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THE FAMILY
A) Answer the questions ...
1. What is it?
R: a tv series
2. Do you know this TV serie?
R: yes
3. What TV serie is it?
R: los simpsons
4. How old is it?
R: 31 years old
5. Where is it from?
R: unided states
6. What is it about?
R:A family problems
7. How much do you know
R: I know little about the series
8. Name all family members
R: Homer, marge, bart, lisa and maggie
9. Describe the family tree.
Who is who?
R: abraham and mona are parents of homer and herb, clancy and jackie are parents of marge, selma and paty, homer and marge
have three children bart, lisa and maggy, and selma is ling's adoptive mother
10. Who are Patty and Selma?
R: They are daughters of Jackie and Clancie, they are also sisters of Marge
11. Who is the youngest member?
R: Maggie
12. Who is the oldest member?
R: Abraham and Jackie
13. Who is the main couple?
R: Marge and Homero
14. Who are Patty and Selma?
R: They are daughters of Jackie and Clancie, they are also sisters of Marge
15. Who is the youngest member?
R: Maggie
16. Who is the olderst member?
R: Abraham and jackie
17. Who is the main couple?
R: Homero and marge
B) True or false?
a) The Simpsons family is small. T
b) Marge has one brother and one sister. F
c) Ling is the daughter of Selma. T
d) Homer and Marge have three children. T
e) Homer and Marge have two sons and one daughter. F
f) Marge has one brother-in-law called Herb and two sisters-in- F
law Patty and Selma.
g) Clancy and Jackie have four grandchildren. T
C) Write a synonym for ...
mum, mummy, mom . .momma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
dad pa, daddy, pappa. . . . . . . . . . .
grandma, granny grannie ,gran, grandparent...
granddad, grandpa . . . . .gramps, granddaddy . . .
.........
D) Who is ...
boyfriend & girlfriend .Erika and alex . . . . .. .
fiancé & fiancée .Max and anna . . . . . . . .
bride & groom . .Erika and Alex . . . . . .
godfather & godmother . .Erika and Alex . . . . . . .
E) Look at the picture on the right and describe
the family.
a) What are their names?
R: Alex, Erika, Max, Anna, Thomas and polly
b) Where are they from?
R: England
c) Where they live?
R: Bogota
d) What language they can speak?
R: English and spanish
e) How old are they?
R: Alex is 31 years old, Erika 33 years old, Max and ana 66 years old, Thomas 13 years old and polly 8 years old
f) What are they like?
R: they are a united and solid family
g) Who is married to who?
R: Erika and Alex are married and max and ana too
Activity of English (listening)
Dilan Felipe Santafe Diaz
14/08/2020
1-) What five questions could you ask someone about his or her
family (e.g., What does your father do?)?
1. how many people are in your family?
2.¿what does your mom do?
3.¿you've got brothers?
4.¿are you the oldest or the youngest of them?
5.¿where they live?
2-) Idioms:
"get under someone's skin" = annoy or bother someone
"My brother gets under my skin when he enters my room without
knocking."
"stay-at-home mom" = a mother who doesn't have a job outside the
home
"My sister finds satisfaction in being a stay-at-home mom."
-Listening Exercise
A. Listen to the recording and answer the questions.
Vocabulary Practice
Do the vocabulary quizzes with the words from the conversation for
more practice:
Mixed-Up Sentence
Multiple-Choice Questions
Sentence and Vocabulary Matching
Gap-fill Exercise