Vocabulary:
mother-in law
father-in-law
wife
husband
son
daughter
niece
nephew
Anne and George are married.
Anne is George´s wife.
George is Anne´s husband.
They have two children: Bob and Kate.
Bob is married to Susan.
Susan is Bob´s wife.
Bob is Susan´s husband.
Kate is married to Phil.
Phil is Kate´s husband.
Kate is Phil´s wife.
Anne is Phil´s mother-in-law.
George is Phil´s father-in-law.
Anne is also Susan´s mother-in-law.
George is also Susan´s father-in-law.
Susan and Bob have two children: Lyn and Billy.
Lyn is Susan and Bob´s daughter.
Billy is Susan and Bob´s son.
Kate and Phil have one daughter: Cindy
Lyn is Kate and Phil´s neice.
Billy is Kate and Phil´s nephew.
Cindy is Susan and Bob´s neice.
Grammar Bite 1: Past Continuous
We use the past continuous to describe an action happening at a certain time in the past.
What were you doing?
I was looking at photos.
He wasn´t making a smoothie.
He was making a mess.
Were they going to the train station
No, they weren´t. They were going to the theatre.
Here is a fun game to practice using the past continuous :) Click here to test yourself!
Grammar Bites 2:
We say and write dates differently in English.
Use the correct preposition with years and months.
22nd June 1997 The twenty-second of June, nineteen ninety-seven
4th October 2009 The fourth of October, two thousand and nine
My dad was born in 1971.
He was born on 9th July 1971.
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