UNIT 2 TEACHER’S HANDOUT FAMILIES AND WEEKDAYS

UNIT 2 TEACHER’S HANDOUT
FAMILIES AND WEEKDAYS
PART 1. VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION
Exercise 1: Put the letters into the correct order about days of the week
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

AFRYID:……………………………………………….
UANYDS:………………………………………………
AYWDEDENS:…………………………………………
NADYOM:………………………………………………
TSARUYAD:……………………………………………
RHUDATSY:……………………………………………
SEYUTDA:……………………………………………..

Exercise 2: Put days of the week into the correct place.
School- 1st day
School- 2nd day
School- 3rd day
School- first day
School- 4th day
School- 5th day
Weekend
Weekend

Family words

Grandfather

Grandmother

/ˈɡran(d)fɑːðə/
Husband

/ˈɡran(d)mʌðə/
Wife

/ˈhʌzbənd

/Waɪf/

Father

Mother

/ˈfɑː.ðər/

/ˈmʌðər/

Son

Daughter

/Sʌn/

/ˈdɔːtər/

Brother

Sister

/ˈbrʌðər/

/ˈsɪstər/

Younger brother

Younger sister (n)

/ˈjʌŋɡər brʌðər/
Uncle

/ˈjʌŋɡər ˈsɪstər/
Aunt

/ˈʌŋ.kl/

/ɑːnt

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Nephew

Niece

/ˈnefjuː/

/niːs/

Brother-in-law

Sister-in-law (n)

/ˈbrʌðər in lɔː/

/ˈsɪstər in lɔː/

Cousin (n)
/ˈkʌzn/

Exercise 3 :Put family words into the correct place.
baby brother

brother

father

grandfather

grandmother

mother

sister

George is my

Pam is my
Peter is my
Susan is my
John is my
Carol is my
Francis is my

PART II. GRAMMAR
1 Possessive adjective

Subject

Possessive
Adjective

I

My

You

Your

He

His

She

Her

It

Its

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We

Our

You (pl) Your
They

Their

.
We use possessive adjectives:
• to show something belongs to somebody:
That’s our house.
My car is very old.
• for relations and friends:
My mother is a doctor.
How old is your sister?
• for parts of the body:
He’s broken his arm.
She’s washing her hair.
I need to clean my teeth.
Its vs. It's

Be careful not to confuse its and it's.
Its = The possessive adjective for It.
It's = a contraction of it is.
Exercise : Put the possessive adjectives into the correct place.
my - your - his - her - its - our - their

My father is driving
Hello! What's
I've got a sister.

new car.
name ?
name is Mary.

names are Mark and Jorge (they).
The cow ate

food quickly.

The little boy is playing with
We live in a house.

toys.
house is very big.

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They like sport.

favourite sport is rugby.

The girl plays tennis. This is
This is a tortoise.

racket.

name is Buga.

Is this Paul's cat ? Yes, it is

cat.

2 Plural nouns
- Most nouns: + s
stamps, keys, cameras
- Nouns ending in –s, -ss, -sh, -ch: + es
buses, classes, wishes, matches
- Nouns ending in a consonant + y: the y changes to –ies.
countries, parties
- Nouns ending in a vowel + y: + s
keys, days
- Some irregular nouns:
 a child – children
 a person – people
 a woman – women
 a man – men
 a tooth- teeth
* Exercise: Write the correct plural of these words:
1.

key

2.

potato

3.

hat

4.

class

5.

student

6.

book

7.

bus

8.

boy

9.

lady

10.

cat

* Exercise: Write the correct plural of these words:
1. These (person) _____ are friendly.
2. The (woman) _____ over there want to meet the manager.
3. My (child) _____hate eating pasta.
4. I clean my (tooth) _____ three times a day.
5. The (student) _____ are doing the exercise right now.
6. They are sending some (man) _____ to fix the roof.
7. (Piano) _____ are expensive.
8. Some (policeman) _____ came to arrest him1.

PART III. LISTENING
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Exercise 1:Listen and then number the family members. Use numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

Exercise 2: Listen and order the days.
Wednesday

Friday

Tuesday

Saturday

Thursday

Monday

Sunday

Exercise 3: Listen and complete the sentences
work

eat

1.

