Your family tree

Task 3. Fill in the gaps with a corresponding relative name.

1. His aunt’s son is his cousin. 2. Your father’s father is your ________. 3. My sister’s son is my _____________. 4. My sister’s daughter is my _________. 5. My mother’s brother is my ________. 6. Your mother’s sister is your _______. 7. Your uncle’s daughter is your ______. 8. Your mother’s mother is your______. 9. Your sister’s husband is your ______. 10. Your brother’s wife is your ________. 11. Your husband’s mother is your______. 12. Your mother’s son is your _________. 13. Your father’s daughter is your ______.

Task 3. Try the crossword.

ACROSS: 1. The sister of someone’s mother of father. 2. Someone’s father and mother. 3. Someone’s female parent. 45. The father of someone’s father or mother.

DOWN: 1. Someone’s female child. 2. A boy or a man with the same parents as someone. 3. Someone’s male child. 4. The daughter of someone’s sister or brother. 5. The mother of someone’s father or mother. 6. Someone’s male parent. 7. The son of someone’s sister or brother. 8. A girl or a woman with the same parents as someone.

Task 4. Fill in the text with the terms from the table (task 1):

Your closest relatives are your parents: your (1) _______________ and (2) _______________; and your (3) _______________ (brothers or sisters). If your mother or father is not an only child, you also have a(n) (4) _______________ and/or a(n) (5) _______________. If your aunts or uncles have children, they are your (6) _______________.

When you marry, your husband’s (or wife’s) family become your (7) _______________. The mother of your spouse (husband or wife) is your (8) _______________ and his or her father becomes your (9) _______________. The term in-law is also used to describe your relationship with the spouses of your siblings. So the husband of your sister becomes your (10) _______________, while the sister of your husband becomes your (11) _______________. If you are a woman, you become the daughter-in-law of your husband’s parents, and if you are a man, you become the son-in-law of your wife’s parents. The same term in-law is used for all generations.

The parents of your parents are your (12) _______________ — grandmother and grandfather. If your grandparent has a sister or a brother, they are your great-aunt and great-uncle. (And you are either his or her great-niece or great-nephew.)

If your mother or father remarries, you can acquire a new family and set of relatives. For example, if your father marries a second wife, she becomes your (13) _______________. Any children she already has become your stepbrother or stepsister. If your mother or father remarries and has children, they become your (14) _______________ or (15) _______________.

You might also hear people talking about their biological brother / sister etc., to mean a brother who is related by blood, rather than by marriage.

The main family types are nuclear family (only mother, father and children), today nuclear families are often single-parent/one-parent families. The bigger unit is immediate family — your closest relatives — grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins. The entire family (all relatives you have) makes an extended family.

Families may be close-knit, where the members have close relationships with each other or dysfunctional (where the members have serious problems with each other).

When members of the family look similar, we speak of family resemblance, when there exists a characteristic that is common among family members, we say that it runs in the family. Also, characteristic for the family are family gatherings, family values and family-sized (big) packages of food.

Task 5. Write /Tell about the advantages and disadvantages of growing in a large, extended family and in a small family using the table and the ‘Key Language’.

	Advantages	Disadvantages
Small Family	The attention of the parents is focused on the only child; the child can enjoy expensive after-school activities, travelling, etc.; they can have newest technologies and more money can be invested in education.	The only child often feels lonely, especially if parents spend a lot of time at work; there are no close relatives after parents pass away; the child can develop egoistical features of character.
Extended Family	When people grow together, they develop close ties to the end of their lives; there is always somebody to play with and talk to; people learn to help and cooperate.	There are fewer possibilities for expensive development; there is often sibling rivalry; less money is invested into education.

Key Language: Compare and Contrast

They both have…

Both of them are…

One of these … while the other…

On one hand (the extended family) is … but on the other hand…

On one hand…/ On the other hand…/ At the same time…

In comparison to the small family, the large one…

It’s quite difficult to compare them but…

However…/ Though…/ While…/ Whereas…

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