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Unit 9 - Lesson 43 - English Families #1 Introducing your family

Remember It

To Have

Possesive Adjectives

Learn It

An English family says 'Hello!'

Mr and Mrs Bell are married.
This is Mary Bell.		Mrs Bell: "Hello I'm Mary Bell, George's wife. George is my husband."	This is George Bell.		Mr Bell: "Hello I'm George Bell, Mary's husband. Mary is my wife."

Mr and Mrs Bell: "We have two children; Carol and Robert. We are their parents."

This is Carol.		Carol:	"Hello! I'm Carol Bell."
This is Robert.		Carol:	"This is Robert. He's my big brother. I'm his sister."
		Robert:	"Hello! I'm Robert Bell. I'm her brother. She's my little sister."

Carol and Robert : "Here are our parents. We're their children."

You have already met Mary.		Carol and Robert:	"This is our mother."
		Mrs Bell:	"I'm Robert and Carol's mother. Carol is my daughter and Robert is my son."
You have already met George.		Carol and Robert:	"This is our father."
		Mr Bell:	"I'm Robert and Carol's father. Carol is my daughter and Robert is my son."

!Note - We sometimes call our sisters and brothers siblings. They can be little or big brothers or sisters . A little brother or sister is younger a big brother or sister is older.

For example: I have two siblings, they are my big sisters, I don't have any little sisters, I am the youngest. I don't have any brothers either.

Pronunciation

	husband	wife	parent	mother	father	children	daughter	son	brother	sister

Test It

Test what you have learnt - Rearrange the letters - Happy Families # 1

Practise It

On the forum - Do you have any brothers and sisters? What are they like?

This is a song that illustrates families.

Print Version - Thanks to Ali (aka GSMTG), you can print this lesson out here.

Next lesson - Lesson 44 Happy Families #2

Week 43