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Your brother married my sister last week!
lesson description
You will be able to identify family relationships, apply subject-verb agreement, and use the past tense form of the verb phrases “to be related to” and “to be married to.”

objectives
• Discuss family relationships • Understand subject-verb agreement • Practice past tense verbs

Lesson ID: #0395

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vocabulary
Hi, I’mDaniel. This is my
Ana Paul

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Family Tree.
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Dan Beth Tom Sara Mike Jane Rick

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Jake Alice

Daniel

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David

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grandmother grandfather father mother cousin

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brother sister uncle aunt husband

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wife daughter son grandson granddaughter

parents 17nephew 18 niece 19 siblings
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verbs
q Infinitive q Present Tense q Simple Past Tense to be related I am related you are related she/he is related we are related they are related I was related you were related she/he was related we were related they were related to be married I am married you are married she/he is married we are married they are married I wasmarried you were married she/he was married we were married they were married

your turn
Fill in each blank with the correct form (present tense or past tense) of the verb in parentheses. For example: They were married 14 years ago. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. My parents ________ right now. They are in love. (to be married) Tom and Kim ________ for 10 years. They aren’t married now. (to be married)Who is that? That is my sister, Kim. We ________. (to be related) We ________ Kim last week when Tom introduced us to her. (to meet) How should I ________ myself? I want to make a good impression! (to introduce) She ________ to me. She is my wonderful mother. (to be related) They ________ to each other. They are cousins. (to be related) Would you ________ me to your mother? I want to meet her. (tointroduce) page 2

Lesson ID: #0395

conversation
Read the following conversation out loud five times. Sara: Welcome to Jeff’s family wall. Peter: What do you mean? Kim: These are the pictures of Jeff’s relatives. They are going up on the wall. Jeff: The pictures were in color, but I made black-and-white copies. Kim: Jeff has a big family. Look at all their wonderful pictures. Sara: First, Ithink you should put your grandparents right here. Jeff: I thought about that, too. Here, this is the picture of my grandfather and grandmother. Peter: Nice picture. Do they live here? Jeff: No, they’re in India.

Bonus Feature: Watch the English Highway video to follow along! (Lesson ID: #0335)

key phrases
Are you married? Are you related? Is she/he married? What do you mean? Who is this?When did you get married? We are related. We are family.

your turn
Fill in the blanks with the correct relationship between the characters in the family tree illustration. Look at the complete family tree on page 2 of this lesson to see all of the relationships. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Ana is David’s ___________________. Mike is David’s ___________________. Jane is David’s___________________. David is Mike’s ___________________. Alice is Beth’s ___________________. Paul is Mike’s __________________. Sara is Rick’s _________________. Jake is Alice’s _________________. Ana and Paul are Mike’s ______________.

10. Ana and Paul are David’s ________________.

Lesson ID: #0395

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subject-verb agreement
As you are building your sentences you should keep in mind that theverb must always “agree” with the subject of a sentence. This is true for all present tense verbs and auxiliary verbs. The basic rule states that singular subjects need singular verbs and plural subjects need plural verbs. In this lesson we will focus on how to identify singular and plural verbs and their subjects. For example, in the sentence “I am a teacher,” both the subject “I” and the verb...