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
Ana Paul

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Family Tree.
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Dan Beth Tom Sara Mike Jane Rick

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Jake Alice

Daniel

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David

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grandmother grandfather father mother cousin

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brother sister uncle aunt husband

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wife daughter son grandson granddaughter

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parents nephew niece siblings

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verbs
q Infinitive q Present Tense q Simple Past Tense 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

your turn
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. 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) page 2

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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
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.

your turn
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. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Ana is Davids ___________________. Mike is Davids ___________________. Jane is Davids ___________________. David is Mikes ___________________. Alice is Beths ___________________. Paul is Mikes __________________. Sara is Ricks _________________. Jake is Alices _________________. Ana and Paul are Mikes ______________.

10. Ana and Paul are Davids ________________.

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subject-verb agreement
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. 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. Plural Subjects and Verbs We love chocolate. You guys are good students. They have blue pens.

your turn
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence. 1. Please _________ me to everyone here. I dont know anyone. a. introduce b. introduced c. introduces Your brother ___________ my sister last week. a. marries b. married c. marry My family ________ for a reunion two times per year. a. meets b. met c. meet I _____ not go to the park yesterday. a. do b. did

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My parents _______ at the store right now. a. went b. were c. are We are ___________. We _____ the same parents. a. related, have b. relates, has c. relate, had Your family ______ ten people. It ____ a big family. a. had, is b. has, is c. have, was My grandma ______ pictures on her wall. We _____ at them last week. a. have, looks b. had, look c. has, looked Ana _____ Davids grandmother. She _____ also my mother. a. is, is b. were, was c. are, is

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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.

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10. Jake ______ Beths son. He _______ football with me last weekend. 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.

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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

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. are married were married are related met introduce is related are related introduce

your turn - exercise 2

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

your turn - exercise 3

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

putting it together - exercise 4

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

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