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Family tree for dummies: what is the correct name for family members in English?

Almost all of us know how to say «mom» or «dad» in English. These words are familiar even to those who studied German, Spanish or Chinese at school. But what about other relatives? Fortunately, in English, family ties are not as confusing as in Russian. Read our selection of English vocabulary, figure out who belongs to whom and how family members are called correctly in English.

Close relatives in English (close relatives)

In the beginning, everything is quite easy. Your whole family in English is family… Your mom in English will be motherand dad — father… If you are their son, then you are — areand daughter — daughter… Your parents will be for you parents… And among themselves they are a husband (husband) and wife (wife). So far, everything is very clear, isn’t it?

Your grandparents in English are grandfather (grandfather) and grandmother (Granny). That is, you just add the word “grand” to the words “mom” and “dad”.

And if you are talking about great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers, then you should also add the word “great”. So it turns out that great-grandfather will great grandfather, and great-grandmother — Great Grandmother.

Well, if you want to «dig» even deeper, then just add the word «great». For example, a great-great-grandmother would great great grandmother.

Guess how will you be in English for all your grandparents?
In order to correctly name yourself, you need to use the same scheme as for them. That is, add the words grand and great.

For example, a grandson — grandson, great-grandson — great grandson, and great-great-grandson — great great grandson.

Well, if a granddaughter, then we add all this to the word «daughter» (grand daughter — granddaughter, great granddaughter — great-granddaughter, great-great granddaughter — great-great-granddaughter).

If you are lucky enough to have brothers and sisters, then memorize the words brother (brother) and sister (sister). But in English it is not necessary to specify them. Word siblings can perfectly show that you have a half-brother or sister without going into the details of what gender this person is.

Married family members

If you have a brother or sister with whom you have only one parent in common, then such family members will be called in English Half-Brother or half-sister

Source: http://begin-english.ru/article/family-members-semya-na-angliyskom/

«Family» theme in English for children

For each of us, the family is the most precious thing that can be. Often when we meet, we are asked to talk about how we live, about our family, about our parents. If you are learning English, then let this topic help you tell about your family.

How can children tell about their family in English?

Also, this topic will be useful for children. Because at the end of the school English course, the child must have a certain baggage of topics on which he can talk, build a dialogue, and tell. The family theme is one of them.

• Let’s talk about family members
  • How to tell about the family in English?

Let’s talk about family members

Each family (family), as a rule, consists of several people. Sometimes these are some distant relatives, godparents, etc. But now we will look at the most basic family members in English, parents and close relatives (parents and close relatives). So, let’s figure out who is who in the family in English:

• Grandfather (grandpa, granddad) — grandfather
• Grandmother (grandma, granny) — grandmother
• Father (daddy, dad) — father
• Mother (mummy, mum, mom) — mother
• Sister — sister
• Brother — brother
• Son — son
• Daughter — daughter
• Uncle — uncle
• Aunt — aunt
• Cousin — cousin / first cousin

It is important for children to be able to tell something about each member of the family. Who is who by profession, what is their hobby, etc. In English, this can be done something like this:

• My father is a builder. He builds houses. He is strong and clever. — My father is a builder. He builds houses. He is strong and smart
• My mother is a teacher. She s children and she s to read books. — My mom is a teacher. She loves children and loves to read books.
• My granny doesn’t work. She is pensioner. She tells very interesting fairy tales. — My grandmother does not work. She is a pensioner. She tells very interesting tales
• I have a sister. She is a university student. She s sports. — I have a sister. She is a university student. She likes sports.

If we are talking about spouses, then here they are in English:

• Husband — husband, spouse
• Wife — wife, spouse

Pay attention to the examples of sentences with these words:

• I love my husband, he is the best. — I love my husband, he is the best
• John’s wife is very hard-working. — John’s wife is very hardworking.

Also, we want to bring to your attention a small set of words that refer to more distant relatives. It will be interesting and useful not so much for children as for beginners learning English. So:

• Father-in-law — father-in-law, father-in-law
• Mother-in-law — mother-in-law, mother-in-law
• Daughter-in-law — daughter-in-law
• Son-in-law — son-in-law
• Stepfather — stepfather
• Stepmother — stepmother
• Stepbrother — stepbrother
• Godfather — Godfather
• Godmother — Godmother
• Godson — the godson
• Goddaughter — Goddaughter

Examples of sentences with these words and their translation into Russian:

• My son got married; now I have a daughter-in-law. — My son got married, now I have a daughter-in-law
• My father-in-law is a very wise man. — My father-in-law is a very wise man
• I am going to visit my godfather. — I’m going to visit my godfather.

Family members in English and example sentences with them

How to tell about the family in English?

This is very important for children. This topic is often found in textbooks, in exams, in simple conversation. The words above, as well as a few more details, will help you tell about your family.

Describe each member of your family, tell us what he enjoys, where he works. Tell us about the hobbies of each of them. Briefly tell us about family traditions and holidays, what you do when you get together. Do not forget to mention yourself, because you are also a member of your family.

