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Discipline: English as a foreign Credits:2
language
Beginner level Practical lesson
Lexical theme: My family
Grammar: Possessives, ’s
Teacher: assistant professor Karybayeva Gulmira Akankazhinovna
Exercise 1.Read and translate the text.
Ali’s family
I’m Ali. I am from Almaty. My family isn’t very large. I have a mother, a
father, a brother and a sister. My father’s name is Erlan. He is a doctor. He is 39.
He likes sport. My mother’s name is Assiya. My mother is an English teacher. Her
hobby is reading. I have got a brother. His name is Erkin. He is 12. He is in the
seventh form. He is jolly and kind.
Exercise 2.Complete the sentences.
1 I am from ….
2 His father is a ….
3 My mother’s … is reading.
4 My brother is in the … form
GRAMMAR COMMENT
Possessives
Whose …? asks about possession
Subject Object Adjective Pronoun
I me my mine
you you your yours
he him his his
she her her hers
we us our ours
they them their theirs
Whose is this mine.
book? It’s yours.
Whose book is hers.
this? his.
Whose is it? ours.
theirs.
Mary Mary’s Mary’s phone number is: 555-4321.
Joe Joe’s Joe’s favorite color is green.
the the The boy’s clothes are dirty.
boy boy’s
Parents parents’ My parents’ names are Patrick and
Gloria.
Circle the correct word. Write the sentences with an
This bottle is my / mine. apostrophe (’).
There are five players in my/ mine team. 1 Martha is my brothers girlfriend..
That rucksack was their/theirs. Martha is my brother’s girlfriend.
The red trainers are her/hers. 2 This is my parents car.
Which one is your/yours? 3 The womans toilets are over there.
4 Our teachers wife is French.
5 We have coffee in Pauls Room at
10.00.
PRONUNCATION
Listen and repeat the words and consonant sounds.
Practise saying the sentences.
/b/ What’s your brother’s job?
/θ/ I think my cousin is thirty –three.
/ð/ They live with their father.
/m/ My mother’s name is Mary.
/n/ Do you know my nephew Nick.
/h/ Her husband’s a hairdresser.
Exercise 3.Make a dialogue with your partner about your family
members.
E.g.: - Do you have a father ? (Yes, I do/No, I don’t).
- Is your family large or small?
- Have you got a mother?
- What does she do?
- What is her name?
- How old is she?
- What’s your father’s name ?
- How old is he ? etc.
Exercise 4.Can we see a family in the picture?
Answer the questions.
- Where are the father, the mother and their daughter
sitting?
- What is the father doing?
- What is the mother doing?
- Are the brothers playing the ball?
- Is this a big family?
- Do you like this family?
Exercise 5.Speak on the given situation.You are at your friend’s house.
Your friend has introduced you to her/his parents and relatives. Introduce
your family to them, showing their photos on your mobile phone.Give
people’s personal details.
Exercise 6.Write a short description of your family.
My family is …(large, small)…
I have ... (a mother, a grandmother, a brother, a sister...).
My ... (mother’s, father’s, sister’s, grandfather’s) name is...
My mother and father … (work) …
My sister, brother.. (studies, works…).
They are …(friendly, helpful).
Exercise 7.Listen to
Dorita[T.8] and complete the
sentences.
1. I’m in a class with …
students. 2. They are all from
… countries. 3. I live in an
apartment with two … girls. 4.
They are very …. New York is
very …, very … but very expensive.
Exercise 8. Retell the listened text using these questions.
1 Where is Dorita from?
2 How many students are there in her class?
3 What countries are they from?
4 Where does she live?
5 Who does she live with?
Check yourself
1. Choose the right variant:My mother’s father is my ___ .
a) father
b) grandfather
c) great grandfather
d) father-in-law
2. Choose the right variant:My mother’s sister is my ...
a) aunt
b) uncle
c) cousin
d) sister-in-law
3. Choose the right variant:These are students of this university. ...parents live in
another city.
a) our
b) their
c) my
d) her
4. Choose the right variant:His ... name is Lara.
a) daughters’
b) daughters
c) daughter
d) daughter’s
Glossary
English Russian Kazakh
jolly ['dʒɔli] веселый қөңілді
helpful [ˈhɛlpfʊl] полезный игілікті
look after [luk 'a:ftə] ухаживать, присматривать біреуге күтім жасау
за кем-либо
to go for a walk [tə gəu fɔ: идтигулять серуендеу
ə wɔ:k]
aunt[ɑːnt] тётя тәте
sister-in-law[’sɪstərɪn‚lɔ:] невестка, золовка, келін, қайнын сіңлі,
свояченица абысын
uncle[’ʌŋkəl] дядя аға
daughter[ˈdɔːtə] дочь қыз
grandfather[ˈɡran(d)fɑːðə] дедушка ата
grandmother[ˈɡran(d)mʌðə бабушка апа
]
LI Read the poem ‘My best friend’ and learn it by heart (p.162). Deadline -
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LI Write a CV using a model (p. 178). Deadline - 1 week
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References
Main literature:
1. Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig. New English File. Elementary.
Student’s book, Oxford, 2012.
2. Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig . New English File. Elementary.
Workbook. Oxford , 2012.
Additional literature:
3. John and Liz Soars. New Headway. Elementary. Oxford University Press, 2012.
4. John and Liz Soars. New Headway. Elementary level. Work book. Oxford
University Press, 2012.
5. Murphy R. Essential Grammar in Use. A self study reference and practice book
for elementary students of
English.2012.
