Family members

Konu Anlatımı

What Will We Learn in This Lesson?

In this lesson you will learn the following:

• Name the family members such as mother, father, sister, brother and cousin.
• Say the name of a family member with my, your, his, her, our and their.
• Introduce a family member with the sentence This is my mother.
• Ask and answer the question How old is your mother?
• Draw or describe a family picture with simple English sentences.

Prior Knowledge

Bu konuyu anlamak için önce Describing People konusunu bilmen gerekir. Bu konuda insanları boy, yaş ve saç özellikleriyle tanımlamayı öğrendik.

• İnsanları tanımlayan temel sıfatları (tall, short, young) kullanır.
• have ve has yapısını özne ile doğru eşleştirir.
• Saç ve göz gibi fiziksel özellikleri tanımlayan cümleler kurar.

Family Members and Their Names

A family is the group of people who live together and love each other. We have a mother, a father, a brother and a sister. Some families also have a grandmother, a grandfather, an aunt, an uncle and a cousin.

We say the name of a family member with this or with my, your, his, her, our and their. A grandmother is the mother of our mother or our father.

Family Words

• Mother is the woman who is our parent. We also say mum.
• Father is the man who is our parent. We also say dad.
• Sister is a girl with the same parents. For a boy we say brother.
• Grandmother is the mother of our mother or our father.
• Aunt is the wife of our uncle. Uncle is the husband of our aunt.
• Cousin is the child of our aunt or our uncle.

We must be careful with the words sister and brother. They are the children of the same parents as us.

At home we say mum for mother and dad for father. These two words mean the same people in our family.

How We Use the Words

We use the question Who is he and who is she when we meet a new person. For the age we use How old is he.

Example

Mary draws her family. She has a mother, a father, a grandmother and a cousin. She must say who they are.

1. First she starts with the family words: mother, father, grandmother and cousin.
2. Then she adds the possessive word. She says: This is my mother.
3. After that she gives the name and the age: My grandmother is sixty years old. My cousin is Jack.
4. Last she asks a question about one person: How old is your father? He is forty years old.

A Simple Example

Let us start with a simple example.

Example 1: Introducing the family

Ben has brought a photo from home. He must tell the class about his family members.

1. He begins with the family words: mother, father, sister and grandmother.
2. He uses the sentence This is my mother for every person in the photo.
3. Then he gives the name of each person: My mother's name is Nur.
4. Last he adds a small detail: My grandmother is sixty-one years old.

Answer: This is my mother. Her name is Nur. This is my grandmother.

A Harder Example

Now let us solve a harder example together.

Example 5: One person or more?

Complete these three sentences with is or are: My father is a doctor. My parents are at home. My brother is ten years old.

1. My father names one person, so we use is: My father is a doctor.
2. My parents names two or more people, so we use are: My parents are at home.
3. My brother names one person, so we use is: My brother is ten years old.
4. We must check the number of the people before we choose is or are.

Answer: My father is a doctor. My parents are at home. My brother is ten years old.

Solved Examples Step by Step

Let us solve two examples step by step.

Answer: This is my mother. Her name is Nur. This is my grandmother.

Example 2: Cousins are not siblings

Lucy says: My aunt and my uncle have two children. They are not my brother and me.

1. The children of an aunt and an uncle are our cousins.
2. They live in another house and they are not our parents' children.
3. We say: I have got two cousins. My cousins are six and eight years old.
4. Our siblings are my brother and my sister; they are my parents' children.

Answer: I have got two cousins. They are the children of my aunt and my uncle.

Concept Comparison Table

Let us put the concepts of this lesson side by side and compare them.

Numbers and Units

Here are the numbers and units you will meet in this lesson.

Özet

Mother, father, sister and brother are the closest family members. Grandmother and grandfather are the parents of our parents. An aunt is our uncle's wife and an uncle is our aunt's husband. A cousin is their child. We use my, your, his, her, our and their before the name of a person.

Sık Yapılan Hatalar

Here are the mistakes we see most often in our lessons. Check them before you write your sentences.

