2. My family
My family – place/size/members
My mother
My father
My brothers/sisters
My characteristics
My grandparents
Importance of my family
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3. My Family
How to prepare the topic:
Write where you live and how many members
your family has.
Write about all members of your family (name,
age, job, appearance, hobbies, likes and
dislikes, qualities)
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4. My Family
Write about yourself (name, age, job,
appearance, hobbies, likes and dislikes,
qualities)
Write about grandparents in short
Conclude the topic
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5. Where do you live? How big is your family?
How many members has it got?
Examples of answers:
I live with my parents and two older sisters in a
family house in the village Ředice.
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6. I live with my family in a block of flats in
Pardubice. My family has four members – me,
my mother, my father and my younger brother
Tom.
I live with my parents in a farmhouse in the
village Čermá. We are family of five – me, my
mother, my older sister Anne and my
grandparents. My father doesn´t live with us,
my parents are divorced.
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7. How to describe members of your family?
Name
Age
Job
Appearance
What do they look like?
Hobbies
What do they like doing?
Likes/dislikes
What do they like/dislike?
Qualities
What are they like?
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8. Name, age, job
Examples of answers:
My mother´s name is Alice, she is 38 years
old and she works in the company Delloit.
My father´s name is Charles, he is 42 years
old and he works as a driver.
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9. My older brother´s name is Patrik, he is 26
and he is an entrepreneur.
My sister´s name is Vera, she is 22 years old
and she studies at university.
My younger brother’s name is Patrik, he is
fourteen and he attends the 9th grade of basic
school.
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10. What does he/she look like?
(Appearance)
Appearance: pretty, ugly, good-looking, handsome,
beautiful, attractive
Body: tall, short, of medium build, well-built, slim,
thin, skinny, plump, fat,
a bit overweight...
Eyes: dark, bright, blue, brown, green…
Hair: short/long, straight/curly/wavy, fair, brown,
black, grey, blonde, white…
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11. What does he/she look like?
(Appearance)
My father is nearly bold.
My brother is of medium build.
My sister wears glasses.
My dad has a moustache.
My grandfather has a beard.
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12. What does he/she look like?
(Appearance)
Examples of answers:
My mother is small and slim, she has got blue
eyes and short brown wavy hair and she wears
glasses.
My father is tall and well-built, he has got dark
brown eyes and he is nearly bald.
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13. My sister is very attractive, she is
tall and slim and she has got long blond
straight hair.
My grandfather is of medium build
and he is a bit overweight.
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14. Hobbies, likes, dislikes
Examples of answers:
My mother´s hobbies are gardening, cooking
and knitting.
My mother likes reading books and watching
romantic films, she doesn´t like parties and crowds
of people
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15. My father´s hobbies are repairing of car,
fishing and football.
He likes good meal, but he doesn´t like
cooking.
My sister´s hobbies are drawing, playing
computer games and hanging out. She hates
washing the dishes.
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17. Examples of answers:
My mother is optimistic and hard-working,
but sometimes she is a bit strict.
My father is sociable and honest, but
sometimes he is also moody.
My brother is friendly and cheerful, but he is
also lazy and stubborn.
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18. Grandparents
Examples of answers:
Grandparents from my father´s side are dead.
Grandparents from my mother´s side live in
Přelouč. I visit them quite often (every weekend, on
holiday…..)
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19. Grandparents
Examples of answers:
My grandmother´s name is Marie, she is 65 years
old and she is retired. She likes gardening and solving
crosswords. My grandfather´s name is Josef, he is 68
years old and he likes mushrooming and watching TV.
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20. Conclusion of the topic
Examples of answers:
My family is very important for me, we like
and respect each other and we like each other.
I think family is very important for everybody
and I like my family, too.
My family is very nice and I like it.
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