Family and relationships
MY FAMILY – vocabulary
nuclear family extended family stepfamily
stepbrother/half-brother mother/father-in-law/in-laws sibling
immediate family foster f./adoptive f. offspring
cousin nephew/niece fiancé/fiancée
ex-wife bachelor widower
bride/groom mistress relative
son/daughter-in-law spinster orphan
twins/triplets uncle/aunt boyfriend
great-grandmother bridesmaid witness
husband-to-be great-grandfather family tree
ancestor/descendant marriage/engagement/divorce adoption
pregnancy give birth to propose
infertility generation gap single parent f.
maternal/parental grandparents abortion
- Single, married, divorced, separated, widowed, engaged to, to tie the knot
- Get married to, marry, get engaged, get divorced, be/fall in love with, go out with, go steady with, break up, to dump sb, to date, to see each other, to start a family, love for sb, to attract sb, to flirt with sb, love at first sight, platonic love, serious relationship, to go put with sb, to make love to/with sb, to pick up sb, to steal/pinch sb’s girlfriend
- To be jealous of sb, to make a scene, to beat sb, to drive sb crazy, to lose one’s temper, raw/quarrel/fight, to fall out with sb, to feel humiliated/offended
- It was love at first sight. Do you hear wedding bells? Will the wedding take place at the register office or in church? Where are you going to spend your honeymoon? I guess I’m not the marrying kind. Who does the child take after? He is the very image of his father. They split up. He walked out on her. She is named after her father.
- A newborn baby, a baby-boy, a toddler, a preschooler, a schoolgirl, a teenager, an adolescent, at the age of 18, young adult, in his mid/late thirties, aging, elderly
- To be expecting baby, to give birth to a baby, The baby is due on March.
- He is my age, at your age, a person aged 30, I am twice your age, approaching middle age, heading for retirement, He is over the hill, He is as old as the hills.
- Man – a breadwinner, woman – a housewife, premarital living together, childless families (by choice or medical problems), single by choice, elderly people in retirement homes
Minitalks:
How would you describe your parents? Do you have any siblings? What can you tell us about them? What is your relationship with them like? What are the pros and cons of being an only child? How often do you meet extended family members? What do you do when your family gets together? What are suitable reasons for getting divorced? What is the role of a man in today’s family? Should old people stay in retirement homes?
Problem to discuss:
Imagine it is Christmas and you have got 1000 CZK. What presents would you buy for your family?