So, you can tell about your family something like this:

My family is not big. We are four: my father, my mother, my brother and I. My father is a doctor, he treats people. He s his work very much. Also he is fond of taking pictures.
My mother is an economist. She s mathematics. When she has some free time, she cooks very tasty cakes. We always help her all around the house.
My brother is a university student.

He is learning to be a doctor our father. He is also a good sportsman, he plays tennis and football.
My name is Alex, I am a pupil. I also sport and reading books.
I when our family gets together. Then we discuss films and books, listen to the music. On weekends we visit our grandparents. In summer we go to the seaside or to the mountains.
I love my family very much.

It is the best family in the world.

If you have any difficulties with translation, then here it is:

My family is not big. There are four of us: my father, my mother, my brother and me. My father is a doctor, he heals people. He loves his job very much. He also enjoys photography.
My mother is an accountant. She loves math. When she has free time, she makes delicious cakes. We always help her around the house.
My brother is a university student.

He is studying to be a doctor, like our dad. He is also a good athlete, he plays tennis and football.
My name is Alex, I am a student. I also love sports and reading books.
I love it when our family gets together. Then we discuss films and books, listen to music. On weekends, we visit grandparents. In the summer we go to the sea or to the mountains.
I really love my family.

This is the best family in the world.

One way or something like this you can talk about your family in English. Again, this topic is very important for the lexicon. Practice doing this with your child, using our text as a template.

We wish you good luck!

Source: https://englishfull.ru/deti/semia-na-anglijskom.html

Lesson 9: Family — English family. We will learn to talk about our family

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As you know, family, but in English family it is the foundation of any society. Also, family is the basis of our lesson today. Using the example of family relationships, we will work out several very important constructions that are often used in English. After this lesson, you will be able to read and understand the text about the family from another article, as well as write a short essay about your family.

— New words; — plural nouns;

— Who question;

— possessive pronouns;

— constructions have got и has got;

— exercises.

New words

father [ˈFɑːðə] — father	are [sʌn] — son	family [ˈFæmɪli] — family
mother [ˈMʌðə] — mother	Daugther [ˈDɔːtə] — daughter	who [huː] — who
wife [waɪf] — wife	parent [ˈPeərənt] — parent	his [hɪz] — his
husband [ˈHʌzbənd] — husband	child [ʧaɪld] — child	her [hɜː] — her
brother [ˈBrʌðə] — brother	boy [bɔɪ] — boy	Their [ðeə] — their
sister [ˈSɪstə] — sister	girl [gɜːl] — girl	have got [hæv gɒt] — to have

John and Polly’s family — John and Polly’s family

Listen to this text about family, try to hear new words from the table in it.

Now insert the missing words into the text using the picture as a hint:

John is Polly’s ____________. Polly is John’s ____________. Andrew is Joyce’s ____________. Joyce is Andrew’s ____________. Polly and John are Joyce’s ____________. Polly is her ____________, and John is her ____________.

Andrew and Joyce are John’s ____________. Andrew is his ____________, and Joyce is his ____________.

Plural — plurals

Basically, the plural of nouns in English is formed by adding -s.

sisters [ˈSɪstəz] — sisters
brothers [ˈBrʌðəz] — brothers
mothers [ˈMʌðəz] — mothers
fathers [ˈFɑːðəz] — fathers
parents [ˈPeərənts] — parents

However, there are also others, the so-called, irregular nouns, the plural of which will be quite different:

child — children [ˈʧɪldrən] — children
wife — wives [waɪvz] — wives
man — men [mɛn] — men
woman — women [ˈWɪmɪn] — women

Hear how the pairs of these nouns sound. Pay special attention to the pair man — men. We deliberately repeated it several times, since it is rather difficult for the Russian ear to make out the difference, but it is there.

Such irregular forms will have to be memorized, since there are no rules on their account.

If a noun ends in -y, then plural -y changing to ie therefollowed by adding -s.

family — families [ˈFæmɪliz] secretary — secretaries [ˈSɛkrətriz]

Who questions

Questions with a question word who [huː] — who are built according to the following scheme: in the first place is the question word itself who, in second place is the verb is for the singular or are for the plural, and then comes the object we’re interested in. Examples:

Who is John’s daugther?  — who is John’s daughter?
Who are John and Polly’s children? — Who are Polly and John’s children?

Possessive pronouns

In the previous two lessons, we looked at possessive nouns, they can be replaced with possessive pronouns by meaning, for example

instead John’s son  (John’s son) we can say — his son (his son),
instead John and Polly’s children (children of Polly and John) — their children (their kids),
instead my sisters’ names (my sisters’ names) — Their Names (their names)

Have got

In English, «I have a son» would be like this: I have got a son or as I’ve got a son. The third person singular is used has got, that is, «he has a son» will be:

He has got a son = He’s got a son

Hear a few sentences using constructs have got и has got

I’ve got a husband. My husband has got two brothers and a sister. They’ve got no children. Marsha has got parents.

Her parents have got four children.