• Students say grandmother is the mother of a child. She is the mother of our mother or father.
• They write My brother are ten years old. After brother we use is, not are.
• They use cousin for a sibling. A cousin is the child of an aunt or an uncle.
• They say an aunt is the husband of our uncle. An aunt is a woman and she is the wife of our uncle.

Test Yourself

Read the three sentences below and decide whether each one is correct.

1. Mother and father are our parents. Sister and brother share the same parents with us. — correct or not?
2. Grandmother and grandfather are the parents of our parents. — correct or not?
3. An aunt is the wife of our uncle. An uncle is the husband of our aunt. — correct or not?

Answer key: 1) Correct. This is my mother. This is my father. This is my sister. 2) Correct. He is my uncle. She is my aunt. They are my cousins. 3) Correct. My grandmother is the mother of my mother or my father.

Then try: solve the open-ended task of this topic and check your answer with the scoring key.

Related Topics

To learn this topic better, you can study it together with these topics:

• ages of family members Yaş konusunda tekil aile bireyleri için is, I öznesi için am, çoğul aile bireyleri için are fiili kullanılır.
• Describing People Bu konuda insanları boy, yaş ve saç özellikleriyle tanımlamayı öğrendik.
• daily routines and chores of family members Aile bireylerinin günlük işleri düzenli fiillerle anlatılır.

Ne Öğreneceğiz

Aile bireylerinin İngilizce adları, iyelik sözcükleri ve yaş soran cümlelerle birlikte aile bireylerini tanıtmanın işlendiği temel konudur. Bu konuda ögrenme çıktıları:

• Name the family members such as mother, father, sister, brother and cousin.
• Say the name of a family member with my, your, his, her, our and their.
• Introduce a family member with the sentence This is my mother.
• Ask and answer the question How old is your mother?
• Draw or describe a family picture with simple English sentences.

Ön Bilgi

Bu konuya başlamadan önce temel kavram ve ön koşulları kavramanız yardımcı olacaktır. Konunun çerçevesinde şu kavramlar dikkat ister:

• Mother and father are our parents. Sister and brother share the same parents with us.
• Grandmother and grandfather are the parents of our parents.
• An aunt is the wife of our uncle. An uncle is the husband of our aunt.
• A cousin is not our sibling. A cousin is the child of an aunt or an uncle.
• We put my, your, his, her, our and their before the name of a person.
• We use is for one person and are for two or more people in the same sentence.

Basit Örnek ve Günlük Yaşam

Günlük yaşamda ve mesleki bağlamda bir uygulama:

Soru: Ben has brought a photo from home. He must tell the class about his family members.

1. He begins with the family words: mother, father, sister and grandmother.
2. He uses the sentence This is my mother for every person in the photo.
3. Then he gives the name of each person: My mother's name is Nur.
4. Last he adds a small detail: My grandmother is sixty-one years old.

Sonuç/cevap: This is my mother. Her name is Nur. This is my grandmother.

İleri Örnek

Daha ileri bir uygulama:

Soru: Complete these three sentences with is or are: My father is a doctor. My parents are at home. My brother is ten years old.

1. My father names one person, so we use is: My father is a doctor.
2. My parents names two or more people, so we use are: My parents are at home.
3. My brother names one person, so we use is: My brother is ten years old.
4. We must check the number of the people before we choose is or are.

Sonuç/cevap: My father is a doctor. My parents are at home. My brother is ten years old.

Adım Adım Çözülmüş Örnek

Example 1: Introducing the family konusunun adımları:

1. He begins with the family words: mother, father, sister and grandmother.
2. He uses the sentence This is my mother for every person in the photo.
3. Then he gives the name of each person: My mother's name is Nur.
4. Last he adds a small detail: My grandmother is sixty-one years old.

Karşılaştırma Tablosu

Kendini Dene

Soru: Aileni tanıtan dört cümlelik bir metin yaz ve her cümlede bir aile bireyi adı ver.

Örnek cevap: Puanlama anahtarı: Dört cümle yazdığı için 4 puan, dört farklı aile bireyi adı kullandığı için 3 puan, iyelik eklerini doğru yerleştirdiği için 2 puan, büyük harf ve noktalama kurallarına uyduğu için 1 puan.