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Vocabulary: The Family La Familia

This document provides vocabulary and grammar related to family members and describing physical appearance in English. It includes vocabulary for different family relationships and marital status. It also lists terms for describing height, build, hair, and other physical features. The grammar section covers possessive 's and plural forms of nouns. It concludes with pronunciation of certain endings and functional language for describing people and age.

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Vocabulary: The Family La Familia

This document provides vocabulary and grammar related to family members and describing physical appearance in English. It includes vocabulary for different family relationships and marital status. It also lists terms for describing height, build, hair, and other physical features. The grammar section covers possessive 's and plural forms of nouns. It concludes with pronunciation of certain endings and functional language for describing people and age.

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1 Thats English!

Module 1 Unit 3: Family

Vocabulary
The FAMILY La FAMILIA
Relative pariente The In-laws la familia poltica Great- bisGreat-Great- tataraStep - -astro Ex- exParents (mother + father) padres (madre + padre) Grandparents (grandmother + grandfather) abuelos (abuela + abuelo) Children (son + daughter) hijos (hijo + hija) Siblings (brother + sister) hermanos (hermano + hermana) Cousin primo/a Grandchildren (grandson + granddaughter) nietos (nieto + nieta) Nephew + Niece sobrino + sobrina Uncle + Aunt to + ta Couple (Husband + Wife) Matrimonio/Pareja (marido/esposo + mujer/esposa)

MARITAL STATUS Estado civil


Single soltero Married casado Separated separado Divorced divorciado A widower / A widow viudo / viuda

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE APARIENCIA FSICA


HEIGHT ESTATURA BUILD COMPLEXIN

Short

Medium-height

Tall Fat Medium-build Average build Slim

I.E.S. Virgen de Valme

Prof. D. Ral Escalera Maestre

2 Thats English! Module 1 Unit 3: Family HAIR PELO / CABELLOS LENGTH LONGITUD

Short
SHAPE FORMA

Medium-length

Long

Straight

Wavy

Curly

COLOUR COLOR Black moreno Dark / Brown castao oscuro Fair castao claro / rubio oscuro Blond rubio Red pelirrojo White blanco / albino Grey canoso

OTHER FEATURES Big Small Grande Pequeo Long Short Largo Corto Moustache bigote Beard barba Freckles pecas Dimples hoyuelos

+ eyes / nose / mouth + arms / legs.

Numbers 11 99
11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty
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21: twenty-one 22: twenty-two 30: thirty 40: forty 50: fifty 60: sixty 70: seventy 80: eighty 90: ninety
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3 Thats English! Module 1 Unit 3: Family

Grammar
1. Possessive s
Possessor s + whats possessed The possessor can be: A person: Johns car A country, a city or an institution: The citys museum Expressions of time, space, weigh, measurements,: yesterdays newspaper The boys books

When the possessor is a plural s form, we only add : Sometimes whats possessed can be omitted: -

When referring to someones house: at my uncles (house) When referring to shops: the bakers (shop) When referring to well-known churches and hospitals: St Pauls (cathedral) To avoid repetition: This is my car and that is my brothers (car)

2. Nouns: Plural Form


Regular Form
Singular + s pen > penS Spelling Exceptions - Sibilants (-s, -ch, -sh, -x, -z) + es box > boxES - -o + -es tomato > tomatoES (but if the word is a short form of a longer word, we just add s: photo(graphy) > photoS) - consonant + -y = consonant + -ies lady > ladIES - -f(e) = -ves wife > wiVES (some other words ending in f, just follow the general rule: belief > beliefS.)

Irregular Form
Vowel Change Man Men Woman Women Mouse Mice Tooth Teeth Foot Feet Goose Geese
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-en Suffix Child children Ox oxen

Foreign Plurals Datum Data Analysis Analyses Octopus Octopi / Octopuses

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4 Thats English! Module 1 Unit 3: Family

Zero Plural
Some words, especially those referring to animals, have the same form for both singular and plural. Sheep Deer Fish Cod

Present Simple 2: Irregular Verbs


TO HAVE GOT (= tener)

a) Form
AFFIRMATIVE
I/We/You/They have got (ve got) He/She/It has got ( s got)

NEGATIVE
I/We/You/They have not got (havent got) He/She/It has not got (hasnt got)

INTERROGATIVE
Have I/we/you/they got? Has he/she/it got?

SHORT ANSWER
Yes, subject + have / has No, subject + havent / hasnt

b) Meaning
b.1.) Possession: e.g. I have got two sisters NB: We can also use have instead of have got with this meaning. However, the verb to have follows a regular pattern. e.g. I have got two sisters = I have two sisters I havent got two sisters = I dont have two sisters

Pronunciation
1. -s ending in plural forms and possessive s

Voiceless sound + /s/ Plural Form Possessive s Cats /kts/ Kates /kets/

Voiced sound + /z/ Dogs /dz/ Toms /tmz/

Sibilant sound + / z/ Matches /mtz/ Maxs /mksz/

I.E.S. Virgen de Valme

Prof. D. Ral Escalera Maestre

5 Thats English! Module 1 Unit 3: Family

Functional Language
1. Describing Physical Appearance Describir la apariencia fsica
Im (height) and (build) What do you look like? I have (got) hair I have (got) (other feaures)

2. Talking about age Hablar de la edad


How old are you? Im (years old)

3. Identifying someone Identificar a alguien


Who is it? Its me! Is it Tom?

I.E.S. Virgen de Valme

Prof. D. Ral Escalera Maestre

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