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20 Mins - A1 Level Vocabulary & Speaking

Family Members & Relatives

Learn essential words for describing your family, relatives, and generations.

How to use this lesson

Teacher

Use this module during a 20-minute classroom session.

Check answers in pairs and guide oral repetition for difficult words.

Student

Read the vocabulary table first and study the memory tips.

Complete all practice tasks, then record your voice in the shadowing section.

Word table

Review all 10 family words across 3 groups before practicing.

A cheerful multi-generational family sitting together on a living room sofa, including grandparents, parents, children,

A happy multi-generational family gathering at home

Word	Meaning	Common collocations	Example sentence	Memory tip
Group 1: The Closest Family
mother	A female parent.	love my mother	My mother cooks breakfast every morning.	Starts with M like Mom.
father	A male parent.	proud father	His father drives him to school.	Starts with F like Far or First.
brother	A boy or man who has the same parents.	older brother	My brother plays football after class.	Bro is short for brother.
sister	A girl or woman who has the same parents.	little sister	My sister draws colorful pictures.	Sis sounds like sister.
Group 2: Older Family
grandmother	The mother of your father or mother.	visit grandmother	We visit grandmother on Sundays.	Grand + mother = bigger generation.
grandfather	The father of your father or mother.	kind grandfather	My grandfather wears round glasses.	Grand + father = the older father.
uncle	The brother of your mother or father.	helpful uncle	Uncle David lives near our house.	Starts with U like an umbrella over the family.
Group 3: More Relatives
aunt	The sister of your mother or father.	favorite aunt	My aunt brings delicious cookies.	Sounds like "ant", but she is a kind person!
cousin	The child of your uncle or aunt.	first cousin	My cousin and I are the same age.	Pronounce like kuh-zin.
baby	A very young child.	baby boy	The baby is sleeping peacefully.	Short and sweet: ba-by.

Practice

Complete all 16 items across the four interactive sections below.

Collocations: Match the words that go together

Choose the best family word to complete each common collocation.

1. older ___

____ baby ____ brother ____ grandmother

2. first ___

____ uncle ____ mother ____ cousin

3. ___ boy

____ baby ____ father ____ aunt

4. little ___

____ mother ____ sister ____ grandfather

Gap-fills: Complete with the Word Bank

Word Bank: sister grandfather father baby

5. My mother and my ___ are my parents. He is a teacher.

____

6. Please speak quietly. The ___ is sleeping, and it is only two months old.

____

7. My ___ is my father's father. He is seventy years old.

____

8. My younger ___ shares her toys with me every afternoon.

____

Choose the word: Context & Relationships

Select the correct family relative based on the definition.

9. Your mother's brother is your ___.

____ uncle ____ brother ____ father

10. Your father's sister is your ___.

____ mother ____ aunt ____ grandmother

11. Your uncle's child is your ___.

____ brother ____ grandfather ____ cousin

12. Your mother's mother is your ___.

____ grandmother ____ sister ____ aunt

Sentence-building: Put the words in order

Unscramble the words to write a complete sentence. Use proper capitalization and a period.

Scrambled words: loves / my / father / reading

13. Arrange into a full sentence:

____

Scrambled words: is / sister / my / kind

14. Arrange into a full sentence:

____

Scrambled words: has / brother / a / my / car

15. Arrange into a full sentence:

____

Scrambled words: is / cousin / tall / my

16. Arrange into a full sentence:

____

Shadowing

Listen, repeat aloud, and record your voice in the 12 speaking boxes below.

Two family members having a warm conversation at a kitchen table, drinking tea and smiling, bright and friendly illustra

Practice speaking clearly like natural family conversations

Phase 1 Collocations (Phrases)

Item 1

older brother

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 2

kind grandfather

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 3

baby boy

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 4

favorite aunt

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Phase 2 Short Sentences

Sentence 1

I love my mother.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 2

My sister is funny.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 3

My uncle lives nearby.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 4

This is my father.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Phase 3 Longer Sentences

Sentence 5

My cousin plays with me.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 6

My grandfather tells good stories.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Phase 4 Pronunciation Focus: Difficult Words

Say each word slowly. Then say it again at a normal speed.

Difficult Word 1

grandmother

Pronounce the d softly: /ˈɡræn(d)ˌmʌðər/

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Difficult Word 2

cousin

Pronounce with a short uh sound: /ˈkʌzn/

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Vocabulary and Pronunciation: Family and Relatives

Family Members & Relatives

How to use this lesson

Teacher

Student

Word table

Practice

Collocations: Match the words that go together

Gap-fills: Complete with the Word Bank

Choose the word: Context & Relationships

Sentence-building: Put the words in order

Shadowing

Phase 1 Collocations (Phrases)

Phase 2 Short Sentences

Phase 3 Longer Sentences

Phase 4 Pronunciation Focus: Difficult Words

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