2. 5Tell me about your family.
WORD POWER Family1
A Look at Sam’s family tree. How are these people related to him. Add these
words to the family tree.
Vocabulary
Cousin
Father
Grandmother
Niece
Sister-in-law
Uncle
Wife
B Draw your family tree(or a
friend’s family tree). Then take turns
talking about your families. Ask
follow-up questions to get more
information.
For a single person:
There are six people in my family.
I have two brothers and a sister.
For married person:
There are four people in my family.
We have a son and a daughter.
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3. Vocabulary
LISTENING How are they related?2
Listen to four conversations about famous people. How are the people related?
CONVERSATION Asking about families3
Listen and practice
Pre-listening question:
Look at the picture and describe what
is going on in it?
Government
Secrete
Project
Wildlife
Photographer
Interesting
Amazing
Travel
Post-listening questions:
1. Where do Rita’s parents live?
2. What do they do?
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4. PRONUNCIATION Intonation in statements4
Listen and practice. Notice that statements usually have falling intonation.
I’m working in Singapore She’s waiting at the bus stop. They’re living at home.
B Pair work Practice the conversation in Exercise 3 again. Pay attention to the
intonation in the statement.
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5 GRAMMAR FOCUS
Present continuous
Are you living at home now?
Is your sister working for the
government?
Are Ed and Jill going to college this year?
Where are you working now?
What is your brother doing these days?
Who are your parents visiting this week?
Yes, I am. No, I’m not.
Yes, she is. No, she’s not. / No, she isn’t.
Yes, they are. No, they are not.
I’m not working. I need a job.
He’s traveling in the Amazon.
They’re visiting my grandmother.
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5. Simple present vs. present continuous
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Usually Right now
Sue’s sister What does Sue’s sister do? She works for the government.
Sue’s sister What is she doing right now? She’s working on secrete project.
Difference:
Simple present= habitual actions, daily routines, facts.
Exp:
She comes to class 5 minutes earlier, every day.
He goes to office every day.
Present continuous= actions that are happening right now.
Exp: We are writing a letter right now.
Formation:
Simple present: {Subject + verb} (They go, She works)
Present continuous: {Subject + be + verb + ing} (She is working)
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Formation of yes/no questions:
{Be + subject + verb + ing}
Exp:
Is she going to school right now? Yes, she is. No, I she isn’t.
Are they working in the office at the moment? Yes, they’re. No, they aren’t.
Am I teaching the class now? Yes, I’m. No, I’m not.
Formation of Wh-questions in present continuous:
{(Wh-question) + be + subject + verb + ing?}
Exp:
Where is she going right now? She is going to school.
Who is he going with right now? He is going with his parents.
Why are they studying English? Because they want to go to U.S.
What am I teaching now? Your are teaching English?
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7. A Complete these phone conversations using the present continuous.
Do this in your books with pencil.
B Pair work Practice the phone conversations with a partner.
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6 DISCUSSION Is anyone…..?
Group work Ask your classmates about people in their family. What are they
doing now? Ask follow-up questions to get more information.
A: Is anyone in your family
traveling right now?
B: Yes, my dad is. He is in
Korea.
C: What is he doing there?
Topics to ask about
Traveling going to high school or college.
Living abroad moving to a new home
Taking a class studying a foreign language
VOCABULARY
Traveling
Living abroad
Shopping
Taking a class
Elevator
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SNAPSHOT
Find out about your classmates’ families. Go to Interchange 5.
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Typical Families
Vocabulary
Typical:
Facts:
Together:
Adults:
Marry:
Parents:
Questions
Which facts seem like positive
things? Which seem negative?
What are families like in your
country? Write your guesses.
Tell the class your guesses. Do
they agree?
INTERCHANGE 5 Family facts
Post-listening questions:
1. What percentage of homes in the U.S have three or more TVs?
a. 41% b. 61% c. 81%
2. What percentage of families in the U.S almost always eat dinner together?
a. 23% b. 43 % c. 63 %
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A Listen and practice.
CONVERSATION I come from a big family.
Where from? Number of Typical?
brothers/sisters
1. Mei-li
2. Marcos
B Listen to the rest of the conversation. What does Mei-li like about
being an only child?
Listen to the audio clip and complete the chart
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When people don’t know the exact percentage of something, they use
quantifiers. Quantifiers (Adverb of quantity) show how much of a thing is
meant.
All quantifier come before plural nouns except one.
100%
0%
All families have only one child.
Nearly all
Most
Many
A lot of families are smaller these days.
Some
Not many
A few couples have more than one child
Few
No one gets married before the age of 18.
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11 WRITING An e-mail about your family
A Rewrite these sentences using quantifiers. Then compare with a partner.
A Write an e-mail to your e-pal about your family?
Dear Young Joon,
Thanks for your e-mail. Now let me tell
you about my family. My parents are
coffee farmers. Most families here are
small. I have one older sister, but I
don’t have a brother.
My sister’s name……
B Group work take turns reading your e-mails. Ask questions to get more
information.
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12 READING
The Changing Family
Read the title of the article. Then check ( ) the question you think the article will answer.
Why do women work outside the home? What happens when both parents work?
Vocabulary
Change
Important
After-school program
Household chores
Administrator
Unfortunately
Freedom
spend
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