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Chapter 7
TALKING ABOUT ONES FAMILY
Expressing family relations:
A
family is smallest social unit. The family consists of father, mother,
children and relatives. This kind of a family is called Extended family
Vocabulary
1.
Uncle - The brother of your father or mother 2. Cousin - The child of your
uncle or aunt. 3. Nephew - The son of you r brother or sister 4. Niece - The
daughter of your brother or sister 5. Sister –in –law - The sister of your
wife or husband 6. Father in- law - the father of your wife or husband 7.
Grandfather - The father of your father or mother 8. Brother in- law - The
brother of your wife of husband 9. Grandmother - The mother of your father or
mother 10. Aunt - The sister of your father or mother
A
family tree Mabula married Kalunde.They have two children ,Robert and Rose.
Robert got married to Rehema and they have two children Tyson and Diana Rose
at mrried to Juma and they have two children;Bush and Sijapata Study the
following diagram:
Expressing
occupations of family members
Members
of a family usually has daily activity for production or social services
Vocabulary;
Venders, Tailors, Sailors, Plumber, Nurse,Teacher.
Exercise:
Fill
in the following table with the right information. The first one has been
done for you.
OWNERSHIP
OR POSSESSION
Possession
refers to one having his/her property such as school, pen, houses, car, home,
and farm
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Most occurring words
(i)
Possessive pronouns: e.g. my, her, his, our, their
(ii)
Other terms: posses, belong, own, property of….
Examples
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My father owns a boat
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My sister own a big house
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I have a hen
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We possess a big library
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That bus belongs to my father
DESCRIBING
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
People
differ in physical appearance in terms of height, size, colour,[complexion] morphology,
hair, eyes, ears, nose, teeth, fingers, legs, toes, chest head.
Study
the following text
Mr.
Kibakaya is a light coloured skinned man in our street. He is baldheaded and
his remaining hairs gray. Older people say that he has a fair complexion. His
daughter is skinning, tall but tenders. She is beautiful and attracts
attention whenever she passes. Her twisting eyes confuse young man. She puts
on her-heals on every weekend. Her young brother is shot and fat, he looks
handsome and magnetic to girls his chest is wide as well as frightening nose
DESCRIBING
CHARACTER
Every
person has a particular behavior that display his/her character: Example:
cruel, greedily, rude, rough, carelessness, generous, gentle, sincere, open,
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Examples:
(i)
He is a rude boy at our school
(ii)
She is careless that her uniform is full of sports
(iii)
A sincere student is liked by teacher
(iv)
You’re a liar
Character
changes because of age education and people around, character reflects moral
and cultural value. People from broken families usually show bad character.
Character can also be understood through a language that a person uses.
Structure
Asking
questions
We
can also ask questions using the words in the box
(i)
Who is shouting?
(ii)
What are you doing?
(iii)
Which boo is yours?
(iv)
Whose pen is this?
(v)
When do we go home?
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