Families

A family is group of people that are related to each other by birth, marriage, or adoption. Some family members look alike, while others look completely different. Immediate family members include close relatives like parents, children, and siblings. Extended family members include grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins. This lesson reviews basic vocabulary words that ESL students can use to describe and discuss families.

What kind of family is this? It is a small family. These new parents have one child. Their child is a boy. He is their son.

What kind of family is this? It is a large extended family. An extended family includes grandparents, parents, children, siblings, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

What are some names for male relatives? Male relatives include grandfathers, fathers, uncles, sons, nephews, and grandsons. This is a famliy photo of three generations of males.

What are some names for female relatives? Female relatives include grandmothers, mothers, aunts, daughters, nieces, and granddaughters. This is a family photo of three generations of women. The two women on the left are sisters.

Do family members help each other? Yes, they do. This girl's mom and brother are helping her with her homework.

What are the mom and kids doing? They are baking cookies. The daughter is putting the cookies on a cookie sheet.

What are the father and son doing? They are changing a tire. The boy is helping his father.

How does the girl feel? She feels sad. Her father is comforting h

Vocabulary aunt brother brother-in-law cousin daughter daughter-in-law Do you have any brothers or sisters? family father father-in-law grandchild granddaughter grandfather grandmother grandson help How about you? husband in-law mother mother-in-law neighbor nephew niece Oh, really? parent photograph sister sister-in-law son son-in-law Tell me about (your family). uncle wash wedding wife