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Unit 7: Family | Vocabulary | A2

If you get married, your husband’s or wife’s family become your in-laws. For example, your husband’s mother becomes your mother-in-law and you become her daughter-in-law.

EXERCISE 1

Look at the table below and complete the right-hand column with the appropriate title:

My mother-in-law	My husband's	mother
My father-in-law	My husband's
My mother	My husband's
My father	My husband's
My in-laws	My husband's
My family	My husband's
My brother-in-law	My husband's
My sister	My husband's

EXERCISE 2

Your grandparents’ parents are your great-grandparents.
e.g. Your grandmother’s mother is your great-grandmother.

Match these:

1. My father’s father	A. My great-aunt
2. My mother’ s mother	B. My grandfather
3. My father's aunt	C. My great-grandfather
4. My mother’s grandfather	D. My grandmother

EXERCISE 3

We usually use the words ‘big’ and ‘little’ for size only, but there are certain situations where we can use these words to mean ‘older/elder’ or ‘younger’, with the words ‘sister’ and ‘brother’.
e.g. my big sister = my elder sister

Decide whether old/young or big/little are correct in the following sentences:

1. My younger sister's 165 cm tall and I'm 155 cm; she's bigger/older than I am.

2. My big/old brother' II be here in a minute, so watch out!

3. His twin brother is slightly older/bigger than he is; he was born 15 minutes earlier.

4. She's got two brothers, one older/bigger and one younger/litte than her,

5. I have an elder/a bigger sister but I haven't seen her for years.

EXERCISE 4

We know the words mother, father and brother as nouns.mother is also often used as a verb:
e.g. Stop mothering me! (= take care of; overprotect)
They form –ly adjectives,
e.g. fatherly (= like a father).

Fill the gaps in the sentences below with the correct form of the word mother.

1. It's true; she's the best ____________ in the world.

2. She always ____________ him so much; he'll never learn to stand on his own two feet.

3. I’ll give you some ____________ advice: always get to bed before midnight and don't get married before you' re twenty-five.

EXERCISE 5

Phrasal verbs

Here are six phrasal verbs and expressions connected with relationships:

Phrasal verbs and expressions
take after	look up to	be in love with
get on with	put up with	have a lot in common with

If necessary, look them up in a dictionary to find out what they mean. Then use them to fill the gaps in the following sentences.

1. I _______________________ my sister: we never have any serious disagreements.

2. I _______________________ my brother-in-law. We share the same sign of the zodiac; maybe that's why.

3. I _______________________ my best friend's husband - what should I do?

4. I _______________________ my in-laws, but that doesn’t mean I like them!

5. I _______________________ my father; he was a keen sportsman, too.

6. I _______________________ my parents because they have qualities I admire.

EXERCISE 6

Age groups

Put these words in order of age:

teenager adult baby child toddler

1. ______

2. ______

3. ______

4. ______

5. ______

EXERCISE 7

Word formation

Complete the following table with the correct form of the word:

NOUN	ADJECTIVE
youth	young
father
	childish
baby
wife

Now fill the gaps in the sentences below, using the correct word:

1. A sixteen-year-old ______________ was charged with underage drinking.

2. My wife is expecting a ______________.

3. They have three children; the oldest ______________ is twelve.

4. He doesn’t show any ______________ concern for his son.

5. You' re too ______________ to smoke cigarettes.

EXERCISE 8

Choose the correct word from the box to complete these sentences:

child childhood childlike childish childless

1. I had a very happy ___________ even though my parents divorced when I was six years old.

2. A ___________ couple want to adopt the children.

3. Her ___________ innocence was her most attractive quality.

4. Don't be so ___________ and give me back my keys.

5. A ___________ of six could do this exercise!