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Tell Me About Your Family.

The following is a summary of terms (Key Vocabulary and Expressions) taught in this unit. Puzzles use these words as answers. (See Puzzle Corner in Resources.)
 
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KEY VOCABULARY

Nouns
Family/Relatives
aunt
brother
children
cousin
daughter
father
grandfather
grandmother
grandparents
husband
mother
nephew
niece
sister
sister-in-law
son
uncle
wife

Other
acting
age
college
exhibition
fact
family tree
headline
home
(foreign) language
lawyer
painter
percent
semester
theater company
winter

Pronoun
anyone

Adjectives
divorced
elderly
famous
together
young
Verbs
break up
end
get (married/divorced)
live
look for
move
remarry
return
say
stay
take (a class)
take care of
talk
tell
travel
visit

Adverbs
Time expressions
again
ever
most of the time
never
(right) now
often
still
these days
usually
this month/semester/
    winter/year

Other
abroad
alone

Prepositions
at (a university/home)
by (the age of . . .)

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EXPRESSIONS

Asking about someone
Tell me about . . . .
What is . . . doing these days?

Exchanging information about the present
Are you still looking for a job?
    Yes, I am./No, I'm not.
What are you studying this year?
    I'm studying a foreign language.
Is anyone in your family . . . right now?
    Yes, my . . . is.

Expressing interest
Is that right?
What an interesting . . . !
Wow!

Disagreeing
Do you think so? I think . . . .
I don't agree.
I don't think so.
It's different in my country.
Not really.

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