Exercises

A. Insert his, her, their, is, or are:

Alice and her sister are both teachers. 1. John ______ British, and ______ wife ______ French. 2. Philippe ______ a doctor, and ______ brother ______ a photographer. 3. My brother and I ______ tall, but our parents ______ short. 4.

Sophia ______ a secretary, and ______ mother ______ a secretary too. 5. Monica’s father ______ a shop assistant. ______ name ______ Andrew. 6. Anna and Mark ______ German. ______ daughter ______ American. 7. What ______ your son’s name? eight.

Who ______your children?

9. Joyce and Julia ______ sisters. What ______ ______ name?

Listen to the correct answers.

B. Modify the sentences for example: Mary has got a daughter. She is 12.

Mary’s daughter is 12.

1. Paul has got a brother. He is very tall. 2. My sister has got a husband. He is a shop assistant. 3. My brother has got a girlfriend. She is very good-looking. 4. Joyce and Jack have got children. They are young.

5. Monica has got a son. He is a Student.

right answers:

C. Write a story about your familyusing everything learned in this tutorial. Minimum 10 offers. Then speak it into the recorder, listen to it, note what you didn’t like, and write it down again and again. Learn to listen to YOUR English!

Next Lesson # 10 — Have you got any sisters or brothers?

Source: https://lingvana.ru/family.html

Tell us about the family in English

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Kum, brother, matchmaker: read about close and distant relatives and marital status in our article. Tell us about your family in English!

In English, relatives are called relatives for a reason — it almost coincides with the adjective relative — «relative.» And this is logical, because family ties always exist relative to another person. One and the same person may be a brother to someone, an uncle to someone, a grandson to someone. So let’s explore family topics in English.

My nuclear family: next of kin

It would be best to start with the next of kin — what is called the nuclear family in English (main family, small family):

mother	мать	father	Father
are	son	daughter	daughter
brother	brother	sister	sister

The children of one parent are called siblings. This word does not have an exact translation into Russian, so if someone asks you “Do you have any siblings?” It simply means “Do you have brothers or sisters?”

My extended family: more distant relatives

More distant relatives (or extended family):

grandmother	grandmother	grandfather	granddad
grandson	grandson	grand daughter	granddaughter
aunt	aunt	uncle	uncle
nephew	nephew	niece	niece
cousin	cousin / sister	second cousin	second cousin / sister

In English, there are no separate words for brother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, etc. They are all called brother-in-law or sister-in-law. Or, if you, for example, introduce a friend to relatives, you can clarify: “This is my wife’s brother” (“This is my wife’s brother”) or “This is my husband’s sister” (“This is my husband’s sister”). The parents of a husband or wife are called mother-in-law and father-in-law.

Words related to marital status

husband	husband	wife	wife
spouse	spouse)	engagement	engagement
wedding	wedding	marriage	marriage
fiance	groom (after engagement)	fiancee	Bride (after engagement)
bellhop	groom (at a wedding)	flange	bride (at a wedding)
married	married	engaged	engaged
single	single, not married	divorced	divorced

Other words

Of course, it also happens that people get divorced and get married or remarry. In such a situation, the following words come in handy:

ex-wife	ex-wife	ex-husband	ex-husband
stepmother	stepmother	father-in-law	stepfather

Source: https://skyeng.ru/articles/rasskazhite-o-seme-na-anglijskom

Beginner Lesson: How to Tell About Your Family in English

We all need to talk about our family from time to time. At a job interview, when meeting new people, just to keep the conversation going. Talking about family is a great way to have a sweet conversation about everything and about nothing (small talk), whose art is so much appreciated by the British.

But what if you are not yet very confident in your English? There is a universal formula for how to tell about your loved ones easily and without straining. It has four easy steps.

My family and I usually spend Sunday nights watching old horror movies together and eating pizza. / My family and I usually spend Sunday evenings together watching old horror movies and eating pizza.

You can also tell a funny story or sweet memory.

One of my best memories of my family is when we traveled to Thailand for 10 days. The airport staff lost all our luggage, so we had to wear the same clothes for three days. But we just laughed about it and still had a great time.

/ One of the best memories of my family is how we went to Thailand for 10 days. The airport staff lost all of our luggage, so we had to wear the same clothes for three days.

But we just laughed at it and still had a great time.

Explain why your family members are truly dear to you.

I love my family dearly because they always support me in everything that I do. They are my best friends. / I am madly in love with my relatives, because they always support me in everything I do. They are my best friends.

I’ve got nine people in my family me included. Father, my mother, my siblings, elder brother and younger sister, my aunt and my uncle, two grandparents. / There are nine people in our family, including me. Dad, mom, my older brother and younger sister, uncle and aunt, grandfather and grandmother.

In English, the concept of an immediate family is distinguished — this is a wife / husband, children, parents, brothers and sisters. And extended family — uncles, aunts, cousins ​​and cousins, nephews and nieces, grandparents and grandchildren.

My immediate family is not too big as I am the only child. / My family is very small, because I am an only child.

My immediate family is pretty crowded; there are my parents, my sister, my brother with the wife, and me. / We have a lot of people in our family: my parents, my sister, brother and his wife and me.

