Family (A1 Vocabulary)

Your parents are your mother and your father. Your mother is a woman and your father is a man.

Your parents

• mother /ˈmʌð.ɚ/ — my mother
• father /ˈfɑː.ðɚ/ — my father
• Try it: Choose the word: (mother / aunt / daughter) Answer: mother — This is a mother.

Your grandparents

Your parents' parents are your grandparents. Your grandmother is your mother's or father's mother, and your grandfather is her or his father.

• grandmother /ˈɡræn.mʌð.ɚ/ — my grandmother
• grandfather /ˈɡræn.fɑː.ðɚ/ — my grandfather
• Try it: Choose the word: (grandmother / aunt / daughter) Answer: grandmother — This is a grandmother.

Children

A son is a boy child, and a daughter is a girl child. Parents call their children their son and daughter.

• son /sʌn/ — her son
• daughter /ˈdɔː.tɚ/ — his daughter
• Try it: Choose the word: (daughter / son / aunt) Answer: daughter — This is a daughter.

Aunt and uncle

Your uncle is your mother's or father's brother, and your aunt is her or his sister.

• uncle /ˈʌŋ.kəl/ — my uncle
• aunt /ænt/ — my aunt
• Try it: Choose the word: (uncle / grandfather / son) Answer: uncle — This is an uncle.