Family History

1.

Family
Hobbies
Talk for 5 minutes and find out at least one thing in common with your partner.

2.

great-grandparents (n.)
gr
a
/ˈgreɪt ˈɡrænpeərənts/
relatives
(n.
r
/ˈrelətɪvz/
ancestors (n. /ˈænsestəz/
roots (n.)
/ru:ːtr s/
be related to smb (adj.)
Be r
/rɪˈleɪtɪd/
relatives on my mother’s side
mother
extended family
e f /ɪkˈstendɪd/
immediate family
/ɪˈmɪːdɪət/
if
inherit smth
(v.)
i
/ɪnˈherɪt/
take after somebody
t(v.)
a

3.

Match questions 1 – 10 with answers a – j.
1 Do you know a lot about your family history?
a. Quite a lot. My parents told me a lot of stories about my background.
2 Which do you know best: your father’s or your mother’s
b. Yes, I’m very shy like my father and my older brothers.
side of the family?
3 Where did your ancestors come from?
c. I’d love to but it’s very difficult because my parents don’t often talk about
the past.
4 Did you ever meet your great-grandparents?
d. Yes, I live with my immediate family and my grandparents.
5 Do you know most of your relatives?
e. No, there are no celebrities in the family!
6 Are you related to anyone famous?
f. They come from Lagos, in Nigeria.
7 Have you inherited any family characteristics?
g. I know about half of them. The others live in New Zealand and I’ve never
met them.
8 Who in your family do you take after?
h. My father’s. I grew up next door to his sister’s family.
9 Would you like to know more about your roots?
i. My mother. We look alike and we have similar characters.
10 Do you live with your extended family?
j. No. Unfortunately, they died before I was born.

4.

Match questions 1 – 10 with answers a – j.
1 Do you know a lot about your family history?
a. Quite a lot. My parents told me a lot of stories about my
background.
2 Which do you know best: your father’s or your
b. Yes, I’m very shy like my father and my older brothers.
mother’s side of the family?
3 Where did your ancestors come from?
c. I’d love to but it’s very difficult because my parents don’t often talk
about the past.
4 Did you ever meet your great-grandparents?
d. Yes, I live with my immediate family and my grandparents.
5 Do you know most of your relatives?
e. No, there are no celebrities in the family!
6 Are you related to anyone famous?
f. They come from Lagos, in Nigeria.
7 Have you inherited any family characteristics?
g. I know about half of them. The others live in New Zealand and I’ve
never met them.
8 Who in your family do you take after?
h. My father’s. I grew up next door to his sister’s family.
9 Would you like to know more about your roots?
i. My mother. We look alike and we have similar characters.
10 Do you live with your
family?
they died before I was born.
1 a extended
2h 3f 4
j 5 g 6 e 7 b 8j.INo.
9 cUnfortunately,
10 d

5.

1 Do you know a lot about your family history?
2 Which do you know best: your mother’s or your father’s side of the family?
3 Where do your ancestors come from?
4 Did you ever meet your great-grandparents?
5 Do you know most of your relatives?
6 Are you related to anyone famous?
7 Have you inherited any family characteristics?
8 Who in your family do you take after?
9 Would you like to know more about your roots?
10 Do you live with your extended family?

6.

Tom Evers is interested in
his family history.
Which relatives does he talk
about?

7.

a. How many of his great-grandparents and
grandparents did he meet?
b. Where did his father’s family come from?
c. What three types of job did most of his
ancestors do?
d. How many people are in his immediate family?
e. Who does he think tells the best family stories?

8.

Look at the questions from the interview and do the tasks below.
1. Do you know a lot about your family history?
2. Did you ever meet your great-grandparents?
3. Where did your ancestors come from?
4. What happened to them?
5. Which members of your family do you feel close to?
6. Who tells the best stories?
a. Underline the main verb in each question.
b. Circle the auxiliary verbs. Which auxiliary verbs refer to the past? Which refer to the present?
c. Which two questions are yes/no questions?
d. Which two questions end in a preposition?
e. Which two wh-questions refer to the subject?

9.

1. Do you know a lot about your family history?
2. Did you ever meet your great-grandparents?
3. Where did your ancestors come from?
4. What happened to them?
5. Which members of your family do you feel close to?
6. Who tells the best stories?
Yes/No Questions (1,2)
Wh-Questions (3, 5)
Questions with prepositions (3, 5)
Questions to the Subject (4, 6)

10.

1. Do you know a lot about your family history?
2. Did you ever meet your great-grandparents?
3. Where did your ancestors come from?
4. What happened to them?
5. Which members of your family do you feel close to?
6. Who tells the best stories?
Yes/No Questions (1,2)
Aux + S + Verb?
Wh-Questions
(3, 5)
Question word + Aux + S + Verb?
Questions with prepositions (3, 5)
Question word + Aux + S + Verb + Preposition?
Questions to the Subject (4, 6)
What/Who + Verb?

11.

Listen to the questions, do my voice go up or down at the end?
1. Do you know a lot about your family history?
2. Did you ever meet your great-grandparents?
3. Where did your ancestors come from?
4. What happened to them?

12.

Do you know a lot about your family history?
Did you ever meet your great-grandparents?
Where did your ancestors come from?
What happened to them?

13.

Put the words in the correct order to make questions.
1 do / every / your / family / you / day / see ?
________________________________________________________________
2 your / anything/ did / teach / grandparents / you ?
_________________________________________________________________
3 remembers / who / always / birthday/ your ?_________________________________________________
4 read / to / taught / you / who ? ______________________________________________________
5 do / do / to / relax / what / you ? _______________________________________________________________
6 holiday / do / next / to / you / want / go / on / your / where ?
_________________________________________________________________
7 words / what / you / describe / three ? _______________________________________________
8 happy / what / you / makes ? _______________________________________________________

14.

1 Do you see your family every day?
2 Did your grandparents teach you anything?
3 Who always remembers your birthday?
4 Who taught you to read?
5 What do you do to relax?
6 Where do you want to go on your next holiday?
7 What three words describe you?
8 What makes you happy?

15.

The lesson is adapted from Speakout Intermediate, Student’s Book, A,
Clare and J.J, Wilson. Pearson Education Limited 2011