TALKING ABOUT FAMILY MEMBER
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Expressing family relations:
A family is smallest
social unit. The family consists of father, mother, children and relatives.
This kind of a family is called Extended family
Vocabulary
- Uncle
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The brother of your father or mother
- Cousin
- The child of your uncle or
aunt.
- Nephew
- The son of you r brother or
sister
- Niece
- The daughter of your brother
or sister
- Sister – in – law
- The sister of your wife or
husband
- Father in-
law
- the father of your wife or
husband
- Grandfather
- The father of your father or
mother
- Brother in- law
- The brother of your wife of
husband
- Grandmother
- The mother of your father or
mother
- Aunt
- The sister of your father or
mother
A family tree
Mabula married Kalunde.They have two children ,Robert and Rose. Robert got married to Rehema and they have two children Tyson and Diana Rose at mrried to Juma and they have two children;Bush and Sijapata
Study the following diagram:
Expressing occupations
of family members
Members of a family
usually has daily activity for production or social services
Vocabulary;
Venders, Tailors, Sailors, Plumber, Nurse,Teacher.
Exercise:
Fill in the following
table with the right information. The first one has been done for you.
OWNERSHIP OR POSSESSION
Possession refers to one
having his/her property such as school, pen, houses, car, home, and farm
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Most occurring words
(i)
Possessive pronouns: e.g. my, her, his, our, their
(ii)
Other terms: posses, belong, own, property of….
Examples
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My father owns a boat
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My sister own a big house
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I have a hen
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We possess a big library
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That bus belongs to my father
DESCRIBING PHYSICAL
APPEARANCE
People differ in
physical appearance in terms of height, size, colour,[complexion] morphology,
hair, eyes, ears, nose, teeth, fingers, legs, toes, chest head.
Study the following text
Mr. Kibakaya is a light
coloured skinned man in our street. He is baldheaded and his remaining hairs
gray. Older people say that he has a fair complexion. His daughter is skinning,
tall but tenders. She is beautiful and attracts attention whenever she passes.
Her twisting eyes confuse young man. She puts on her-heals on every weekend.
Her young brother is shot and fat, he looks handsome and magnetic to girls his
chest is wide as well as frightening nose
DESCRIBING CHARACTER
Every person has a
particular behavior that display his/her character: Example: cruel,
greedily, rude, rough, carelessness, generous, gentle, sincere, open, lian
Examples:
(i)
He is a rude boy at our school
(ii)
She is careless that her uniform is full of sports
(iii) A
sincere student is liked by teacher
(iv)
You’re a liar
Character changes because of age education and people around, character
reflects moral and cultural value. People from broken families usually show bad
character. Character can also be understood through a language that a person
uses.
Structure
Asking questions
We can also ask
questions using the words in the box
(i)
Who is shouting?
(ii)
What are you doing?
(iii)
Which boo is yours?
(iv)
Whose pen is this?
(v)
When do we go home?
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