1 My family is a joint family consisting of ten family members of three generations. 2) My family lives happily in unison and peace. 3) My grandfather is the head of my family. 5) My family teaches me good moral values. 6) My family members help me in studies and other extracurricular activities. 7) My family supports me in sickness and tough times. Myfamily is a joint and a large family. Even while living in the city, all family members live together. My family consists of grandparents, mother-fathers, uncles, and aunts and we have five siblings. So there are eleven members in my family in total. All members of the family live together in friendship. Our family is an ideal and happy family. Myparents, my sister, and me. We are a very small family. My father is an engineer and my mother is a doctor, but after their work, they spend so much time with us. They both love us a lot. They work really hard to make our future better. It is a very happy family. If we face any bad time, my parents handle it with care. My Family: Paragraph (150 Words) for Class 5, 6, 7. We are five people in our family. Afamily is one with whom you can share all your joys and sorrows. Family stands by you at the toughest situations in life. Family gives you the warmth and affection that you may not get anywhere else. I too am blessed with such a family. My family has always been my strength. My mother, father, sister and I complete my family. My Mother MyFamily Paragraph. My family is a small family with three people. My mother is a great woman . She is currently unemployed and now staying at home doing housework. She was a single mom for long re97ulb. Donate a coffeeLog in/RegisterEnglish ESL WorksheetsReading ComprehensionReading for detail deep readingFamilyZmarques1194091869102511/1 Sam wants to play Game of Kings, but Jack is more interested in Sam's family. Instructions Do the preparation exercise first. Then watch the video and follow the instructions to practise your speaking. Transcript Jack Hi Sam. How’s it going?Sam Good. How are you? Jack Fine, thanks. Hey, is that the new version of Game of Kings?Sam Yeah, do you want to play? It’s great! Jack Oh! You can’t buy that here! Where did you get it?Sam From my brother. He sent it to me. Jack What? Charlie?Sam No, my other brother, Rob. He lives in the States ... in New York. Jack Really? I didn’t know you had another brother!Sam Yeah! Well, he’s my half-brother. Jack But ... I don’t get it ...Sam He’s my dad’s son. My dad went to New York to study and married an American. Jack Your mum’s American?!Sam No, no, not my mum. That was ages ago ... before he met my mum. Jack Ah, OK, I get it now. Wow, I didn’t know that! So, how old is your half-brother?Sam Er, he’s five years older than me, so he’s twenty-three. Jack Cool. And do you see him often?Sam Not very often ... I’ve been to visit him twice. Well, three times, but the first time I don’t remember because I was really little. But we speak on Skype a lot. Jack And have you met Rob’s mum?Sam Yeah. She’s really nice. She’s from Mexico originally. She’s married to someone else now. Jack And what does your mum think?Sam Er ... she’s fine about it! She knew my dad was divorced and had a son. Jack Huh ... OK, enough questions. Do you want to play Game of Kings or what? Jack Yeah, cool. ... Jack Hi Sam. How’s it going?Sam Good. H__ are you? Jack Fine, thanks. Hey, is that the new version of Game of Kings?Sam Yeah, d__ you want t__ play? It’s great! Jack Oh! You can’t buy that here! Where did you get it?Sam From m__ brother. He sent it to m__. Jack What? Charlie?Sam No, my other b______, Rob. He lives i__ the States ... in New York. Jack Really? I didn’t know you had another brother!Sam Yeah! Well, he’s my half-b______. Jack But ... I don’t get it ...Sam He’s my dad’s s__. My dad went to New York to study and m______ an American. Jack Your mum’s American?!Sam No, no, not my m__. That w__ ages ago ... before he met m__ mum. Jack Ah, OK, I get it now. Wow, I didn’t know that! So, how old is your half-brother?Sam Er, he’s five y____ older t___ me, so h__ twenty-three. Jack Cool. And do you see him often?Sam Not very often ... I’ve b___ t__ visit him twice. Well, three times, but the first time I d___ remember because I w__ really little. But we speak on Skype a lot. Jack And have you met Rob’s mum?Sam Yeah. She’s r_____ nice. She’s f___ Mexico originally. She’s married t__ someone else now. Jack And what does your mum think?Sam Er ... she’s fine about it! She knew my dad w__ divorced and h__ a son. Jack Huh ... OK, enough questions. Do you w___ to p___ Game of Kings or what? Jack Yeah, cool. Discussion What is your family like? Personal online tutoring EnglishScore Tutors is the British Council’s one-to-one tutoring platform for 13- to 17-year-olds. TranscriptSarah Hello and welcome to Everyday English. I'm Sarah. Jack And I'm Today we're going to be talking a bit more about families and how to describe our family Sarah, you've got two siblings. Is that right? Sarah I do! I've got two younger brothers, Daniel and Luke. I'm the oldest and then there's Daniel. He's the middle child. And Luke is the youngest. Sarah Now when you have a number of siblings like me, you often list them in order of birth. You can use the superlative adjective oldest to describe the firstborn child. And youngest to refer to the child that was born last. The youngest in your family can be also be called your baby brother or your baby sister. Or little brother or little Older and younger are comparative adjectives. When we're making comparisons, we usually use the word than. For example, I'm younger than Shh, don't tell them that!Sarah We often use comparative and superlative adjectives to talk about our family members and compare them to others. For exampleMy brothers are taller than thinks he is more intelligent than his likes ice cream better than stepbrother is the shortest in the James is the most patient of all my Make sure you use the right plural form when you're talking about more than one family member. ExamplesUncle becomes unclesSister becomes sistersBrother becomes brothersJack If a word ends in 'y', you add "ies". For example, 'baby' becomes 'babies'. Sarah If you wanted to provide more information about your family members, then you could talk about where they grew up, their schooling, careers, relationship status or hobbies. You could also mention how they're related to Let's listen to some people talk about their family Is this your family?Charlotte Yeah so this was taken at my cousin's wedding. That's my cousin there, the bride, and then here's my Is he the tall one?Charlotte No, no that's my uncle. My dad's the shortest one of the family. He's here. And then oh, my two Oh! I didn't realise you had sisters. Are they younger or older?Charlotte They're both younger so I'm the oldest of the family and then there's Teagan who's the middle child and then Sophie who is the youngest but she's the tallest of the family too so she's amazing at I bet you're the loudest Yeah I Um who's that?Charlotte That's my cousin, Emma. So she was born in Darwin and grew up on a property in the Northern Territory with my aunty and uncle and her brother, Joe. Joe's actually a mining engineer so he works on a mine near Alice Springs and Emma moved to Canberra to study at ANU and she studied a Masters in Archaeology. Nic Oh wow, that's She actually married an anthropologist and they love history and they actually went to Egypt in March last Are you catching up with them soon?Charlotte Yeah I'm actually seeing them this weekend on Sunday at Oh awesome!Sarah Now when we're talking about the lives of our family members we often use In, on and at are prepositions of time and place. You can use them to talk about places. For exampleShe was born in grew up on a studies at the Australian National And you can also use them for talking about went to Egypt in see them on meet at Here's an easy way to remember when to use each preposition. We use in for something general and at for something very Now you might also want to talk about your family, or other families, in a more general way. For example, is your family big or small? Are you closer to your immediate family or your extended family? Or, is there any such thing as a normal family? What do you think, Jack?Jack There's definitely no such thing as a normal family! Families come in all shapes and sizes but they're always interesting to talk Well that's it from us for now. We'll see you later!For daily English language lessons and tips, like our Learn English Facebook page, follow us on Twitter, or subscribe to our YouTube 24 May 2018Thu 24 May 2018 at 500am, updated 24 May 2018Thu 24 May 2018 at 502am