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Port 2
Listening & Speaking

Listening and Speaking

Family numbers

Grammar

1 Read the information about families

around the world.

Vocabulary

my sister s daughter
my husbandsfamily

Family
A typical family unit in South
Grammar

US

Possession; Questions
with be

Speaking

use V to talk about possession

Africa is four people. In

Sweden it s two. In Gambia a

typical family has eight people.

Your family

2
1.51-1.55 Listen to five people. Write
the numbers of people in their family.

Reading and Listening

A family photograph

2
3

Functional language

Introducing people

Louise from Australia 4

Sulayman from Gambia
Torsten from Germany
Noriko from Japan
Hasna from Morocco

1 Match the descriptions to the family

words.
1 my mother s mother my aunt
2 my fathers sister
my brother-in-law
3 my sisters husband
my cousin
4 my sisters son
Mny grandmother
s my aunts daughter
my nephew

2 Write a definition (or definitions) for

these family words.
my niece

Language note: use How many to ask

my brother s daughter / my sister s

daughter

about numbers.

How many people are in your family?

2
3

3 Ask other students in the class about the

number of people in their family.

A: How many people are in your family?

my sister-in-law
my grandfather
my uncle
my mother-in-law
my nephew
Grammar focus - explanation & more
practice of possession on page 108

B: Six. And you?

Vocabulary

Speaking

1.56 Listen again to Hasna.Ctfircje)

1
the words you hear.

Write the names of four people in your

family. Work in pairs. Ask questions about
your partners names.

brother
mother

daughter

niece

father husband
sister son wife

1.57 Listen and repeat the words in

2
the family tree.
my grandmother

my aunt

my grandfather d

my uncle d

A: Whos Jochen?

B: Hes my grandfather.
A: Whos Christine?
B: She s my brother s wife.

my grandmother

my mother

my father d

my grandfather d

my aunt

my uncle d

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my brother-in-law d

my sister

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my niece

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my nephew d

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my cousin

my cousin d

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; and Listening

Me

A: OK. So who s this?

B: Thats my sister Clare and her
husband Jed.
A: Jed is / Is Jed English?
B: No, he isn' t / he not . He s Irish.
A: And are this / is this their
daughter ?
B: No, thats our cousin Danielle.
A: Are / Are they here in
Manchester ?
B: No, they aren t / isn t . They re in
Dublin.

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James s brother
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tractions for positive
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: i ? are / Christopher / and

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& 1.59 Listen and check.

Grammar focus explanation & more practice
of questions with be on page 108

Functional language
1 Complete the conversations with the words
in the box.
brother

- swers to the questions in

from

Hi

is

you

A: Juliet, this
Nigel. He s
B: Hello Nigel. Nice to meet

A: Naomi, this is my
Lee.
B:

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be is.
So. they aren t

Christopher

3 Read the conversation about

this photograph. Underline the
correct words.

: and listen to a conversation

Write the names

inv

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Canada.

Lee.

2 3 1.60 Listen and check.

3 Work in pairs. Practise the conversations.
4 Introduce your partner to other students in
the class.

5 . zney? No, he isn t.

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