Appearance

My brother is a very handsome man. / My brother is very handsome.

They say my mother has very kind eyes. / They say that my mother has very kind eyes.

Character or personality traits

My uncle is actually a very modest and warm-hearted person. / My uncle is actually a very humble and kind-hearted person.

My brother is a really brave man. Last summer he rescued a drowning child. / My brother is a very brave man. He saved a drowning child last summer.

My sister is a bit light-headed. She only thinks about shopping and clubbing. / My sister is a little frivolous. She only thinks about how to roam the shops and clubs.

Work and education

For the last 15 years my dad has worked for Chevrolet as a leading engineer. He really loves his job. / For the past 15 years, my father has worked as a lead engineer at Chevrolet. He really loves his job.

My sister is an Oxford student. / My sister is studying at Oxford.

Interests and hobbies

My brother’s main hobby is snowboarding. So, he s to go to the mountains every year during the Christmas holiday. / My brother’s main hobby is snowboarding. Therefore, he loves to travel to the mountains every year during the Christmas holidays.

Remember that it is advisable to give a little attention to each member of the family.

This will make your story sound natural. It will become clear to the interlocutor that you really love your family and are keenly interested in their life. This means that it will also be interesting for him to listen. And you, in turn, will leave him with the impression that you speak English fluently and confidently.

My family means a world to me. Without them I would never be who I am today. / My family is everything to me. Without them, I would never have become who I am.

By using these four steps, you can talk about your family as beautifully and confidently as a real native speaker.

Try writing a story about your family using this diagram right now. You will see that it is not difficult and quite within your power. This will take you one step further towards fluent English.

Source: https://www.wallstreetenglish.ru/blog/urok-dlya-nachinayushchikh-kak-rasskazat-o-svoyey-semye-na-angliyskom/

Family in English | A story (text) about a family in English with translation

Once you start learning English, no matter what textbooks or resources you use, one of the first topics that is given to you is the topic of Family in English. Family storytelling in English is very convenient in terms of learning, both in terms of grammar and vocabulary development.

Judge for yourself — you can list your family members and describe them using the simplest sentences, but at the same time, you can organically fit a lot of thematic vocabulary into this topic: Age (numbers), Appearance (body parts, external characteristics, colors, etc.).

etc.), Character, Profession, Hobby, etc. In addition, this theme is suitable for students of all ages — young children, schoolchildren, adults. That is why texts about a family in English of various complexity are so popular among teachers and students.

Relatives names in English

Typically, a family story in English begins with a listing of relatives — members of the family. If a student tells, then for beginners it is usually:

mother, mom — mother, mum (mom, mommy) 

father, dad — father, dad (daddy)  

grandmother — grandmother (grandma, granny)  

grandfather — grandfather (grandpa)  

brother — brother  

sister — sister,  

and at a more complex level, more distant relatives are added to the dictionary — aunt (aunt), uncle (uncle), cousin (cousin or sister), stepmother (stepmother), stepfather (stepfather).

An adult’s story about his (her) family in English usually includes

wife — wife

husband — husband

son — son  

daughter — daughter  

child (children)

baby — baby.

Description of the appearance and character of family members

To compose a story about a family, it is not enough just to list family members and mention their age, it is also important to give a description of each of them — what he or she looks like, what he or she is by nature, what he does. A person’s appearance is usually described with the following words:

• about the eyes (eyes), you can say what they are in color (blue, gray, black, green, brown), in size (big, small). In addition, the eyes are said to be intelligent, expressive, kind, soft, starry.
• nose (nose) we can describe as straight (straight) or snub (turned-up).

Source: https://lim-english.com/posts/rasskaz-o-semje-na-angliiskom/

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Family is the most precious thing a person has. It is not surprising that in conversations, even with unfamiliar people, we often talk about ourselves through our family, our childhood or pets.

This is the main topic that can help break the ice between interlocutors. Therefore, it is so important to understand and remember the names of numerous relatives in English in order to be able to support any dialogue.

In the article, we will present a complete list of relatives in English and an example of a text about your family.

Family members in English

Let’s start with the basics — family members. We have collected all the necessary words in a tablet so that it is convenient for you to learn all the words.

WordTranslation

a relative	relative
a parent	parent
a mother	mom, mother
A mum (Bre)	Mama
A MOM (AME)	Mama
a mummy	mommy
a father	father, dad
a dad	dad
a daddy	daddy
A husband	husband
a wife	wife
a spouse	spouse
a child (children)	children)
A daughter	daughter
to his	son
twins	twins / twins
triplets	triplets
a sibling	brother / sister
a brother	brother
a sister	sister
grandparents	Grandmothers and grandfathers
a grandmother	grandmother
a grandma / granny	granny
a grandfather	granddad
a grandpa / granddad	granddad
a great grandfather / grandmother	great-grandfather / great-grandmother
Grandchildren	grandchildren
great grandchildren	great grandchildren
a grandson	grandson
A Granddaughter	granddaughter
an uncle	uncle
an aunt	aunt
a nephew	nephew
a niece	niece
a cousin	cousin or sister (including second cousins, etc.)
an orphan	an orphan

Features of the story about your family

Let’s first watch a video from engVid teacher Ronnie in which she talks about her family. So, we can draw conclusions on how to do it correctly.

