Meet my family — ready-made English lesson, A1

Lesson goal: Students can name family members and describe their family using has/have and possessive 's.

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Lesson plan

1
Warm-up
Questions to get the student talking and lead into the topic.
- Is your family big or small?
- Do you have a brother or a sister?
- Where do your grandparents live?
- Who do you live with?
2
New words
Meet the words and practise them in games.
FlashcardsMemory
mother · father · sister · brother · grandmother · grandfather · son · daughter · parents · husband · wife · aunt · uncle · cousin · baby
All words in the set
3
Exercises
The lesson's words in context. Only you see the answers.
1. Fill the gap
  My mother's mother is my ___.
  Answer: grandmother / grandma / granny
2. Fill the gap
  My father's brother is my ___.
  Answer: uncle
3. Fill the gap
  My sister ___ two children, a son and a daughter.
  Answer: has / has got
4. Multiple choice
  Your aunt's son is your ...
  brothercousinunclehusband
5. Multiple choice
  Tom is Mary's husband. Mary is Tom's ...
  sistermotherwifedaughter
6. Multiple choice
  Choose the correct sentence.
  This is my brother's car.This is my brothers car.This is my brother car.
7. Multiple choice
  This is my uncle. ___ name is Paul.
  HisHerHeHim
8. True / false
  Read: "Hi, I'm Anna. I'm twelve. My parents are Maria and Peter. My mum is a doctor and my dad is a teacher. I have one brother, Max. He's six." Anna has a sister.
  Answer: False
9. True / false
  Your parents are your mother and your father.
  Answer: True
10. Discussion question
  Tell me about one person in your family. Who is it? How old is he or she? What does he or she like?
  Sample answer: This is my grandmother. Her name is Olga. She is seventy years old. She lives in the country and she likes cooking.
4
Speaking
The student answers using the new words.
- How many people are there in your family?
- Who is the funniest person in your family?
- What does your mother or father do?
- Do you have cousins? How often do you see them?
- What do you do with your family at the weekend?
5
Review
A quiz on the lesson's words. With a student, it's homework on their link.
Quiz

Lesson plan

Warm-up

Questions to get the student talking and lead into the topic.

Is your family big or small?
Do you have a brother or a sister?
Where do your grandparents live?
Who do you live with?

New words

Meet the words and practise them in games.

FlashcardsMemory

mother · father · sister · brother · grandmother · grandfather · son · daughter · parents · husband · wife · aunt · uncle · cousin · baby

All words in the set

Exercises

The lesson's words in context. Only you see the answers.

Fill the gap
My mother's mother is my ___.
Answer: grandmother / grandma / granny
Fill the gap
My father's brother is my ___.
Answer: uncle
Fill the gap
My sister ___ two children, a son and a daughter.
Answer: has / has got
Multiple choice
Your aunt's son is your ...
brothercousinunclehusband
Multiple choice
Tom is Mary's husband. Mary is Tom's ...
sistermotherwifedaughter
Multiple choice
Choose the correct sentence.
This is my brother's car.This is my brothers car.This is my brother car.
Multiple choice
This is my uncle. ___ name is Paul.
HisHerHeHim
True / false
Read: "Hi, I'm Anna. I'm twelve. My parents are Maria and Peter. My mum is a doctor and my dad is a teacher. I have one brother, Max. He's six." Anna has a sister.
Answer: False
True / false
Your parents are your mother and your father.
Answer: True
Discussion question
Tell me about one person in your family. Who is it? How old is he or she? What does he or she like?
Sample answer: This is my grandmother. Her name is Olga. She is seventy years old. She lives in the country and she likes cooking.

Speaking

The student answers using the new words.

How many people are there in your family?
Who is the funniest person in your family?
What does your mother or father do?
Do you have cousins? How often do you see them?
What do you do with your family at the weekend?

Review

A quiz on the lesson's words. With a student, it's homework on their link.

Quiz