Don’t

books on the table.

2.

I

you're right.

3.

Don’t

4.
5.

put

think

too hard.
your eyes.

Don’t

too much!

Exercise 4: Listen and complete the dialogues
Dialogue 1:

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Man: What day is it today?
Woman: It’s (1)……………..Why?
Man: Because it’s my wife’s birthday on (2)…………….and I don’t have a present!
Dialogue 2:
Woman: Is it (3)…………….tomorrow?
Man: No, (4)…………….Today is (5)……………..

Exercise 5: Listen and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F)
Passage 1
1. Jackie Chan is a movie star.
2. Jackie Chan’s wife is from Taiwan.
3. Their son is an actor in the United States
Passage 2
4. Both Venus and Serena are tennis players.
5. Their father is a bank manager.
6. Serena has three more sisters.
Passage 3
7. Vicente is Alejandro’s brother.
8. Both Vicente and Alejandro are famous all over the world.
9. Vicente has three sons.

PART IV. SPEAKING
Exercise 1
Who am I? Fill in the correct member of the family.Introduce this family to your partner.
You should say:
- How many members there are
- Who they are
- How old they are

Tom + Sue

Jane

Phil + Anne

Tina

Terry + Mary

Joe + Jane

Ellen
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Mark + Gloria


1. My father is 65 years old. His name is Tom.
2. My____________________is 62. Her name is______________________
3. I have got a_________________________. She is 37.
4. My_____________________is 40. He is married with two______________
5. I have got two__________________________, too.
6. My______________________is called____________________.She is 17.
7. My____________________is called Joe. He is married.
8. His________________is called____________just like my_______________
9. Do you know who am I? My name is________________________________

Exercise 2: Have a look at James’s weekly activities and answer the questions in complete
sentences. Put the time expression at the end of the sentence. Then tell your partner
about his week.
Mon
Football

Tue
Shopping

Wed

Meeting

Thu
Ring Jane

Fri
Buy flowers

Cinema

Tennis

English

Italian
restaurant

Sat
Picnic

Sun

1. When is his English course?
…………………………………………………………………………………
2. When does he go shopping?
…………………………………………………………………………………
3. When does he buy flowers?
………………………………………………………………………………..
4. When is his meeting?
……………………………………………………………………………….

5. When does he play football?
……………………………………………………………………………….
6. When does he go for a picnic?
……………………………………………………………………………….
7. When does he go to bar?
…………………………………………………

Exercise 3: Bring a picture of your family to class and introduce the family members to
your class.
Exercise 4: Work in pair, talk about things you usually do in a week.
You should say:
What you do on weekdays: Monday, Tuesday….
What lessons you have on each day
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What you do at weekends
PART V. WRITING
Exercise 1: Change the sentences below to the plural form
1. There’s a fly in my soup.
…………………………………………………………………………………
2. The shelf is full of books
…………………………………………………………………………………
3. The policeman works here
…………………………………………………………………………………
4. This crystal glass is beautiful
…………………………………………………………………………………
5. This church is old

…………………………………………………………………………………
6. I love the red dress
……………………………………………………………………………….
7. I ate a sandwich for breakfast
………………………………………………………………………………..
8. That woman is my teacher
………………………………………………………………………………
9. This person has a great life
………………………………………………………………………………
10. My child is at school now
……………………………………………………………………………….

Exercise 2: Rewrite these sentences using the possessive ‘s’.
1. Billy favourite footballer is David Beckham
…………………………………………………………………………………
2. My parents car is very old
…………………………………………………………………………………
3. My best friends names are Mikkie and Sarah
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…………………………………………………………………………………
4. I collect everybody plate after the meal
…………………………………………………………………………………
5. The children room is messy
…………………………………………………………………………………
6. Her babies toys are new and expensive
……………………………………………………………………………….
7. Give me those people addresses
………………………………………………………………………………..

8. Women clothes are often colourful
………………………………………………………………………………
9. Police uniform is orrange
………………………………………………………………………………
10. The teacher will return the students tests tomorrow
……………………………………………………………………………….

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