English 3

Unit

Family and Home

Professor: Carmen Castañeda Chau

Achievement
At the end of the learning unit the student will be able to talk
about his family members, to describe his physical appeareance
and personality characteristics. Additionaly, the student will be
able to describe his home and neigborhood and to follow
directions.

Importance
People love to talk about their home and family, especially
about those peculiar physical or personality characteristics that
they share. What is more, we as responsable citizens need to
know about our home and neighborhood. In order to so, it is
important to learn the appropriate vocabulary and grammatical
structures to do it with pertinence.
General Content

• We have a fun family!

• Where’s the bank?
• Language in action
We have a fun family!
• In the room there is…
Vocabulary
Family
 Family
Grandfather Grandmother

Uncle Father Mother Aunt

Brother Daugther Sister

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 Vocabulary

Husband Wife

Son Daugther Sister

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Grammar:
Have
 HAVE
Affirmative form

We use have to talk about possession and relationships.

they HAVE you

we
 HAVE
Affirmative form

he

HAS
it she
Examples

1. I have a big family.

2. Robert has three sisters.

3. Mr. and Mrs. Flores have two sons.

4. We have a daughter.

5. Karen has a brother.

 HAVE
Negative form

I you we they + DO NOT

(don’t) + HAVE

he she it
+ DOES NOT
(doesn’t) + HAVE
Examples

1. I don’t have a big family.

2. Sonia doesn’t have sisters.

3. Mr. and Mrs. Cano don’t have children.

4. We don’t have a daughter.

5. Harold doesn’t have a brother.

 HAVE
Interrogative form

DO
+ I you we they
+ HAVE

DOES
+ he she it
+ HAVE
Examples

1. Do you have a sister?

2. Does Angela have a son?

3. Do Mr. and Mrs. Ruiz have two children?

4. Does he have a big family?

Exercises
CIRCLE the correct answer:

1. My grandfather have / has a white dog.

2. They have / has the correct answer.
3. I don’t have / has a brother.
4. The house have / has many windows.
5. Do you have / has a daughter?
6. I have / has a desk and two chairs in my bedroom.
 Grammar:
Possessive ´s
 Possessive ’S

For singular nouns, we use the apostrophe before the s:

My brother ’s name is Juan.

For plural nouns, we use the apostrophe after the s:

Your uncles ’ mother is my grandmother.

Examples

1. Lucy is my sister’s daughter.

2. My husband’s family isn’t very big.

3. His grandparents’ names are Max and Ann.

4. Her cousins’ father is from Spain.

Exercises
WRITE the correct form of the possessive ’S:

1. This is __________ book. (Peter)

2. My _____________ car is not new. (parents)

3. This is the _____________ bike. (boy)

4. ______________ daughter is twelve years old. (Joseph)

5. These are the _____________ pencils. (boys)

 Vocabulary
Room / Furniture
 Rooms

bathroom bedroom
 Rooms

dining room kitchen living room

 Furniture

mirror

shower

sink
Furniture
 Furniture
Picture

Table

Chair
 Furniture

Frigde
 Furniture

couch

armchair
 Grammar:
There is / There are
 THERE IS – THERE ARE
Affirmative form
We use there is or there are to say that something exists:

a table in the
There is
dining room.

six chairs in the

There are dining room.
 THERE IS – THERE ARE
Negative form
We use there isn’t or there aren’t to say that something doesn’t exist:

There isn’t
a couch in the living
room.

There aren’t
pictures on the
walls.
 THERE IS – THERE ARE
Question form

Is there a chair in the

bedroom?

Are there books on the desk?.

Examples

1. There is a big table in the kitchen.

2. There isn’t a couch in the bathroom.

3. Is there a fridge in the kitchen?

4. There aren’t pictures on the walls.

5. There are books on the desk.

6. Are there three bedrooms?

Exercises
FILL the blanks with there is or there are.

1. __________________ a lamp in the room.

2. Susan, ________________ a chair in the garden?

3. __________________ many glasses on the table.

4. This morning, _________________ not many children in the park.

5. __________________ two little trees in the garden.

6. __________________ a nice door in this house.

Where’s the bank?
• Vocabulary Plus
 Vocabulary:
Places in town /
Prepositions of place/
Physical appearance /Personality
 Places in town

bank art gallery

 Places in town

movie theater train station

 Places in town

supermarket drugstore
 Places in town

post office restaurant

 Prepositions of place

between In front of behind

 Prepositions of place

next to on the left on the right

 Physical appearance

attractive beautiful
 Physical appearance

good - looking pretty ugly

 Personality

friendly funny horrible

 Personality

intelligent kind nice

 Personality

quiet shy warm

Language in action
• Review
Asking for Directions

Excuse me, How

is there a
bank near do I get to
here? King Street,
please?
where’s the
tourist
do I get
information
there?
office?
Dialogue practice

READ the dialogue:

A. Excuse me, is there a hotel near here?

B. Yes, there’s one on West Street.
A. How do I get there?
B. Go down this road, then turn right.
Exercises
ORDER the following words:
1. a / Excuse / here? / hotel / is / me, / near / there
___________________________________________________
2. on / Street. / one / West / there’s / Yes,
____________________________________________________
3. do / get / How / I / there?
____________________________________________________
4. down / Go / right. / road, / then / this / turn
____________________________________________________
Review
CHOOSE the correct family words:

1. Marge and Homer Simpson are Lisa and Bart’s _________.

a. children b. cousins c. parents
2. Queen Elizabeth is Prince Harry’s _________.
a. grandmother b. mother c. aunt
3. Michelle and Barack Obama have two ___________.
a. sons b. brothers c. daughters
Review
COMPLETE the sentences with the correct form of BE or HAVE.

1. Gerson _____ two sisters and one brother.

2. Mr. And Mrs. López _____ a beautiful child.

3. Mark _____ from England.

4. There _____ eight members in my family.

5. There _____ one small table in the kitchen.

Conclusions

In this unit we have learned to talk about:

* Our family; the use of the verb HAVE.

* Possessive ’S to talk about what people possess.
* Our home and furniture. There is and there are to
talk about the existance of something.
* Places in town. Prepositions of place to say where
things are.
* People’s physical appearance and personality.
* To ask for and give directions.
 Thanks
Professor: Carmen Castañeda Chau