1. When asked, «How many people are in your family?» (How big is your family? Or How many people are there in your family?), Then people are interested in how many people live with you. There is no need to indulge in long and vague enumerations of all your cousins ​​and relatives from your husband’s side. When answering this question, do not forget to count your loved one!
2. When we talk about relatives on the part of a husband or wife, in English they are all called -in-law. If literally translated into Russian, then these are «relatives by law», which is logical, because they became your relatives after the conclusion of an official marriage.
   • a mother-in-law — mother-in-law (husband’s mother) or mother-in-law (wife’s mother)
   • a father-in-law — father-in-law (husband’s father) or father-in-law (wife’s father)
   • a sister-in-law — sister-in-law (husband’s sister) or sister-in-law (wife’s sister)
   • a brother-in-law — brother-in-law (husband’s brother) or brother-in-law (wife’s brother), etc.

   I could never remember the Russian names of such relatives. «Brotherhood» and «sister-in-law»? It is much easier to remember -in-law and it immediately becomes clear who is due to whom.

Source: https://engblog.ru/family

Family members in English: mom, dad, daughter, son, brother, sister, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle in English with translation

19.06.2019

What is the English word for «mom», «dad», «brother», «grandmother»? The topic of family in English is very important and at the same time, it is diverse. This is one of the most used sections of the vocabulary, which is studied at the initial stage.

We are faced with conversations about family literally at every step, when we ask about brothers or sisters, whether we are married or married, where are our parents from, where our uncle works, and so on and so forth.

In our article, we cover this topic in detail and consider how mom, dad, son, daughter, brother, sister and other relatives are spelled in English.

Immediate family

The immediate family includes parents and their children. if you have children (children) you parent (parent) and can be father (father) or mother (mother). In everyday life, the father is called abbreviated dad (dad) and mother — mom (mum).

If your child is a boy, he is yours are (son) if a girl is yours daughter (daughter). They come to each other as brother (brother) and sister (sister). To talk about an older or younger brother or sister, we use the comparative adjectives older (older) and younger (younger).

It turns out, old brother — Older brother, younger sister — younger sister. Brothers and sisters can be summed up in one word siblings (brothers and sisters).

When people get married (get married), the man is called husband (husband) and woman is wife (wife).

Extended family

The extended family includes all other relatives. If parents are parents, then grandparents are called grandparents. Accordingly, grandfather is grandfather, and grandmother — grandmother.

 They can also be called more affectionately: grandad (grandpa) and grandma (granny).

To say about a great-grandfather or great-grandmother, you need to add the prefix great: great-grandfather (great grandfather), great-grandmother (great-grandmother).

In addition, we may have uncle (uncle), aunt (aunt) and cousins (cousins) and nephew (nephew) and niece (niece).

Relatives by the husband or wife (The In-Laws)

In Russian, the names of relatives on the part of a spouse are very diverse — mother-in-law, son-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law and others. In English, everything is much simpler — you need to add the in-law suffix.

• father-in-law: father of spouse (father-in-law, father-in-law)
• mother-in-law: mother of the spouse (mother-in-law, mother-in-law)
• son in law: daughter’s husband
• daughter-in-law: son’s wife
• brother-in-law: sister’s husband
• sister-in-law: brother’s wife

Family mix

Nowadays, in many countries, a person can get married more than once. The following are terms used to describe the “new” family members when someone remarries.

“Step” means that you are related as a result of the remarriage of one of your parents.

• stepfather: stepfather, mom’s new husband, who is not your biological father
• stepmother: stepmother, dad’s new wife who is not your biological mother

Source: https://dundeeclub.ru/vocabulary/chleny-semi-na-anglijskom-mama-papa-doch-syn-babushka-tetya-sestra-i-drugie.html

English words for beginners. List No. 1 «My Family»

English words for beginners on the topic “My family. My Family « divided into three parts: nouns, adjectives and verbs. List # 1 includes only the most common words on this topic (32 words) with exercises. English words highlighted in color are for general information only. To consolidate vocabulary, it is proposed game — «My relatives».

English words for beginners about My Family. Word List # 1

I. Nouns (nouns):

1. father — father
2. mother — mother
3. parents — parents
4. son — son
5. daughter — daughter
6. sister — sister
7. brother — brother
8. cousin [‘kʌz (ə) n] — cousin (or sister), cousin (cousin)
9. sibling — sibling
10. second cousin — second cousin (sister)
11. twins — twins
12. aunt — aunt
13. uncle — uncle
14. nephew [`nevju:] — nephew
15. niece [`ni: s] — niece
16. grandfather — grandfather
17. grandmother — grandmother
18. grandparents — grandparents
19. great grandmother — great grandmother
20. great grandfather — great grandfather
21. grandson — grandson
22. granddaughter — granddaughter
23. husband — husband
24. wife — wife
25. child — child
26. children — children
27. grandchildren — grandchildren
28. baby — baby
29. relative — relative

Exercise 1. Family members

1. Game in English (for beginners)

For to memorize the names of relatives and learn to pronounce correctly nephew, niece, aunt, uncle, parents, cousin, I suggest you play the next game online.

