4 main types of families and their descriptions.

2.  There are 4 main types of family:
1.Nuclear Family
2. Extended Family
3. One Parent Family
4. Step Family

3.  A Nuclear Family is a family unit which
has two parents and their children.

4.  Adopted children: When a child's mother
and father cannot take care of them, so
they have new parents.
 Biological children: The mother and
father have children together
 The children in a Nuclear Family can be
adopted or biological.

5.  An Extended family is a Nuclear family
plus other relatives.
 Usually grandparents live with the
Nuclear Family to make an Extended
Family but sometimes it can be aunts,
uncles or cousins.

7.  A One Parent Family is a family where
the children are looked after by either
their mother or father.

8.  A Step Family is created when a single
parent marries again.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htq
V15zpZZQ

9.  Spouse: A husband or wife.
 Sibling: a brother or sister.
 Relative: Any person who is in your
family.

10.  Some children live with their
grandparents.
 Some children live with their aunts and
uncles.
 Sometimes a family can be
grandparents, one parent and children.
 A family can also be a husband and wife
with no children.

11.  Nuclear Family
 Children + Parents
 Extended Family
 Children + Parents +
Grandparents or
Aunts or Uncles or
cousins.
 One Parent
Family
 Mother or Father
+ Children
 Step Parent
Family
 One parent family
+ Spouse +
Children

12. B) A husband or wife.
What’s a spouse?
A) Something we use to eat food
with.
C) A brother or sister.

13. B) When a child’s mother or father
cannot take care of them so they
have new parents.
What does adopted mean?
A) Something we use to eat food
with.
C) A brother or sister.

14. B) A husband or wife.
Look at the picture. Can you
guess what sibling means?
A) Something we use
to eat food with.
C) A brother or sister.

15. B) A husband or wife.
Look at the picture. Can you
guess what relative means?
A) Any person who is
in your family.
C) A brother or sister.

16.  Take the paper that Mr. Adam gives you
and walk around the room.
 Match the letter (A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H) of the
vocabulary item to definition on your
paper.
 When you are finished, please sit back
down.

17. Parents + Children
Parents + Children+
(Grandparents or
Aunts or Uncles or
Cousins)
Mother or Father +
Children
One Parent Family +
Spouse + Children
When parents can’t
take care of a child
and new parents
take care of the
child.
Your brother or
sister
A husband or
wife
ANY
PERSON
WHO IS IN
YOUR
F) Nuclear
Family
H) Extended
Family
F) One Parent
Family
C) Step Family
D) Adopted E) Sibling G) Spouse B) Relative