EF23 Class 11

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 9:15

 

Today’s agenda

·      Quiz#1 – simple sentences

·      “Family Relationships” vocabulary about family

·      Begin compound sentences

·      This week’s dialogue “Going to the Bank”

·      Begin full review of verb tenses

 

Friday

·      Continue compound sentences

·      This week’s dialogue “Going to the Bank”

·      Continue review of verb tenses

 

Monday

·      Continue review of verb tenses

 

Quiz#1

Doublespace.

Write in pen.

Write a simple sentence for each.

Submit by 9:45.

1.    SV      bank

2.    SSV    leave

3.    SV      famous

4.    SVV   walk

5.    SVV   favourite

6.    SSV    food

 

 

 

 

“Family Relationships” vocabulary about family

“Family Relationships” vocabulary about family

Male Relatives

-father- dad, parent

one parent, two parents

-your father’s father- your paternal grandfather

your mother’s father – your maternal grandfather

maternal(adj)- mother You have a baby in the maternity ward of the hospital.

ward-area of a hospital- maternity ward, cardiology ward (heart), nephrology ward(kidneys)

paternal(adj)- father

-a boy child, offspring=children

-brother- sibling- brother or sister

“I have four siblings: three brothers and one sister.”

“I have three siblings, all sisters.”

-uncle- your dad’s or mom’s brother

“I have 20 uncles and 20 aunts.”

“I have three uncles on my mother’s side. I have two uncles on my father’s side.”

“My family is Persian on my mother’s side. We are German on my father’s side.”

-great-grandfather-  your father’s grandfather OR your grandfather’s father OR your mother’s grandfather OR your grandmother’s father

your grandparent’s father

great-great-great-great-grandfather- ancestor=forefather

 

four- 4

fore- before, in the past

 

My ancestors are from Venezuala.  My family is indigenous.

Canada has First Nations. Venezuala has tribes.

Brazil has 1700000 Indigenous people.

1 700 000  one million seven hundred thousand

 

-nephew- your brother or sister’s son, your sibling’s son

-son-in-law -husband of your child/daughter

in-law- related by marriage, not by blood

-brother-in-law- your husband or wife’s brother

                               - your sister-in-law’s or brother-in-law’s brother

-father-in-law- the father of your spouse

-spouse- husband/wife/partner

-stepson-

Cinderella had a stepmother.

Cinderella- a children’s story

stepdaugher- stepmother

-half brother- two children that have the same mother or the same father

-adopted son-

-foster son-

-godson- cultural- Catholic, Christian

 

Female Relatives

-niece- your sibling’s daughter

-mother-in-law – many jokes about mothers-in-law -monster-in-law

 

Either Gender

-one parent, two parents

-spouse- husband, wife, partner

-one child, two children

-only child – no siblings  We say that an only child is spoiled.

I spoiled my daugher when she was little. I was strict with my son.

My father was strict with me, but he spoils his granddaughters.

Grandparents often will spoil their grandchildren.

 

-in-laws – family related by marriage

I get along well with my in-laws. We are going to visit the in-laws this weekend.

IDIOM get along- friendly, good relationship

 

Marital Statuses- marriage

-         married  Shira married with Jun. Shira got married to Jun.

-         single- free(adj), freedom(noun)

-         engaged- planning to get married, already proposed

-         separated-

-         divorced- legally the marriage is over, the relationship is finished

-         common-law- living together but not married

-         bachelor- single man, usually young

Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), Beyoncé song

-         widow- husband dies   She is a young widow. My mother and mother-in-law are both widows.

-         widower- wife dies  He is a widower.

 

Additional Vocabulary

-immediate family – parents and children, siblings

-extended family- aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, second cousins, etc.