Your brother

married
my sister
last week!
lesson description
You will be able to identify family
relationships, apply subject-verb
agreement, and use the past tense
form of the verb phrases to be
related to and to be married to.

objectives
Discuss family relationships
Understand subject-verb agreement
Practice past tense verbs

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vocabulary
Hi, Im Daniel.
This is my

Paul

Ana

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10

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Family Tree.

Dan

Tom

Beth

Mike

Sara

Jane

Rick

Daniel

Jake
Alice

David

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2
3
4
5

grandmother
grandfather
father
mother
cousin

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7
8
9
10

brother
sister
uncle
aunt
husband

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12
13
14
15

wife
daughter
son
grandson
granddaughter

verbs
q Infinitive
q Present Tense
q Simple Past Tense

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19

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your turn
to be related
I am related
you are related
she/he is related
we are related
they are related
I was related
you were related
she/he was related
we were related
they were related

to be married
I am married
you are married
she/he is married
we are married
they are married
I was married
you were married
she/he was married
we were married
they were married

Fill in each blank with the correct form (present tense or past
tense) of the verb in parentheses.
For example: They were married 14 years ago.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

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parents
nephew
niece
siblings

My parents ________ right now. They are in love. (to be married)

Tom and Kim ________ for 10 years. They arent married now. (to be
married)
Who is that? That is my sister, Kim. We ________. (to be related)
We ________ Kim last week when Tom introduced us to her. (to meet)
How should I ________ myself? I want to make a good
impression! (to introduce)
She ________ to me. She is my wonderful mother. (to be related)
They ________ to each other. They are cousins. (to be related)
Would you ________ me to your mother? I want to meet her.
(to introduce)
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conversation
Read the following conversation
out loud five times.
Sara: Welcome to Jeffs family wall.
Peter: What do you mean?
Kim: These are the pictures of
Jeffs relatives. They are going
up on the wall.
Jeff: The pictures were in color, but
I made black-and-white copies.
Kim: Jeff has a big family. Look at all
their wonderful pictures.
Sara: First, I think you should put your
grandparents right here.
Jeff: I thought about that, too. Here,
this is the picture of my grandfather
and grandmother.
Peter: Nice picture. Do they live here?
Jeff: No, theyre in India.

Bonus Feature: Watch the English Highway video to follow along! (Lesson ID: #0335)

key phrases

your turn

Are you married?

Are you related?
Is she/he married?
What do you mean?
Who is this?
When did you get married?
We are related.
We are family.

Fill in the blanks with the correct relationship between the characters in the
family tree illustration. Look at the complete family tree on page 2 of this lesson
to see all of the relationships.
1. Ana is Davids ___________________.
2. Mike is Davids ___________________.
3. Jane is Davids ___________________.
4. David is Mikes ___________________.
5. Alice is Beths ___________________.
6. Paul is Mikes __________________.
7. Sara is Ricks _________________.
8. Jake is Alices _________________.
9. Ana and Paul are Mikes ______________.
10. Ana and Paul are Davids ________________.

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subject-verb agreement

your turn

As you are building your sentences you should keep in mind that
the verb must always agree with the subject of a sentence. This
is true for all present tense verbs and auxiliary verbs.

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

The basic rule states that singular subjects need singular verbs
and plural subjects need plural verbs. In this lesson we will focus
on how to identify singular and plural verbs and their subjects.
For example, in the sentence I am a teacher, both the subject I
and the verb am are in the singular form. If the sentence had a
plural subject and a plural verb, it would read, We are teachers.
Here are some more examples:
Singular Subjects and Verbs
I love chocolate.
You are a good student.
He has a blue pen.

1. Please _________ me to everyone here. I dont know anyone.

a. introduce
b. introduced c. introduces
2. Your brother ___________ my sister last week.

a. marries
b. married
c. marry
3. My family ________ for a reunion two times per year.

a. meets
b. met
c. meet
4. I _____ not go to the park yesterday.

a. do
b. did

Plural Subjects and Verbs

We love chocolate.
You guys are good students.
They have blue pens.

c. does

5. My parents _______ at the store right now.

a. went
b. were
c. are
6. We are ___________. We _____ the same parents.

a. related, have
b. relates, has c. relate, had

Verbs do not form their plurals by

adding an -s like nouns do. To know
whether to use the singular or plural
form, you need to decide if the subject
represents more than one person,
place or thing.

7. Your family ______ ten people. It ____ a big family.

a. had, is
b. has, is
c. have, was
8. My grandma ______ pictures on her wall.
We _____ at them last week.

a. have, looks
b. had, look
c. has, looked
9. Ana _____ Davids grandmother. She _____ also my mother.

a. is, is
b. were, was
c. are, is
10. Jake ______ Beths son. He _______ football with me
last weekend.

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a. has, play

b. is, played

c. were, played

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putting it all together

Its time to make your own family tree. Starting with YOU, add lines and fill in the
members of your family.

YOU

Now share a memory about 3 people in your family.

Please write complete sentences!
For example:
My father had so many cookbooks. He made the best turkey for Thanksgiving!
1. ________________________________________________________________ .
2. ________________________________________________________________ .
3. ________________________________________________________________ .

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Answer Key

your turn - exercise 1

your turn - exercise 2

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

1. grandmother
2. father
3. mother
4. son
5. daughter
6. father
7. sister
8. brother
9. parents
10. grandparents

are married
were married
are related
met
introduce
is related
are related
introduce

your turn - exercise 3

putting it together - exercise 4

1. a
2. b
3. a
4. b
5. c
6. a
7. b
8. c
9. a
10. b

Students should use their own family tree to write about family
memories using three complete sentences.

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