2. My Family
My family – place/size/members
My mother
My father
My brothers/sisters
My characteristics
My grandparents
Importance of my family
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)
4. My Family
Write about yourself (name, age, job, appearance,
hobbies, likes and dislikes, qualities)
Write about grandparents in short
Conclude the topic
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.
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.
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?
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.
9. Name, age, job
Examples of answers:
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.
10. What does he/she look like?
(Appearance)
Appearance: pretty, ugly, good-looking, handsome,
beautiful, attractive
Body: tall, short, of medium build, of average height,
well-built, slim, thin, skinny, plump, fat, a bit
overweight...
Eyes: dark, bright, blue, brown, green, grey…
Hair: short/long, straight/curly/wavy, fair, brown, black,
grey, blonde, white…
11. What does he/she look like?
(Appearance)
My father is nearly bald.
My brother is of medium build.
My sister wears glasses.
My dad has a moustache.
My grandfather has a beard.
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.
13. What does he/she look like?
(Appearance)
Examples of answers:
My sister is very attractive, she is tall and slim and
she has got long blond straight hair. She likes
wearing jeans and a T-shirt.
My grandfather is of medium build and he is a bit
overweight.
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.
15. Hobbies, likes, dislikes
Examples of answers:
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.
17. What is he/she like?
(Qualities, characteristic features)
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.
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…)
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.
20. Conclusion of the topic
Examples of answers:
My family is very important for me, we like and
respect 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.
