Immediate Family. Relatives and Extended Family. The In-Laws

Immediate Family

Masculine	Feminine
father	mother
son	daughter
brother	sister
husband	wife

When you have children, you are a …..

If you are a male parent, you are a …..

If you are female parent, you are a …….

If one of your children is a boy, he is your …...

If one of your children is a girl, she is your …..

When a couple gets married, the man is the …, and the woman is his

A ….. and ….. both have the same parents.

One collective word to describe brothers and sisters is …...

However this word is normally only used in written English, not orally.

Active Vocabulary – Family:

Relatives and Extended Family

grandparents: the parents of your parents
grandfather: the father of your father/mother
grandmother: the mother of your father/mother
grandchildren: the children of your children
grandson: the son of one of your children
granddaughter: the daughter of one of your children
great grandfather: the father of your grandfather/grandmother
great grandmother: the mother of your grandfather/grandmother

uncle: the brother (or brother-in-law) of your mother/father
aunt: the sister (or sister-in-law)of your mother/father
cousin: the child of your aunt/uncle
nephew: the male child of your brother/sister
niece: the female child of your brother/sister

The In-Laws

The in-laws are the members of the family of your spouse (the person you are married to) or via a marriage in your family:

father-in-law: the father of your spouse
mother-in-law: the mother of your spouse
son-in-law: the husband of your daughter
daughter-in-law: the wife of your son
brother-in-law: the husband of your sister
sister-in-law: the wife of your brother

Note: To refer to more than one brother-in-law or sister-in-law etc. we has an S to the brother/sister part.
e. g. My brother s -in-law are fun. My sister s -in-laws are crazy.

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