Family Vocabulary (EnglishClub.
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Family Vocabulary Exercises
The Family Song
Family Vocabulary Quiz
Your family members are also called your relatives. You have an immediate or nuclear
family and an extended family. Your immediate family includes your father, mother and
siblings. Your extended family includes all of the people in your father and mother's families
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Your sibling is your brother or sister. If you have 1 brother and 2 sisters, then you have 3
siblings. Your parent is your father or mother. Your child is your son or daughter. Your
spouse is your husband or wife.
You may also have a stepfamily. Your stepfamily includes people who became part of your
family due to changes in family life. These changes may include death, divorce or
separation. New partnerships create new children. The new children and their relatives
become part of your blended family. Some people are born into a stepfamily.
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Note that spouses and step-relatives are relatives by marriage. They are not blood
relatives. Your father and mother are related by marriage. But your father and you are
related by blood.
my relatives relationship to me I usually call
male female him... her...
parent relative of whom I am the child Father, Daddy, Mother, Mummy, Mum,
Dad, Papa Mommy, Mom, Mama, Ma
father mother
sibling we have the same father and first name; first name; sometimes Sis
mother sometimes Bro
brother sister
uncle aunt sibling of my parent Uncle [first Aunt/Auntie [first name]
name]
grandparent parent of my parent Grandfather, Grandmother, Grandma
Grandpa
grand- grand-
father mother
cousin child of my uncle or aunt first name
spouse relative to whom I am married first name
husband wife
child relative of whom I am the parent first name
son daughter
nephew niece child of my sibling first name
grandchild child of my child first name
grandson grand-
daughter
great great parent of my grandparent Great Grandpa Great Grandma
grand- grand-
father mother
father-in- mother in- parent of my spouse first name; Dad first name; Mum, Mom
law law
brother-in- sister in- sibling of my spouse; spouse of first name
law law my sibling
son-in-law daughter- spouse of my daughter/son first name
in-law
ex- ex-wife my previous spouse (we first name
husband divorced)
half- half-sister my sibling born to my father or first name
brother mother but not both
step-parent new spouse of one of my first name
parents
step-father step-
mother
step-child child of my spouse but not of first name
me
step-son step-
daughter
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In a family, the word generation means all the people in one stage of the family. For
example, your parents are one generation, you and your siblings are the next generation,
and your children and their cousins are another generation.
