vocabulary
5th grade
INTRODUCTION
TASKS
PROCESS
EVALUATION
CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
Here you will find information for building and strengthening your vocabulary about " My family" . Going through the different modules you'll be able to find many exercises, links, crosswords etc. which will help you feel more self-confident when using this vocabulary.
TASKS
1. LEARNING AND REFRESHING THE ALREADY EXISTING VOCABULARY ABOUT " MY FAMILY "
2. MAKING A FAMILY TREE AND GIVING A SHORT DESCRIPTION ABOUT EVERY FAMILY MEMBER
3. DOING "MY FAMILY" EXERCISES , INCLUDING WORD SCRAMBLE AND WORD SNAKES
4. FAMILY DESCRIPTION
PROCESS
1. First you should carefully study "My family" vocabulary on this site and do the self- checking after that! The Simpsons are going to help you!
http://www.learnenglish.be/voc1_relatives_study.htm
2. Next, you should draw your own family tree , as the one in the example and write a few words for every family member below it. Apart from learning the family ties, the objective is also the correct grammar construction of the sentences.
Ex. This is my mother.
She is a __________ .
She likes _________ .
She is _______ years old.
3. Next, you should write the scrambled words correctly in order to get one of your family members.
Family word
scramble
1. ehfrta________________
2. mehtor________________
3. hobrrte________________
4. ons________________
5. tuhgdaer________________
6. rseits________________
7. nuecl________________
8. tuan________________
9. gandetohrrm________________
10. scunoi________________
11. maeirdr________________
12. fiew________________
13. dsbahun________________
14. dntgarfehra________________
15. famiyl________________
4. Then, look at the two word snakes! Work with a partner and try to create as many family word snakes as you can!
wqsisterdgrandmotherjhcousintvauntnpgrandfatherzvuncleyfathermemother
dwgranddaughterdchildgdaughterkkidograndsonvvsonmtwinhtniecehjnephewqgreat-grandparentsd
5. The last exercise is to write a description of your own family or of a neighboring family. Read the text carefully and then do it on your own! The objective is to be able to describe your family closely!
Jack is married to Alice. She is his wife and he is her husband. They have a daughter and son. The son's name is Henry and the daughter's name is Lisa. They live next to Alice's parents, Harry and Marjorie. Harry is Alice's father and Marjorie is her mother. Harry is Jack's father-in-law and Marjorie is his mother-in-law. Henry is Harry's grandson and Lisa is Marjorie's granddaughter. Alice has a sister and a brother. Her sister's name is Mary and her brother's name is Frank. Frank has two children, David and Sherrie. Sherrie is Alice's niece and David is Alice's nephew. Alice is their aunt and Jack is their uncle.
For more vocabulary games, quizzes and crosswords visit the following sites:
http://www.esltower.com/VOCABSHEETS/family/family.html
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/vocabulary/family/exercises?04
EVALUATION
In order to see whether you've accomplished enough of "My family" vocabulary you should do the following quiz.
CONCLUSION
After finishing this short journey , learning new family vocabulary and refreshing the one you're already familiar with , you will be able to freely and openly discuss about your family, including what are they up do, how old are they , what are their likes and dislikes and so on.
LEARNING SHOULD BE FUN!!!