How to play. Cards are laid out in front of you. They are upside down. When you click on the card, the announcer pronounces the name of a family member, while the card is turned over, and you see the word. The essence of the game lies in the fact that you need to remember where the identical cards are located, then when you successively click on them, they disappear. You need to get rid of all cards as quickly as possible. Memorize your time and try to set a record next time — Members of the Family Game

English words for beginners about My Family. Word List # 1 (continued)

II. Adjectives:1. large — large 2. small — small 3. young — young 4. younger — junior 5. old — old 6. elder — senior 7. close — close 8. friendly — friendly 9. favorite — favorite

10.loving — loving

Source: http://englishinn.ru/spisok-slov-dlya-nachinayushhih-po-teme-my-family.html

Personal experience: how I spent tens of thousands of dollars studying English — Education on vc.ru

Column by Vitaly Bykov, founder of the creative agency Red Keds.

Vitaly Bykov

Now I will tell you how I wasted four years of my life and tens of thousands of dollars. The text is intended for people who do not know English and are going to learn it. And also for those who want to feel sorry for me.

About me and my language

All my life I had no motivation to learn English. At about 25 years old, I started traveling several times a year and thought that it would be nice to be able to speak English.

I must say right away that to travel abroad a couple of times a year, you don’t need to know English at all. That is, if you are going to study a language in order to book a hotel while traveling and choose how you fry eggs, you should not waste time and money.

So, at first I thought it would be nice to know English for travel and for work (I started to have my first expat clients). This is a rather weak motivation, but still I did two approaches.

At the age of 27-28, I tried to learn English with a young beautiful girl named Tamila. And then — with the expat Peter, who was not a teacher, but, rather, just a British man who earned money by speaking in English. Both of these incidents took away my desire to learn the language for a long time.

Then I turned 34, and I realized that learning English is the most accessible and best way to develop a personality. This became my basic motivation.

Secondary reasons also appeared: I would like to try living and working abroad in the future. In addition, I wanted to communicate with foreign colleagues, read articles on advertising in the original language and understand the “language of the enemy”: suddenly a war would start and I was taken prisoner, what would I do then? In general, a strong and reliable motivation has arisen.

I started looking for options on how to quickly and painlessly learn English. What did we have in stock? A couple of hours a week, money, the desire to learn all of English in a few months, laziness, laziness, laziness.

First steps

I decided to study English individually, and a special condition was that I had absolutely no time for homework. So, I started in November 2013 and planned to speak English with the ease of the British royal family by the spring of 2014.

Friends foisted a teacher of the Speak Up company. After six months of training, two or three hours a week, it became clear to me: it will take me a little more time to move from the Pre-pre-beginner level to the Pre-beginner level.

I started looking for other techniques that would not complicate my life. I still had a lot of laziness and desire to learn English. I could deprive my children of toys and spend that money on classes. At a family council, I decided that we would spend even more money on English. With one condition: no independent study, only hardcore.

Any technique where you do not need to learn by yourself was suitable for me. Therefore, “English in a dream”, “English on tablets”, “English on the radio”, “English on cinema” — I began to look for such methods that I could spend my personal time with the teacher.

Pronunciation

Thus, in 2014 I found an English for Cinema school. To get more motivation, I tried to drag my friends to the courses. It turned out that everything except [Managing Director of SOK] Misha Brodnikov, they know English a little less than perfectly.

Therefore, we went to the first free lesson together with Misha. There should be a picture: expectations and reality. I thought that we would watch a movie, then it’s fun to disperse, and English itself will be absorbed into the brain.

It turns out that (here I first discovered this for myself) there are many methods of learning a language. They are all very different: some focus on grammar, some on the environment you are in.

I was very interested in the method of learning English from cinema. Interestingly, pronunciation depends on the skill of your tongue muscles. For many English sounds to be pronounced correctly, muscles need to be trained like in a gym.

I never thought about it. That is, it is logical, but it does not occur to you that you can learn English, starting with training the language as a human organ?

What does it give in the end? If you can pronounce sounds correctly, then you can understand much more. But it was sad that the study of English from cinema in the new methodology was mainly based on independent work.

You watch an excerpt of the film, repeat words after characters, they correct you, then you translate this passage, then write out words with errors in pronunciation and make flashcards from which you learn translation and pronunciation.

For a year and a half I studied with the excellent teacher Polina Ponomareva. She explained to me an important idea: if you speak correctly, then you understand better. At least I feel like I have made some serious progress in pronunciation in a year and a half.

So, I got two teachers. One taught me from the classic Murphy textbooks, and the second from the cinema with an original method of learning pronunciation.

