Family Vocabulary

Family is a social unit of two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption and having a shared commitment to the mutual relationship. You will be asked to tell about your family very often, and these are the times you have to use the specific relationship that you share with a particular person.

IMMEDIATE FAMILY

– There are two main ways to determine immediate and other family members. They are:

Relation by blood: This means they share the same lineage or parent, such as in the case of siblings, children or grandchildren.
Relation by marriage: This means they share a common bond through the marriage of one member of each family, such as with in-laws or stepchildren.

PARENT
If you have children, you are their parent.
FATHER
Father is the male parent
MOTHER
Mother is the female parent
SON
The male child
DAUGHTER
The female child
BROTHER
The male who has the same parents as yours
SISTER
The female who has the same parents as yours
HUSBAND
If you get married, the man is the husband.
WIFE
If you get married, the woman is the wife.

Siblings is a collective term for brothers and sisters.

RELATIVES

GRANDPARENTS
The parents of your parents
GRAND FATHER
The father of your mother or father
GRAND MOTHER
The mother of your father or mother
GRAND CHILDREN
The children of your children
GRAND SON
The son of your son or daughter
GRAND DAUGHTER
The daughter of your son or daughter
UNCLE
The brother of your mother or father
AUNT
The sister of your mother or father
COUSIN
The child of your uncle or aunt
NEPHEW
The male child of your brother or sister
NIECE
The female child of your brother or sister

THE IN-LAWS

FATHER-IN-LAW
Father of your spouse
MOTHER-IN-LAW
Mother of your spouse
SON-IN-LAW
The husband of your daughter
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
The wife of your son
BROTHER-IN-LAW
The husband of your sister
SISTER-IN-LAW
The wife of your brother

THE MIXED FAMILY

Step means that you are related to the person because of one parent marrying

STEP-FATHER
The husband of your mother, but not your biological father
STEP-MOTHER
The wife of your father, but not your biological mother.
STEP-SON
The son of your new wife or husband, but not your biological son.
STEP-DAUGTHER
The daughter of your new wife or husband, but not your biological daughter.
STEP SISTER
The daughter of your step mother/ father.
STEP BROTHER
The sister of your step mother/father.
HALF BROTHER
The brother you have only one parent in common
HALF SISTER
The sister you have only one parent in common

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Favorite Drink

MY FAVORITE DRINK

Name your favorite drink

Tell me something about the taste

When do you drink it

SAMPLE ANSWER

My favorite drink is Coca Cola. I drink it whenever I am upset or worried or confused about something. You can say I am almost addicted to it. My fridge is always stuffed with chilled cans of coca cola. It was five years back when I saw an advertisement of it in television. I was very impressed by the message it gave. It said, one must always share their happiness. So, when I had a house party, I thought why not bring in coca cola. It is since then, that I have loved its taste, especially the chilled one.

It is easy to tell about the taste of the drink. It has a unique taste and it feels a little sweet and something different. It tastes best when it is chilled and even better when mixed with vanilla ice cream. I cannot describe the feeling and the taste, but you could get a good idea of its quality and taste, if you try it yourself.

I drink it whenever I feel a very strong emotion, it could be either happiness or sadness or love or anger. It helps me calm down in moments of distress and brings in the extra joy when I am happy. I don’t mind sharing my can with others unless I also get a bit of share. You can say I go by the ad of coca cola, sharing brings happiness.

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Short Story # Practice Reading

