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Module 1 Unit 3: Family

Vocabulary
The FAMILY La FAMILIA
Relative pariente The In-laws la familia poltica Great- bisGreat-Great- tataraStep - -astro Ex- exParents (mother + father) padres (madre + padre) Grandparents (grandmother + grandfather) abuelos (abuela + abuelo) Children (son + daughter) hijos (hijo + hija) Siblings (brother + sister) hermanos (hermano + hermana) Cousin primo/a Grandchildren (grandson + granddaughter) nietos (nieto + nieta) Nephew + Niece sobrino + sobrina Uncle + Aunt to + ta Couple (Husband + Wife) Matrimonio/Pareja (marido/esposo + mujer/esposa)

MARITAL STATUS Estado civil

Single soltero Married casado Separated separado Divorced divorciado A widower / A widow viudo / viuda

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE APARIENCIA FSICA

HEIGHT ESTATURA BUILD COMPLEXIN

Short

Medium-height

Tall Fat Medium-build Average build Slim

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2 Thats English! Module 1 Unit 3: Family HAIR PELO / CABELLOS LENGTH LONGITUD

Short
SHAPE FORMA

Medium-length

Long

Straight

Wavy

Curly

COLOUR COLOR Black moreno Dark / Brown castao oscuro Fair castao claro / rubio oscuro Blond rubio Red pelirrojo White blanco / albino Grey canoso

OTHER FEATURES Big Small Grande Pequeo Long Short Largo Corto Moustache bigote Beard barba Freckles pecas Dimples hoyuelos

+ eyes / nose / mouth + arms / legs.

Numbers 11 99
11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty
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21: twenty-one 22: twenty-two 30: thirty 40: forty 50: fifty 60: sixty 70: seventy 80: eighty 90: ninety
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Grammar
1. Possessive s
Possessor s + whats possessed The possessor can be: A person: Johns car A country, a city or an institution: The citys museum Expressions of time, space, weigh, measurements,: yesterdays newspaper The boys books

When the possessor is a plural s form, we only add : Sometimes whats possessed can be omitted: -

When referring to someones house: at my uncles (house) When referring to shops: the bakers (shop) When referring to well-known churches and hospitals: St Pauls (cathedral) To avoid repetition: This is my car and that is my brothers (car)

2. Nouns: Plural Form

Regular Form
Singular + s pen > penS Spelling Exceptions - Sibilants (-s, -ch, -sh, -x, -z) + es box > boxES - -o + -es tomato > tomatoES (but if the word is a short form of a longer word, we just add s: photo(graphy) > photoS) - consonant + -y = consonant + -ies lady > ladIES - -f(e) = -ves wife > wiVES (some other words ending in f, just follow the general rule: belief > beliefS.)

Irregular Form
Vowel Change Man Men Woman Women Mouse Mice Tooth Teeth Foot Feet Goose Geese
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-en Suffix Child children Ox oxen

Foreign Plurals Datum Data Analysis Analyses Octopus Octopi / Octopuses

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Zero Plural
Some words, especially those referring to animals, have the same form for both singular and plural. Sheep Deer Fish Cod

Present Simple 2: Irregular Verbs

TO HAVE GOT (= tener)

a) Form
AFFIRMATIVE
I/We/You/They have got (ve got) He/She/It has got ( s got)

NEGATIVE
I/We/You/They have not got (havent got) He/She/It has not got (hasnt got)

INTERROGATIVE
Have I/we/you/they got? Has he/she/it got?

SHORT ANSWER
Yes, subject + have / has No, subject + havent / hasnt

b) Meaning
b.1.) Possession: e.g. I have got two sisters NB: We can also use have instead of have got with this meaning. However, the verb to have follows a regular pattern. e.g. I have got two sisters = I have two sisters I havent got two sisters = I dont have two sisters

Pronunciation
1. -s ending in plural forms and possessive s

Voiceless sound + /s/ Plural Form Possessive s Cats /kts/ Kates /kets/

Voiced sound + /z/ Dogs /dz/ Toms /tmz/

Sibilant sound + / z/ Matches /mtz/ Maxs /mksz/

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Functional Language
1. Describing Physical Appearance Describir la apariencia fsica
Im (height) and (build) What do you look like? I have (got) hair I have (got) (other feaures)

2. Talking about age Hablar de la edad

How old are you? Im (years old)

3. Identifying someone Identificar a alguien

Who is it? Its me! Is it Tom?

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