Jorge has a father. His name is Enrique.
Enrique is Jorges father. Jorge is Enriques son.
2. Who is Enrique? Hes ___________ ___________________ .
3. Who is Jorge? Hes ____________ ___________________ .

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Life Skill: Using a Calendar

Exercise 13: Read the information below. Then write it on the
calendar.
1. Back-to-School Night is on Thursday, February 19th at 7:00 p.m.
2. Presidents Day is on Monday, February 16th.
3. Parent-Teacher Night is on Wednesday, February 25th at 5:00 p.m.
4. School begins on Monday, February 9th.
5. The Science Fair is on Saturday, February 28th at 10:00 a.m.

FEBRUARY
SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19
Back-to-School
Night 7:00 p.m.

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

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Narrative Reading
Ms. Kennedys Family

Ms. Kennedy

is the school principal. She has a good

job. She isnt married. She is widowed. She has two sons and one
daughter. Her son, Eric, is single. Her son, Bruce, is married. Bruce
doesnt have children. Her daughter, Veronica, is married. Veronica
has two children. Jessica is Ms. Kennedys granddaughter. Her
grandsons name is Ben. Ms. Kennedy doesnt have any brothers. She
has two sisters.
Exercise 14: Write T if the sentence is TRUE or F if the
sentence is FALSE.
1. Ms. Kennedy is the school principal.

___________

2. Ms. Kennedy is married.

___________

3. Ms. Kennedy has three children.

___________

4. Her sons are Bruce and Eric.

___________

5. Veronica is widowed.

___________

6. Ms. Kennedy is a grandmother.

___________

7. Ms. Kennedy has a brother.

___________

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UNIT REVIEW
(Each item=1 point)

Fill in the blanks. Use the items in the word box.

has
librarian married classroom
husband
doesnt have wife Her

Their
single

1.

Are they single or married? They are ________________.

2.

Who is she? She is a _________________.

3.

Where is she? She is in the _________________.

4.

How many children does he have? He ________ one son.

5. John isnt married. John _______________ a wife.

6. Maria is a grandmother. _____________ daughter has two children.
7. They have a son. _____________ sons name is Alberto.
8. Bill and Anna are married. Bill is Annas _______________.

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Number correct and percentage score (circle one)

10=100% 9=90% 8=80% 7 or fewer: no credit

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Student name___________________________
Date _____________
Initials _______

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9. Write the following information on the calendar.

Parent-Teacher Night is on Thursday, June 12th at 6:30 p.m.

JUNE
SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

10

11

12

13

14

10. Circle the sentence that is NOT correct.

a. I have two sisters and one brother.
b. What is your fathers name?
c. Do you have any grandchildren?
d. He dont have any children