In a small town, there lived a little boy and a girl. The little boy and the girl were best friends. They always played together. One day, the two friends went to a new park and saw some big kids playing. They were playing football, running from one part of the park to other. The little boy admired(fond of and amazed at somebody’s skills) the big kids. “How wonderful(great) it would be if I could play football too”, thought, the little boy.
The little boy, then, told his best friend, girl, about his idea of playing football. The girl did not agreed(understanding with each other) with him. “Please don’t force yourself to do something difficult. You already have issues(problem) with your leg”, said the girl. “You are not encouraging(supporting) me at all,” said the boy angrily. “I will show you that I can play as well.” The little boy and the girl came to the big boys who were playing. The big kid told him, he better not play as he can end up hurting himself. But he did not listen and insisted(to demand that something happens or that somebody agrees to do something) that he wanted to play.
The big boys finally agreed but told him that if he got hurt then they will not be responsible(being able to blamed for something). The game began and a boy passed him the ball, but rather than passing it further, the little boy got rolled up(to turn over and over and move in a particular direction) in the ball, and fell down. But the boy was determined(to decide definitely to do something) and continued the game. By this time, he had fallen many times and his leg started bleeding. By this time, he could barely stand and when a ball hit him, it blew him off(destroyed completely).
He started crying and was badly bleeding. The big kids took him to hospital and told him, “There is a certain time for everything and never try to force yourself to do something that is beyond your means”.
REVISION
Okay, so what are the words you have learnt today?

  1. admired
  2. wonderful
  3. encouraging
  4. insisted
  5. responsible
  6. rolled up
  7. determined
  8. blew him off

Let us make sure you remember them for life.

ADMIRED
Is there someone whom who look up to? Someone whom you want to be like? For instance, there are many who want to be like Steve jobs, some are there who want to be like Taylor swift or Virat Kohli. That is, people admire Steve Jobs, Taylor Swift or Virat Kohli.
WONDERFUL
Has there been anything that you really liked or may be something that is very beautiful. For example, Taj Mahal or the Great Wall of China. So, what are they? They all are wonderful.
ENCOURAGING
Now, remember a time when you were very sad and someone came and told you that everything will be perfectly fine and you felt good. What did they did? That person actually encouraged you and such person is said to be encouraging. May be you were in dire need of money and someone just lent you money. Any ways, you were encouraged and the things /people around were encouraging.
INSISTED
Do you remember your childhood? Remember, those times when you wanted a toy and you made sure you get it. May be you cried, may be black mailed, but you made sure you have the toy. Right? You actually insisted your parents to give you that gift. Obviously now, you don’t cry, but there are times when you force someone or demand something, those are the times when you insist.
RESPONSIBLE
Okay, now responsible has many meanings. Right now, I am talking about the one used in the above passage. Responsible means that if something wrong happens to the thing you are made responsible for, you will be questioned. Do you remember, when you got poor marks in school and you were scolded? That was because you are responsible for them.
ROLLED UP
Have you noticed your bike or car when you drive? If not, then notice it, because that is a perfect example of rolling up.
DETERMINED
Have you ever told yourself or others, that you are going to do it. It could either be getting good marks in school or winning a championship. Something you worked for, something you worked for badly. Now, this is the thing you were determined for.
BLEW HIM OFF
Do you remember, the atom bomb, America threw on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Now, what did the atom bomb did? It blew off the two cities of japan.

Now, the story is not over here. Note down these words and try using them in whatever you speak or write in English. All the best.
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Stage You Loved # Speaking Section

A STAGE THAT YOU LOVED

Which stage was it?

Why was it glorious?

How you enjoyed it and say what lessons you learned?

SAMPLE ANSWER

Every one passes through different types of situations in their life. It is either weal or woe, but no matter what it is, the faith to continue counts. I remember one stage in my life which was really enjoyable and full of fun for me. It was after I completed my college and was trying to figure out things for myself in terms of what should I do with my life.

This was the time, I did content writing for a company, adding content to their websites. It was complete fun because I was doing something I was very passionate about i.e. writing and was getting paid for it. Even more the blog that I had started a year back, finally started getting 500 visitors every day adding more to my income. I made new friends, met like minded people and learnt a lot about the thing I loved the most. I remember, I even got a chance of writing a script for an advertisement and go on to shooting and see how set looks like.

The entire mood of that time was great. I was in love with the work I was doing and achieving things in it and even more it taught me valuable things for my life. I learnt that once you have your heart out at something, no one can stop you from achieving what you want. It was during this time that my convictions that you must do what you love became strong. I guess this was the time that marked a new beginning for me and has helped in shaping my life, the way it is now.

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