6. Paco's family = His family (possessive adjectives)

 

Paco's family members

Paco's family
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 As you already know, Paco has a sister and a brother apart from his parents, Antonio and Isabel. Sonia, his sister, is only 16 and his brother Carlos hasn't got any children so Paco doesn't have any nieces or nephews yet.

But Paco has also grandparents on his mother's side. He usually visits them because they live in Granada too. His grandfather's name is Sebastián and María is his grandmother. They love their grandchildren a lot.

Paco has a lot of aunts, uncles and cousins on both his mother and father's side. And there are other important family members in Paco's family: his close friends, Alex and Andrés, are like family for Paco. Friendship is important to him.

 

List the words connected to family in the text.

Ejercicio Resuelto

Here you have some proper names of Paco's family:

Paco's mother: Isabel / Paco's father: Antonio / Paco's sister: Sonia / Paco's brother: Carlos

Complete the following sentences with the suitable proper names:

  1. Antonio is Isabel's __________.
  2. Sonia is Carlos' _________.
  3. Carlos is Isabel and Antonio's _________.
  4. Isabel is Antonio's __________.
  5. Paco is Carlos' __________.
  6. Sonia is Antonio and Isabel's __________.
  7. Antonio and Isabel are Carlos, Paco and Sonia's __________.

Importante

 Sometimes it's difficult to choose the correct translation of su/sus in English. Look at this presentation:


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Comprueba lo aprendido

We can use this picture to practice possessive adjectives. Imagine you are Jack and complete with my, his, her,its, our and their:

 

family tree

     name is Jack. Sarah is sister. parents are called Anne and Paul. parents (who are of course grandparents) are Henry and Diana . I have got 3 aunts. names are Amelia, Anne and Sandra . Anne is married. husband's name is Paul. They haven't got any children. aunt Sandra is married to a German. name is George. They have got 2 children, who are (Sarah's and my) cousins. names are Emily and Peter. Emily is 14 and favourite sport is tennis. Peter is 12 years old and favourite sport is football- he's mad on it! Last year he broke leg scoring a goal. I've got a cat. name is Korky.

 

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Listening comprehension activity

It is important to be able to talk about your family. Can you? Do this activity to practise some vocabulary related to the family. If you make too many mistakes, don't worry, you can do some revision of the vocabulary and do the exercise again. The listening exercise is at the top of the page. Now try here.

Paco's family
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Curiosidad

Do you know the origin of the word husband?

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The word husband comes from the Old English words hus (meaning house) and bónda (meaning peasant or yeoman) which in turn derives from bua (meaning to dwell).

Consequently, husband means a peasant or yeoman who lives in a house. During the 13th century the word began to be used in the sense of a man married to a woman, as it is used nowadays.