Unit 1- Personal Information

ABC English Club

English Speaking Course

By Ben Tran

Overview
Introducing yourself
Talking about and your family;
describing people physically age, height, hair

What job is right for you

Talking personalities and jobs

Talk about you

My names Ben. I come from York, in England. But
Im not English Im Scottish. Im 16 years old. This
is a photo of me and my sister. Her name is Clare.
Shes 19. She isnt at school. Shes at university in
London. In the photo,
we arent at home,
were on holiday in
Spain. Were at our
grandparents house.

Practice 1

Practice 1.1

Review: Name, Age, Job

Whats your name?
(my, your, our, their, his, her, its - Possessive adjectives)

________________________________
How old are you?
(I, you, we, they, she, he, it Subject pronouns)

________________________________
Whats your job? Or What do you do?
________________________________
Make questions with different pronouns

My family
There are 3 people in my family; my parents and
me. My father is John. Hes 54 years old. Hes a
manager in a clothes factory. My mother is Mandy.
Shes 53 years old. Shes a housewife. She cooks
very well.
I love my family.
How about your family?

Family Vocabulary
Your family members are also called your relatives. You have an
immediate or nuclear family and an extended family. Your immediate
family includes your father, mother and siblings. Your extended family
includes all of the people in your father and mother's families.
Your sibling is your brother or sister. If you have 1 brother and 2 sisters,
then you have 3 siblings. Your parent is your father or mother.
Your child is your son or daughter. Your spouse is your husband or
wife.
You may also have a stepfamily. Your stepfamily includes people who
became part of your family due to changes in family life. These
changes may include death, divorce or separation. New partnerships
create new children. The new children and their relatives become part
of your blended family. Some people are born into a stepfamily.
Note that spouses and step-relatives are relatives by marriage. They
are not blood relatives. Your father and mother are related by
marriage. But your father and you are related by blood.

Questions about family

What types of family do you have?
Do you live with your grandparents? What do
you think about?
What do you and your family usually do
together?
What are you most proud of your family?
Who is the troublemaker in your family? What
does he/she do that creates trouble to you or
other members of the family?

To describe your family 1

I live in a one-parent family / single-parent family.
(a family where the children live with only one parent)
I really enjoy my family life.
(the way a family lives)
I come from a big family of eight children.
(the group of people who are related to you)
I grew up on a farm.
(develop from being a child to being an adult)
I grew up knowing that my elder brother would take over the family
business one day.
(the job your parents and probably your grandparents used to do)
Nuclear family
(a family consisting of mother, father and their children)
Extended family
(all the people in a family including aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc.)

To describe your family 2

Family background
(the sort of family you come from)
She's / he's family (informal)
(used to say that someone is related to you)
A large household
(all the people who live in one house)
My domestic life isn't very happy.
(connected with the private family home)
I live on my own. I haven't got any family.
(the group of people who are related to one another)
We've got the same name but are not related.
(the way you are connected)
He lives with us, but he's not related / unrelated.
(a person who is not a member of your family)
He is a close / distant relative of mine.
(near or not in a family relationship)

To describe your family 3

I really take after my mother.

(to look like or be like a parent or older member of your family)
All the men in our family are bald. I support it's hereditary.
(a quality which is passed from parents to children)
All her children are very artistic. It must run in the family.
(something which is passed from parents to children / a common feature in a
family)
Bringing up / raising children is never easy.
(to look after children in a family until they are adults and to teach them how
to behave)
My parents really tried to give me a good upbringing.
(the way somebody is brought up)
My father recently lost his job, so my mother's the main breadwinner now.
(a person who earns all or most of the money in family)
I need a job, so I can support my family.
(to have enough money to be able to look after a family)

To describe your family 4

I am getting married next year and hope to start a family straight
away.
(have children)
My father is really a family man.
(a man who enjoys being at home with his wife and children)
He's got some fatherly concern and duties.
(behaving like a father)
Motherhood really suits her.
(the state of being a mother)
She is a motherly sort of person.
(behaving like a mother)
Danny is my foster brother.
(having different parents, but being brought up in the same family)
My step father is a nice man.
(the man who is married to your mother but is not your father)

To describe your family 5

We're identical twins.
(twins who look exactly the same)
She doesn't get on well with her in-laws.
(the parents of your husband or wife)
Next of kin
(your closest relative, who should be told if you are injured or
killed)
I closely resemble my father.
(to be closely similar to, or look like someone)
You can see the resemblance between Susan and her sister.
(a similarity between two things, especially in the way they look)
He bears a remarkable resemblance to my father.
(to be or look somebody / something else)
My parents live apart from each other.
(if married people decide to separate, then they live apart)

Talking about your family

Use what youve learned and introduce your
family to class.

Pronunciation /i - e/ - ei/ai

Describing people
Francesca: This is a photo of my parents at home.
Ben:
Theyve got a lovely house. Have you got
brothers or sister, Francesca?
Francesca: I havent got a sister, but Ive got a
brother. His names Marco. This is a photo
of him. Hes got blue eyes, like me, but he
hasnt got fair hair.
Ben:
Whos that with him?
Francesca: Thats his wife, Maria.
Ben:
Have they got children?
Francesca: No, they havent.

Have-Has / Have got-Has got

Have/Has
+I have a book.
She has a book.
- I dont have a book.
She doesnt have a
book.
? Do you have a book?
Yes, I do.
No, I dont.
Does she have a book?
Yes, she does.
No, she doesnt.

Have got/Has got

+I have got a book.
She has got a book.
- I havent got a book.
She hasnt got a book.
? Have you got a book?
Yes, I have.
No, I havent.
Has she got a book?
Yes, she has.
No, she hasnt.

What is he like?

Make the questions for height, hair

Vocabulary

Age
:
Height :
Hair
:

Listening
People are describing other people.
What are they describing? Listen and check

Personality

Vocabulary 1