UNIT 3

Materials vocabulary
Cotton (algodn)

Gold (oro)

Wool (lana)

Silk (seda)

Rubber (caucho)

Plastic (plastico)

Silver (plata)

Leather (cuero)

UNIT # 5
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.
My relatives
male

female
parent

father

mother
sibling

brother

sister

uncle

aunt

grandparent

Relationship
to Me

I usually call
him...

her...

relative of
whom I am
the child

Father,
Daddy, Dad,
Papa

Mother, Mummy,
Mum, Mommy,
Mom, Mama, Ma

we have the
same father
and mother

first name;
sometimes
Bro

first name;
sometimes Sis

sibling of my
parent

Uncle [first
name]

Aunt/Auntie [first
name]

parent of my

Grandfather,

Grandmother,

grandfather

grandmother

parent

Grandpa

Grandma

cousin

child of my
uncle or aunt

first name

spouse

first name

wife

relative to
whom I am
married

first name

son

daughter

relative of
whom I am
the parent

nephew

niece

child of my
sibling

first name

child of my
child

first name

husband
child

grandchild
grandson

granddaughter

great
grandfather

great
grandmother

parent of my
grandparent

Great
Grandpa

Great Grandma

father-inlaw

mother in-law

parent of my
spouse

first name;
Dad

first name; Mum,

Mom

brother-inlaw

sister in-law

sibling of my
spouse;
spouse of my
sibling

first name

ex-husband

ex-wife

my previous
spouse (we
divorced)

first name

half-brother

half-sister

my sibling
born to my
father or
mother but
not both

first name

new spouse
of one of my
parents

first name

step-parent
step-father

step-mother

step-child
step-son

child of my
spouse but
step-daughter not of me

first name

In a family, the word generation means all the people in one stage of the family.
For example, your parents are one generation, you and your siblings are
the next generation, and your children and their cousins are another generation.

aunt

ta

boyfriend

novio

brother

hermano

brother-in-law

cuado

cousin

primo/a

dad

daddy

papi

daughter

hija

daughter-in-law

nuera

father

padre

father-in-law

suegro

girlfriend

novia

godfather

padrino

godmother

madrina

grandad

abuelito, "abue"

grandchildren

nietos

granddaughter

nieta

grandfather

abuelo

grandma

abuelita, "abue"

grandmother

abuela

grandpa

abuelito, "abue"

grandparents

abuelos

grandson

nieto

great-grandfather

bisabuelo

great-grandmother

bisabuela

husband

esposo, marido

mother

madre

mother-in-law

suegra

mom

mum

mummy

mami

nephew

sobrino

niece

sobrina

parents

padres

sibling

hermano/a

sister

hermana

sister-in-law

cuada

son

hijo

son-in-law

yerno

stepdaughter

hijastra

stepmother

madrastra

stepfather

padrastro

stepson

hijastro

uncle

to

wife

esposa, mujer

firstborn

primognito

oldest

el/la mayor

youngest

el/la menor

the baby of the family

el benjamn de la familia

twins

gemelos

adopted

adoptado

orphan

hurfano/a

relative

pariente

acquaintance

conocido

generation

generacin

ancestors

antepasados

descendants

descendientes

HOMEWORK # 2
Saturday, November 1st
Write a story about your family. Include sentences in PRESENT CONTINUOUS to describe
what each member is doing. Also COMPARE 4 family members (use a example of each rule)
Example:
This is the Orozco Renteria family. its members are my mother, Astrid Renteria, My brother,
Juan Jose Orozco, My Grandmother, Julieta Jimenez and my grandfather, Edgar Renteria.
It's one o'clock and we are in our house. My mother is sleeping while my grandmother is
preparing some food. My brother is listening to music in his bedroom and my grandfather is
watching a soccer game on TV. I am doing my english homework. My brother is taller than my
grandpa, but my grandfather is better soccer player than my brother. My grandmother is older
than my mother and my mom is funnier than my brother. I am more famous in my neighborhood
than the rest of my family.