How to start learning English

Six months later, it turned out that until the next level of language proficiency I could still walk to the South Pole. There was a feeling of hopelessness, melancholy, depression, suicidal thoughts.

All this meant that the Pre-pre-pre-pre-beginner level was very far from me. I started looking for other methods on the Internet, reading books about learning English. But I still didn’t do any homework.

Here, I must pay tribute to me, I went to the principle and did not spend a minute on independent work. Unless I did a little Duolingo before bed. But even there I did not advance further than the test. By this time, I had not spent so much on training: about 50 thousand old-regime rubles (that is, $ 1,5 thousand).

Erik Gunnemark’s book, The Art of Learning Languages, has changed my attitude towards English. Not even the book itself, but the title of the book, well, and one chapter about the time it takes to learn English.

Here is a short list of timelines that can be called realistic. It is built for learners who start learning a language from the «zero level» and want to achieve a level of minimal proficiency in spoken language.

All the figures given are derived for the Swedes, but it is not difficult to make adjustments in them, due to the native language of the reader (for this it is enough to take into account the «transparency coefficient», which was mentioned at the end of the previous chapter).

So, spending at least 120 hours a month on language learning:

— German can be mastered in two to three months;

— English — three to four months;

— French, Spanish or Italian — five to six months;

— Russian — in eight to ten months.

If you can study the language for less than 120 hours a month, then the above figures should be multiplied by at least three.

Practical experience shows that a language cannot be learned in a shorter time. To a large extent, the timing also depends on how much time a person has to practice speaking skills.

So, despite the fact that I am not a Swede, I assumed that Gunnemark’s advice was not entirely true for the Russians. Because the Russian language belongs to the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family, while English and Swedish belong to the Germanic one.

Thus, I thought that it is easier for a Swede to learn English than Russian. And of course, there are personal characteristics of perception, ability to learn, perseverance, and so on.

All this gave me the understanding that if I want to learn English at least a little, then I need to spend no less time than a Swede. That is, more than four hours a day.

Source: https://vc.ru/learn/34462-lichnyy-opyt-kak-ya-potratil-desyatki-tysyach-dollarov-na-izuchenie-angliyskogo-yazyka

Words and phrases related to Family

18 oct.

The Family Dictionary is one of the first sections to appear in the bookmarks of a beginner English learner. This is due to the fact that the development of speaking skills takes place on the basis of relevant topics that you want to discuss, because they surround us from day to day.

This is a family, work or school, leisure, hobby, etc. In order not to waste unnecessary words, we present you a list of words and phrases with transcription and translation on the topic «Family».

We advise you not only to go over this list, but also to study it thoroughly, because the topic of the family is often discussed both in business and in everyday life.

Basic Concepts

Table 1.

Word	Transcription	Transfer
aunt	ɑːnt	aunt
baby	beɪbi	baby, baby
brother	ˈBrʌðə	brother
boyfriend	ˈBɔɪˌfrɛnd	boyfriend, loved one, young man
flange	brad	bride
cousin	ˈKʌzn	cousin
dad	dæd	dad
daughter	ˈDɔːtə	daughter
father	ˈFɑːðə	dad
father-in-law	ˈFɑːðərɪnlɔː	father-in-law, father-in-law
fiance	fiˈɒnseɪ	bitch
fiancee	fiˈɒnseɪ	bride
courier	frend	friend
girlfriend	ˈGɜːlˌfrɛnd	Girlfriend
godchild	ˈGɒdʧaɪld	goddaughter
godfather	ˈGɒdˌfɑːðə	Godfather
god mother	ˈGɒdˌmʌðə	godmother
grandchildren	ˈGrænʧaɪld	grandson, granddaughter
Grandchildren	ˈGrænʧɪldrən	grandchildren
grand daughter	ˈGrænˌdɔːtə	granddaughter
grandfather	ˈGrændˌfɑːðə	granddad
granddad	ˈGrændæd	granddad
grandpa	ˈGrænpɑː	granddad
grandmother	ˈGrænˌmʌðə	grandmother
grandma	ˈGrænmɑː	grandmother
grandson	grænsʌn	grandson
great-grandparents	greɪt-ˈgrænˌpeərənts	great-grandmother and great-grandfather
bellhop	grʊm	bitch
Half-Brother	ˈHɑːfˌbrʌðə	step-brother
husband	ˈHʌzbənd	husband
mother	ˈMʌðə	Mama
mother-in-law	ˈMʌðərɪnlɔː	mother-in-law, mother-in-law
mum	mʌm	Mama
mummy	ˈMʌmi	Mama
mom	mɒm	Mama
nephew	ˈNɛvju (ː)	nephew
niece	children	niece
parent	ˈPeərənt	parent
sister	ˈSɪstə	sister
are	yes	son
step brother	ˈStɛpˌbrʌðə	step-brother
twin	twɪn	twin
twin-brother	Twɪn-ˈbrʌðə	twin brother
uncle	ˈɅŋkl	uncle
wife	wɪf	wife

General concepts

Table 1.

