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Adam's Family English > Level Pre A1 Pre-starter > What's Your Name?

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CONTENT
• Let’s Start! • Let’s Explore! • Let’s Practice! • Extension Activity • Target Words • Learning Points

Let’s Start!

Here's a family. Let's talk about family members!

Learning Outcome Can Do Statements

Accurately use basic information in • I can introduce family members.
simple situations. • I can express possession using his, her.
• I can say how old someone is.
Ask your partner:
• Who is in your family?
• Share pictures of your family.

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Let’s Explore!

Here's* a picture of Adam's family. What does he say about them?

* "Here's" is the short form of here is. It introduces something. E.g. Here's a book.

Instructions: Read the text aloud.

Hi, I'm Adam. This is a picture of my family. This is my mother, Sandra, and this is my father,
Daniel. They are still sweethearts. Skippy is their dog—can you see him? He is cute.
This is my brother. His name is Thomas. He's 18 years old. He plays soccer. This is my little
sister, Tania. She's ten. Her birthday is this month.
This is me. I am the middle child. I am 16 years old. My grandparents are here. They are very
nice.

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Let’s Practice!

Do you remember the words? Let's find out!

Instructions: Find each word in the grid below.

M E T Y U I O O K J M O S

I M O T H E R J N B G H W

D I I K J H G V F I U H E
Words
D Q O O B B R O T H E R E

1. mother L A A S I S T E R R J K T
2. father E N J H I G V V C G J L H
3. sister
4. middle G R A N D P A R E N T S E
5. brother E P O I U H G F D V H N A
6. grandparents
7. sweethearts N M G H K U I I F F K K R

O F G H G F V H B J N J T

H N F A T H E R M N B V S
I U H G F D V G B H N J M

Let’s Practice!

Time to practice our* speaking! Let's practice words that show possession.
*”our” is a possessive adjetive.

Instructions: Re-read the dialogue. Read the sentences below and fill in the gaps
blanks with the correct words from the Word Bank.

Word Bank
Their / our / Her / my

1. There are five people in __________ family.

2. ________ brother is 10 years old.

3. This is __________ little sister.

4. __________ mother is 65 years old.

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Extension Activity

Now it's time to talk about your family!

Instructions: Complete the following steps. Fill in the Self-Assessment.

a) Choose a picture of your family.

Self-Assessment Yes No
b) Write 5 sentences about the picture.
c) Practice saying the sentences.
I use this, that (for people
d) Show your picture in class.
near and far).
e) Talk about the people in your picture.
I talk about the people in the
picture.
I use the target words from
the lesson.

I say how old each person is.

Target Words

• mother (noun): female parent • dog (noun): a common family pet

e.g. My mother is a teacher.
• father (noun): male parent
e.g. My father works in a bank.
• sister (noun): a female who has the same
parent
e.g. His sister is a nice person.
• middle (adjective): between two things; in
the center
e.g. I am the middle child.
e.g. My dog, Skippy, is cute.
• brother (noun): a male who has the same
parent
e.g. My brother plays soccer.
• grandparents (noun): the parents of your
parents
e.g. My grandparents are nice.
• sweethearts (noun): lovers; boyfriend and
girlfriend
e.g. My grandparents are sweethearts.

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Learning Points

Possessive Adjectives
You use possessive adjectives to talk about family relations, or things you own (posessions).

Pronoun Possessive Adjective Example

I My She's my mother.

You Your That's your dad.

He His It's his computer.

She Her Maria is her sister.

We Our Those are our books.

They Their It's their dog.