UNIT 2 TUTOR’S HANDOUT FAMILIES AND WEEKDAYS

UNIT 2 TUTOR’S HANDOUT
FAMILIES AND WEEKDAYS
PART I. VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION
Exercise 1: Complete the exercise on days of the week. You have to fill in the blanks using the
pictures to help you. On each day of the week a person is doing a different activity.
Days of the week exercise

On

Sarah meets her best friend

On

David swims,

On

Jane plays basketball.

On

James plays the violin.

On

Chloe does some gardening.

On

Jack visits is grandma.

On

John plays football.

Family words


Grandfather
/ˈɡran(d)fɑːðə/
Husband
/ˈhʌzbənd
Father
/ˈfɑː.ðər/
Son
/Sʌn/

Grandmother
/ˈɡran(d)mʌðə/
Wife
/Waɪf/
Mother
/ˈmʌðər/
Daughter
/ˈdɔːtər/

Brother
/ˈbrʌðər/
Younger brother
/ˈjʌŋɡər brʌðər/
Uncle

/ˈʌŋ.kl/
Nephew
/ˈnefjuː/
Brother-in-law
/ˈbrʌðər in lɔː/
Cousin (n)
/ˈkʌzn/

Sister
/ˈsɪstər/
Younger sister (n)
/ˈjʌŋɡər ˈsɪstər/
Aunt
/ɑːnt
Niece
/niːs/
Sister-in-law (n)
/ˈsɪstər in lɔː/

Exercise2: Rearrange the letters to complete the family words
1. ehfrta________________
2. mehtor________________
3. hobrrte________________
4. ons________________

5. tuhgdaer_______________
6. rseits________________
7. nuecl________________
8. tuan________________
9. gandetohrrm______________

10. scunoi________________
11. maeirdr_______________
12. fiew________________


13. dsbahun_____________
14. dntgarfehra___________
15. famiyl_______
Exercise 3: Using the family tree, type the relationships in the boxes below.

1.

Anne is George's

.

2.

George is Anne's

.

3.

George is Kate's

4.

Anne is Bob's

.

5.

Kate is Anne's

.

6.

Bob is George's

7.

Bob is Kate's

.

8.

Kate is Bob's

.

9.

Kate is Billy's

.

10. Bob is Cindy's

.

11. Cindy is Bob's

.

12. Billy is Kate's

.

13. Anne is Billy's

.

.

.

14. George is Cindy's
15. Lyn is George's

.
.


16. Billy is Anne's

.

17. George is Susan's

.

18. Anne is Phil's

.

19. Susan is Anne's

.

20. Phil is George's

.

21. Bob is Phil's

.

22. Susan is Kate's

.

PART II. GRAMMAR
1. Possessive adjectives
Subject

Possessive Adjective

I

My

You

Your

He

His

She

Her

It

Its

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 1 :
Complete the sentences:
I’m Marcus and this is

garden.

My mother’s Susan and this is

hat.

They are Robert and Adam and this is
Marco and this is

bedroom.
living room.

We are Betti and Barbara and this is

favourite book.

is Rachel and this is
These are my teachers.

sister.
names are Paul and Rita.

This is my brother.
We are friends.

title is Twilight.

name is Peter.

a student in Hungary.

hobbies are gardening and walking.

I’m Sophy and this is

dog, Aladin.

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
Exercise 2 :

1The plural of "line" is

6

The plural of "enemy" is



? lines

a.

? enemys



? linies

b.

? enemies



? lins

c.

? enemyes



2

3

4

5

? linses

The plural of "key" is

d.
7

? enemes

The plural of "loss" is



? keys

a.

? loss



? keyies

b.

? lossies



? keies

c.

? losses



? keyes

d.

? lossys

The plural of "baby" is

8

The plural of "church" is

a.

? babys

a.

? churchs

b.

? babies

b.

? churchies

c.

? babyes

c.

? churches

d.

? babyses

d.

? churies

The plural of "wish" is

9

The plural of "way" is

a.

? wish

a.

? waies

b.

? wishies

b.

? wayes

c.

? wishs

c.

? wayses

d.

? wishes

d.

? ways

The plural of "show" is

10 The plural of "box" is

a.

? showes

a.

? boxs

b.

? showies

b.

? boxies

c.

? showers

c.

? box

d.

? shows

d.

? boxes

PART III. SPEAKING
Activity 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

Terry + Mary


Tina

Joe + Jane

Ellen

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________________________________
Talk about your family.
PART IV. READING
Read the text and answer the questions:
My cousin Blanca is a motor mechanic. She woks in a busy garage in the middle of the town,
about five minutes’s walk from home. She likes everything about the job, except for the fact that she
can never seem to get completely clean at the end of the day. All the other mechanics, except for the
supervisor, are men. She gets on well with everyone very well, although she occasionally has
trouble with the customers who think that, being a woman, she cannot be a good mechanic. As it
happens, she is considered by most of her workmates to be the best mechanic in the garage.
Her husband Gianni is the accountant and works at the Company head office, which is just
outside the town. Her only daughter is Sarah, a student, studies at a university in the city. She
sometimes comes home to see her parents at the weekends.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

What does Blanca dislike about working in the garage?
Why do some customers think that she cannot be a good mechanic?
What is her husband’s job?
How many children does she have?
Why does Sarah come home at the weekends

Read the text and answer the questions:

My name is Petty and this is my husband, Phil. We both work in offices in London. We have
breakfast at half past seven. We don’t have a big breakfast. We usually have bread, coffee and
orange juice.


For lunch we usually have a salad or soup and sandwich. That’s at about 1.30.
We usually have dinner at half past seven in the evening. It is a big meal of the day and we have
meat or fish with vegetables and potatoes or rice. We have orange juice with the milk. On Saturday
evenings we go to a restaurant for dinner at about eight o’clock.
1. Who is Petty’s husband?
2. What do they have for lunch?
3. What time do they usually have dinner?
4. What do they drink for dinner?
5. Where do they have dinner on Saturday evenings?
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


…………………………………………………………………………………
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 orange
………………………………………………………………………………
10. The teacher will return the students tests tomorrow
……………………………………………………………………………….