Word	Transcription	Transfer
adult	ˈÆdʌlt	adult
bachelor	ˈBæʧələ	Holostay
child	ʧaɪld	child
couple	ˈKʌpl	couple
descending	dɪˈsɛndənt	descendant
foster	ˈFɒstə	adopt, adopt
Kid	kɪd	child
elder	ˈƐldə	senior
spinster	ˈSpɪnstə	spinster
to adopt	əˈdɒpt	adopt, adopt
to be divorced	biː dɪˈvɔːst	to be divorced
to bring up	brɪŋ ʌp	to educate
to raise	rez	to educate
wedding	ˈWɛdɪŋ	wedding
youth	juːθ	молодежь

Take a free listening exercise Family in English

Added: 18.10.18

Source: https://www.learnathome.ru/blog/family-vocabulary

The best educational songs in English for children about family, animals and the weather

Songs about a family must be played in a foreign language class. The following material can be used as a guideline:

Mom, dad [mɑːm, dæd]

Mom, dad [mɑːm, dæd]

Mom, dad [mɑːm, dæd]

Brother, sister [ˈbrʌðə, ˈsɪstə]

Brother, sister [ˈbrʌðə, ˈsɪstə]

Grandma, grandpa [ˈɡrænmɑː, ˈɡrænpɑː]

Grandma, grandpa [ˈɡrænmɑː, ˈɡrænpɑː]

I love my family [aɪ lʌv maɪ ˈfæməli]

Oh yeah [oʊ jeə] is a very interesting colloquial phrase, which should be additionally drawn to the child’s attention.

I do [aɪ duː] is a positive answer to any question posed in English.

I love my family [aɪ lʌv maɪ ˈfæməli]

Oh yeah [oʊ jeə]

It’s true [Its tru:]

Transfer

Mom, DadMom, DadBrother, SisterBrother, SisterGrandma, GrandpaGrandma, Grandpa

It’s true

Mummy and Daddy
Sister and Brother
Grandma and Grandpa [ˈɡrænmɑː ənd ˈɡrænpɑː]
My family [maɪ ˈfæməli]
I love my family [aɪ lʌv maɪ ˈfæməli]
Mummy and Me [ˈmʌmiənd mˈiː]
Daddy and Me [ˈdædiənd mˈiː]
My family [maɪ ˈfæməli]
I love my family [aɪ lʌv maɪ ˈfæməli]
Sister and Me [ˈsɪstə ənd m ˈiː]
Brother and Me [ˈbrʌðə ənd m ˈiː]
My family [maɪ ˈfæməli]
I love my family [aɪ lʌv maɪ ˈfæməli]
Grandma and Me [ˈɡrænmɑː ənd m ˈiː]
Grandpa and Me [ˈɡrænpɑːənd m ˈiː]
My family [maɪ ˈfæməli]
I love my family [aɪ lʌv maɪ ˈfæməli]
My family [maɪ ˈfæməli]
Loves me [ˈlʌvz m ˈiː]

Songs in English for children about the weather

Weather is what the child sees outside the window every day of his life. The following songs will be good material to study.

It’s rainy [Its’ reini]
It’s rainy outside today [Its’ reini aut’said tə’dеi]
It’s sunny [Its’ sʌni]
It’s sunny outside today [Its’ sʌni aut’said tə’dеi]
It’s windy [Its’ windi]
It’s windy outside today [Its’ windi aut’said tə’dеi]
It’s snowy [Its’ snəui]
It’s snowy outside today [Its’ snəui aut’said tə’dеi]
It’s cloudy [Its’ klaudi]
It’s cloudy outside today [Its’ klaudi aut’said tə’dеi]
It’s hot [Its’ hɔt]
It’s hot outside today [Its’ hɔt aut’said tə’dеi]

Educational songs in English for children about animals

Such children’s songs will help the young researcher to get to know the animal world.

Song verse

The ducks on the farm say «Quack, quack, quack» [ðə ˈdəks ɑːn ðə fɑːrm ˈseɪ kwæk kwæk kwæk]
The mice on the farm say «Squeak, squeak, squeak» [ðə maɪs ɑːn ðə fɑːrm ˈseɪ skwiːk skwiːk skwiːk]
The chickens on the farm say «Cluck, cluck, cluck» [ðə ˈtʃɪkənz ɑːn ðə fɑːrm ˈseɪ klʌk klʌk klʌk]
Quack. Squeak. Cluck [kwæk skwiːk klʌk]

Educational songs in English for children about colors

Each item has its own special characteristics, including color. You can learn colors from the following songs

Song verse

Red and yellow [red ənd jeloʊ]
And pink and green [ənd pɪŋk ənd ɡriːn]
Purple and orange [ˈpɜːrp ənd ˈɔːrɪndʒ]
And blue [ənd bluː]
I can sing a rainbow [aɪ kən sɪŋ eɪ ˈreɪnboʊ]
Sing a rainbow [sɪŋ eɪ ˈreɪnboʊ]
Sing a rainbow too [sɪŋ eɪ ˈreɪnboʊ tuː]