Family and relatives
1. Tell us about your family
2. How many brothers and sisters do you have? What do they do for a living?
3. Tell us about your cousins and other relatives
4. Do you have any famous or interesting relatives?
5. Who is the richest or the most successful relative? What does he/she do?
6. Who is the most interesting relative? Why do you think so?
7. Who is your favourite member of the family and why?
8. Who is the most problematic relative? What does/did he do?
Related Words: cousins, niece, nephew, uncle, aunt, grandmother, grandfather, grandson, granddaughter, husband, wife, fiancée, son, daughter, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, sociable, friendly, talkative, intelligent, knowledgeable, successful, wise
Word Game – Family and relatives
EXAMPLE ANSWERS: Family and relatives
1. I have one brother and one sister. My parents are retired, and they live in Altınoluk
2. My sister Dilek is a nurse. She works at a hospital in Manisa. My brother Cemal is working in a cafe in Çorum.
3. I have a lot of cousins, but I only see my cousins Burak and Murat regularly
4. My cousin Esra is famous. She played in some TV series, and she had a music program on TRT Music
5. My cousin Şönem is very successful and rich. She has a textile company in Germany and factories in Denizli.
6. My cousin Burak is very interesting. He is very funny and friendly.
7. All my family is my favourite. I like them all.
8. I have two cousins. They are very problematic. One of them is a drug addict, and his brother is in jail now. They are arrested every 1-2 years.
Watch the videos above and discuss what you learned from them during your Spoken Cafe session
Sorry, cat owners, you’re not just being paranoid: Your pet does know when you’re calling their name, and they’re ignoring you anyway. In a 2019 study published in Scientific Reports, researchers discovered that while cats can distinguish their own names, they don’t necessarily feel obligated to respond.
READ/SPEAK
Do you have any cat members in your family? Who is he/she? Do you like it? Why or why not do you like it?
allow a secret to be known, usually by mistake
“I was trying to keep the party a secret, but Mel went and let the cat out of the bag.”
LEARN THE IDIOM AND SPEAK
Do you like talking? What do you usually like talking about?
Note: the cat in the Reading and Idiom is the famous cat of Spoken Cafe, Kuyruksuz. She was huge and aggressive. She lived a long life, about 15-16 years, till 2020. Rest in Peace, Kuyruksuz… Here is another photo of Kuyruksuz with Altan Hoca. You can see here how big and aggressive she was
