There are five people in the speaker's immediate family - their father, mother, older brother, younger sister, and themselves. Their older brother works in a bank and their younger sister is a middle school student. Their father is a businessman and their mother is a housewife. The speaker's extended family includes their grandparents, uncles/aunts, cousins, and nephews/nieces.

1. Family
Family

2. How many people are there in
your family?
• There are five people in my
family. My father, mother, brother,
sister and me.
• (Remember, this is textbook style)

3. Do you have a big family? / How
many brothers and sisters do you
have?
• I have an older brother - he works
in a bank. And I have a younger
sister - she’s a middle school
student. My father is a businessman
and my mother is a housewife.
• (This is a more natural style. Just talk about your close
family.)

4. Close family
Brother / Sister
Father / Mother

5. Extended family
• Grandfather / Grandmother
• Uncle / Aunt
• Cousins
• Nephew / Niece