Exercise 1. Vocabulary Exercises

Vocabulary Exercises

Other related words

Marital status and related words

Age groups

Relatives by marriage

Relatives

Family

spouse

child, children

sibling

great-grandfather, great-grandmother; great-grandchild

adopted son, adopted daughter, adopted child

foster family; foster father, foster mother, foster parents; foster son, foster daughter, foster child

uncle, aunt; nephew, niece

cousin, first cousin, second cousin

my family, my relatives, my folks, my kin

in-laws; father-in-law, mother-in-law; son-in-law, daughter-in-law

brother-in-law, brothers-in-law, sister-in-law, sisters-in-law

child, baby, infant; teenager, adolescent; adult, grownup

young man, young woman; old man, old woman

single, married, engaged; separated, divorced; widower, widow

fiance, engagement, engagement ring

bride, bridegroom, wedding, wedding rings, honeymoon

divorce, ex-husband / ex, ex-wife / ex; alimony, child support

girlfriend, boyfriend

lover, paramour, beau, mistress

pregnancy, birth

child care, kindergarten, day-care centre, babysitter

illness, sickness, disease

death, funeral, burial, cemetery, grave

Choose one of the names in the family tree below and say how the person is related to other people. Note that the pictures of marriage partners are connected with wedding rings.

►Pattern: William Luke is Leon Luke’s son, Philip Smith’s nephew and Laura White’s grandson

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