U2 - Family and Home

English 3
Unit
Family and Home
Professor: Carmen Castañeda Chau

Achievement
At the end of the learning unit the student will be able to talk
about his family members, to describe his physical appeareance
and personality characteristics. Additionaly, the student will be
able to describe his home and neigborhood and to follow
directions.
Importance
People love to talk about their home and family, especially
about those peculiar physical or personality characteristics that
they share. What is more, we as responsable citizens need to
know about our home and neighborhood. In order to so, it is
important to learn the appropriate vocabulary and grammatical
structures to do it with pertinence.
General Content
• We have a fun family!

• Where’s the bank?
• Language in action
We have a fun family!
• In the room there is…
Vocabulary
Family
Family
Grandfather Grandmother
Uncle Father Mother Aunt
Brother Daugther Sister

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Vocabulary
Husband Wife
Son Daugther Sister
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Grammar:
Have
HAVE
Affirmative form
We use have to talk about possession and relationships.
they HAVE you
we
HAVE
Affirmative form
he
HAS
it she
Examples
1. I have a big family.
2. Robert has three sisters.
3. Mr. and Mrs. Flores have two sons.
4. We have a daughter.
5. Karen has a brother.

HAVE
Negative form
I you we they + DO NOT

(don’t) + HAVE
he she it
+ DOES NOT
(doesn’t) + HAVE
Examples
1. I don’t have a big family.
2. Sonia doesn’t have sisters.
3. Mr. and Mrs. Cano don’t have children.
4. We don’t have a daughter.
5. Harold doesn’t have a brother.

HAVE
Interrogative form
DO
+ I you we they
+ HAVE
DOES
+ he she it
+ HAVE
Examples
1. Do you have a sister?
2. Does Angela have a son?
3. Do Mr. and Mrs. Ruiz have two children?
4. Does he have a big family?

Exercises
CIRCLE the correct answer:
1. My grandfather have / has a white dog.

2. They have / has the correct answer.
3. I don’t have / has a brother.
4. The house have / has many windows.
5. Do you have / has a daughter?
6. I have / has a desk and two chairs in my bedroom.
Grammar:
Possessive ´s
Possessive ’S
For singular nouns, we use the apostrophe before the s:
My brother ’s name is Juan.
For plural nouns, we use the apostrophe after the s:
Your uncles ’ mother is my grandmother.

Examples
1. Lucy is my sister’s daughter.
2. My husband’s family isn’t very big.
3. His grandparents’ names are Max and Ann.
4. Her cousins’ father is from Spain.

Exercises
WRITE the correct form of the possessive ’S:
1. This is __________ book. (Peter)
2. My _____________ car is not new. (parents)
3. This is the _____________ bike. (boy)
4. ______________ daughter is twelve years old. (Joseph)
5. These are the _____________ pencils. (boys)

Vocabulary
Room / Furniture
Rooms
bathroom bedroom
Rooms
dining room kitchen living room

Furniture
mirror
shower
sink
Furniture
Furniture
Picture
Table
Chair
Furniture
Frigde
Furniture
couch
armchair
Grammar:
There is / There are
THERE IS – THERE ARE
Affirmative form
We use there is or there are to say that something exists:
a table in the
There is
dining room.
six chairs in the

There are dining room.
Negative form
We use there isn’t or there aren’t to say that something doesn’t exist:
There isn’t
a couch in the living
room.
There aren’t
pictures on the
walls.
Question form
Is there a chair in the

bedroom?
Are there books on the desk?.

Examples
1. There is a big table in the kitchen.
2. There isn’t a couch in the bathroom.
3. Is there a fridge in the kitchen?
4. There aren’t pictures on the walls.
5. There are books on the desk.
6. Are there three bedrooms?

Exercises
FILL the blanks with there is or there are.
1. __________________ a lamp in the room.
2. Susan, ________________ a chair in the garden?
3. __________________ many glasses on the table.
4. This morning, _________________ not many children in the park.
5. __________________ two little trees in the garden.
6. __________________ a nice door in this house.

