Family Members

Words for the people in your family.

2026-07-31 · Charles Samra ·

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Family Members

Lesson Goals

  • name common family members
  • say who someone is
  • talk about their family in very simple sentences

Let's Start

Keiko is with Jane in Jane's house. Jane is showing Keiko the family portraits.

Grandparents
Grandparents
 This is a portrait of my grandmother and grandfather.
Parents
Parents
 This is a portrait of my mother and father.
Siblings
Siblings
 This is a portrait of my brother Bob, my sister Elaine, and me.

Conversation

Wow Jane, your family portraits are beautiful!
Thanks Keiko. My grandparents live only two miles away.
That is very nice to have them so close.
Yes, it is.
My mom and dad are pretty cool most of the time.
I look forward to meeting them.

Vocabulary

Flash Card Drill
family 家族(かぞく) A1 · Beginner Common
  1. My family eats dinner together every night.
    私(わたし)の家族(かぞく)は毎晩(まいばん)一緒(いっしょ)に夕食(ゆうしょく)を食(た)べます。
  2. She spent the holidays with her family.
    彼女(かのじょ)は休暇(きゅうか)を家族(かぞく)と過(す)ごしました。
grandmother 祖母(そぼ) A1 · Beginner Common
  1. My grandmother makes delicious cookies.
    私(わたし)の祖母(そぼ)はおいしいクッキーを作(つく)ります。
  2. I visit my grandmother on Sundays.
    私(わたし)は日曜日(にちようび)に祖母(そぼ)を訪(たず)ねます。
grandfather 祖父(そふ) A1 · Beginner Common
  1. My grandfather likes to tell stories from his childhood.
    私(わたし)の祖父(そふ)は子(こ)どものころの話(はなし)をするのが好(す)きです。
  2. We went fishing with our grandfather.
    私(わたし)たちは祖父(そふ)と一緒(いっしょ)に釣(つ)りに行(い)きました。
Flash Card Drill

Grammar in this Lesson

Pronouns & Determiners Possessive Adjectives A1 Pronouns & Determiners Singular Demonstratives - This and That A1 Sentence Structure Basic Sentence Structure: Subject + Verb + Object (S-V-O) A1 Sentence Structure Basic Sentence Structure: Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object (S–V–IO–DO) A2 Nouns and Articles Possessive Nouns A1 Verb and Verb Forms The Verb "be" and its Various Forms A1 Verb and Verb Forms The Present Forms of "be" A1

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