Vocabulary: Family Members

Grandparents Parents

grandmother grandfather father mother

husband wife

Grandchildren

Children

grandson granddaughter

son daughter

brother sister

Other members:

uncle/ aunt cousin nephew/ niece stepmother/stepfather boyfriend /girlfriend

In-laws:

mother-in-law father-in-law brother-in-law sister-in-law daughter-in-law son-in-law

GRAMMAR:

A. Showing possession. The verb ‘have got’.

P. Pron.	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Answers
I	have got (‘vegot)	have not got	Have I got...?	Yes, I have / No, I haven’t
You	have got	have not got	Have you got...?	Yes, you have / No, you haven’t
He	has got (	has not got (hasn’t got)	he Has she got...? it	Yes, has / No, he hasn’t
She				Yes, has / No, she hasn’t
It				Yes, has / No, it hasn’t
We	have got	have not got (haven’t got)	we Have you got...? they	Yes, we have / No, we haven’t
You				Yes, you have / No, you haven’t
They				Yes, they have / No, they haven’t

Examples: I’ve got two brothers and two sisters.

Ana hasn’t got any cousins but she has got an aunt called Rita.

B. Genitive Case -’s/-s’ (possessive case)

The possessive case is used especially to indicate a relation of ownership or association. Both nouns and pronouns are inflected in the possessive case.

Examples:

Possessive Case:

My parents’ names are Julia and Tony. My brothers’ names are Gustavo and Federico. My dogs’ names are Keeper and Junior. My cat’s name is Titi.

Have got:

I’ve got a big family. I’ve got two brothers. I’ve got my parents. I’ve got three uncles and 1 aunt. I’ve got fifteen cousins.

Singular Nouns

noun + ( ’ ) + -s

the student’s name

my baby’s name

a man’s name

PLURAL Nouns

noun + -s + ( ’ )

Regular Plural

the students’ names

my babies’ names

Irregular Plural

Men’s names

Children’s names

noun+ ( ’ ) + s

1. Write in the blanks the correct family member

My mother's daughter's husband is my …………………………………..

My children's mother is my …………………………………..

My parents' daughter is my …………………………………..

My father's brother is my …………………………………..

My cousins' parents are my uncles and my…………………………………..

My sister's son is my…………………………………..

My son's daughter is my …………………………………..

My mother's son is my …………………………………..

My grandparents' son, except my father, is my …………………………………..

My cousin's mother is my…………………………………..

The man I love, my children´s father in the future, is now my ……………………………..

My grandfather's wife is my …………………………………..

My uncle´s daughter is my …………………………………..

The woman I love, my children´s mother in the future, is now my ………………………..

My brother´s daughter is my …………………………………..

My niece's brother is my …………………………………..

The father of your father or mother is your …………………………………..

My son´s children are my …………………………………..

My nephew's sister is my …………………………………..

My brother's wife is my …………………………………..

My son´s daughter is my …………………………………..

My husband´s father is my …………………………………..