Where’s the bank?
• Vocabulary Plus
Vocabulary:
Places in town /
Prepositions of place/
Physical appearance /Personality
Places in town
bank art gallery

Places in town
movie theater train station

Places in town
supermarket drugstore
Places in town
post office restaurant

Prepositions of place
between In front of behind

Prepositions of place
next to on the left on the right

Physical appearance
attractive beautiful
Physical appearance
good - looking pretty ugly

Personality
friendly funny horrible

Personality
intelligent kind nice

Personality
quiet shy warm

Language in action
• Review
Asking for Directions
Excuse me, How
is there a
bank near do I get to
here? King Street,
please?
where’s the
tourist
do I get
information
there?
office?
Dialogue practice
READ the dialogue:
A. Excuse me, is there a hotel near here?

B. Yes, there’s one on West Street.
A. How do I get there?
B. Go down this road, then turn right.
Exercises
ORDER the following words:
1. a / Excuse / here? / hotel / is / me, / near / there
___________________________________________________
2. on / Street. / one / West / there’s / Yes,
____________________________________________________
3. do / get / How / I / there?
____________________________________________________
4. down / Go / right. / road, / then / this / turn
____________________________________________________
Review
CHOOSE the correct family words:
1. Marge and Homer Simpson are Lisa and Bart’s _________.

a. children b. cousins c. parents
2. Queen Elizabeth is Prince Harry’s _________.
a. grandmother b. mother c. aunt
3. Michelle and Barack Obama have two ___________.
a. sons b. brothers c. daughters
Review
COMPLETE the sentences with the correct form of BE or HAVE.
1. Gerson _____ two sisters and one brother.
2. Mr. And Mrs. López _____ a beautiful child.
3. Mark _____ from England.
4. There _____ eight members in my family.
5. There _____ one small table in the kitchen.

Conclusions
In this unit we have learned to talk about:
* Our family; the use of the verb HAVE.

* Possessive ’S to talk about what people possess.
* Our home and furniture. There is and there are to
talk about the existance of something.
* Places in town. Prepositions of place to say where
things are.
* People’s physical appearance and personality.
* To ask for and give directions.
Thanks
Professor: Carmen Castañeda Chau

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English 3

Family and Home

Professor: Carmen Castañeda Chau

• We have a fun family!

Uncle Father Mother Aunt

Brother Daugther Sister

Son Daugther Sister

Imagen extraída de: http://slideplayer.es/slide/9357868/

We use have to talk about possession and relationships.

they HAVE you

1. I have a big family.

2. Robert has three sisters.

3. Mr. and Mrs. Flores have two sons.

5. Karen has a brother.

I you we they + DO NOT

1. I don’t have a big family.

2. Sonia doesn’t have sisters.

3. Mr. and Mrs. Cano don’t have children.

4. We don’t have a daughter.

5. Harold doesn’t have a brother.

1. Do you have a sister?

2. Does Angela have a son?

3. Do Mr. and Mrs. Ruiz have two children?

4. Does he have a big family?

1. My grandfather have / has a white dog.

For singular nouns, we use the apostrophe before the s:

My brother ’s name is Juan.

For plural nouns, we use the apostrophe after the s:

Your uncles ’ mother is my grandmother.

1. Lucy is my sister’s daughter.

2. My husband’s family isn’t very big.

3. His grandparents’ names are Max and Ann.

4. Her cousins’ father is from Spain.

1. This is __________ book. (Peter)

2. My _____________ car is not new. (parents)

3. This is the _____________ bike. (boy)

4. ______________ daughter is twelve years old. (Joseph)

5. These are the _____________ pencils. (boys)

dining room kitchen living room

six chairs in the

Is there a chair in the

Are there books on the desk?.

1. There is a big table in the kitchen.

2. There isn’t a couch in the bathroom.

3. Is there a fridge in the kitchen?

4. There aren’t pictures on the walls.

5. There are books on the desk.

6. Are there three bedrooms?

1. __________________ a lamp in the room.

2. Susan, ________________ a chair in the garden?

3. __________________ many glasses on the table.

4. This morning, _________________ not many children in the park.

5. __________________ two little trees in the garden.

6. __________________ a nice door in this house.

bank art gallery

movie theater train station

post office restaurant

between In front of behind