VOCABULARY

FAMILY KEY

1. Section 1 - Please, note the difference between:
a. A stepbrother/sister and a half-brother/sister A stepbrother is the
son of your stepmother/stepfather, i.e. the woman married to your
father or man married to your mother but who is not your biological
parent. A half-brother/sister is a boy or girl who has either the same
mother or same father as you.
b. A single parent a man or woman who is bringing up a child alone.
c. A father figure could either be your real father or another male
who acts as an emotional substitute and role model for a child who
has no father.

2. Section 2 Describing families:

Please, remember
- the difference between take after and look like ( take after your
father means to look or behave like your father or other older
member of your family; look like your father means to have a similar
appearance to your father, but it cannot be used to express
similarities in behaviour).
- the meaning of bring up (= to care for a child and teach him I her how
to behave). Compare with educate (= teach sb at school, university,
etc.). Teach the noun upbringing and also the verb raise, which is
common in AmE as a synonym for bring up.
- the difference between grow (= increase in size) and grow up (=
develop into an adult), e.g. My children are all grown up now.
- the meaning of relationship = the way in which friends, partners,
countries, etc. behave towards one another
- the difference between ancestors (= a person in your family who
lived a long time ago) and descendants (= children, their children's
children, and all the people who live after them who are related to
them)

3. Section 3 Family idioms