UNIT 1 Friends and Family

Describe Your Family

A Read the conversation. Complete the conversation with is, am, or are.
Michael: Hi, my name is Michael.
Anna: Hi, Michael. Nice to meet you. I am Anna.
Michael: Nice to meet you, too. Are you in my English class?
Anna: Yes, I am. We are in the same math class, too.
Michael: That’s great!

B Practice the conversation with a partner.

C Write about your family members. Draw pictures, then fill in the blanks. Use real names and words from the
boxes.
Example:
This is Toby . He is my brother .
He is young with straight black hair.

family members adjectives hair types

grandmother grandfather tall short handsome curly wavy straight brown
sister brother mother pretty old young red black blond
father daughter son

This is William . He / She is my Father .

He / She is short with black wavy hair.
This is Rosa . He / She is my mother .
He / She is pretty with black straight hair.
This is Ovan . He / She is my cousin .
He / She is short with black straight hair.

D Show your pictures to a classmate. Say the sentences about your family members.

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