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How To Describe Your Family - Boniface Mkuya - 06-10-2017 What is family?? The family is the group consisting of two parents and their children, it is the smallest social units in the society consisting of father, mother and their children. Sometimes family can involve other relatives such as uncle, auntie, nephew, nieces, grandmother and grandfather as this type of family is known as extended family. Important words used in family Relation Father - A male parent Mother - A female parent Uncle - A brother of your mother or father Aunt - A sister of your father or mother Cousin- A child of your uncle or auntie Nephew - the son of your brother or sister Brother - Your young brother Sister - Your young daughter Grandmother- Mother of your father or mother Grandfather - Father of your father or mother. Brother in law - A husband of your sister or brother of your wife. Sister in law - A wife of your brother or sister of your wife. Classification Focus married Joyce and they had two children, Jessica and Joel. Jessica married Erasto and got three children, Mashaka, Janeth, and Marry. Joel married Anna and they had also three children namely Evans, Martha and Antonia. FAMILY RELATIONS Focus call Joyce as wife Eliza call Focus as husband Jessica and Joel are Focus and Joyce Children Mashaka calls Focus as his Grandfather Evans calls Joyce as his Grandmother Joel calls Erasto as brother in law Jessica calls Anna as Sister in law Joel calls Janeth as niece. Jessica calls Evans as nephew Try to perform the following Exercise Draw a family tree of the following relationship Mugo married Anna and they had three children namely Frank, Sara, and Neema. Frank married Asha and they had only one child named Isaya. Sara married with Athumani and they had four children namely Isack, Hidaya, Messi, and Grace. Also, Neema married George and they had also four children Yassin, Richard, Dastan, and Junior. I will be waiting for your answers in this discussion and mark! Expressing the Occupation of the family members Within a family, members usually hold different occupation and practice different activities to satisfy their needs for example within the family there might be, teachers, nurses, doctors, fishermen, choirmaster, driver, and headmaster/mistress. For example
As a student, it is important to know the occupation in which your parents or your relatives functions, you can ask them nicely in order to know. |