How big is the biggest family?

Answer each question with 2–3 sentences.

1. Have you got a big family?
2. Have you got brothers or sisters?
3. Who is in your family?
4. Have you got a grandmother?
5. Have you got children?
6. Is your family big or small?

Read each word and the example. Then say one sentence with the word.

Choose the word that fits.

1. A woman who is married is a .
2. A man who is married is a .
3. Your mother and father are your .
4. Your mother's mother is your .
5. A man's male child is his .
6. A woman's female child is her .
7. Your mother's other son is your .
8. Your mother's other daughter is your .

Choose the right answer, then press Check answers.

1. a wife is a
   young girlmarried manmarried woman
2. parents are your
   friend and teachermother and fatherbrother and sister
3. a grandmother is the
   sister of your motherfriend of your sistermother of your mother or father
4. a son is a
   boy childmarried mangirl child
5. children = more than one
   childmotherhouse
6. big is the opposite of
   longoldsmall

Use these phrases to talk about your family.

• I have got...У мене є...I have got a brother.
• He has got...У нього є...He has got two sisters.
• She has got...У неї є...She has got a big family.
• We haven't got...У нас немає...We haven't got a car.
• He hasn't got...У нього немає...He hasn't got any children.
• My family is...Моя сім'я...My family is small.
• There are... people in my family.У моїй сім'ї... людей.There are five people in my family.
• I live with...Я живу з...I live with my parents.

Read the text. Hover over the dotted words for help.

1. All families in the world are big.
   TrueFalse
2. Reports say Ziona Chana had a very big family.
   TrueFalse
3. The house had about a hundred rooms.
   TrueFalse
4. In Ukraine, a lot of families have got one or two children.
   TrueFalse
5. The text says a family is not important.
   TrueFalse

1. Is a big family good?
2. Is a small family good?
3. Who is the most important person in your family?
4. What do families do together?

Common mistakes: use has got with he, she and it, and have got with the other people. ✗ He have got a sister → He has got a sister. ✗ I has got a brother → I have got a brother. ✗ She haven't got a car → She hasn't got a car.

1. I
   havehas
   got a brother.
2. He
   hashave
   got two sisters.
3. She
   hashave
   got a big family.
4. We
   havehas
   got a house.
5. They
   hashave
   got three children.
6. It
   havehas
   got a long tail.
7. I
   hasn'thaven't
   got a car.
8. She
   hasn'thaven't
   got a sister.

Each sentence has one mistake. Type the correct words.

1. He have got a sister. →
2. I has got a brother. →
3. She haven't got a car. →
4. We has got a big family. →
5. They has got two children. →
6. It have got a small house. →

Answer with full sentences. Use have got and has got.

1. Have you got a big family?
2. Have you got brothers or sisters?
3. Who has got the biggest family you know?
4. Have you got a grandmother or a grandfather?
5. Where do your parents live?
6. Have your friends got children?

Three people talk about their families. Compare them. Who has got the biggest family? Who has got a small family? What is your family like?

Your teacher will time you.

1. Plan for one minute, then speak for one or two minutes.
2. Part 1: say who is in your family.
3. Part 2: say what people in your family have got (I have got, he has got).
4. Part 3: say what family members do together.

1. Have you got a big family?
2. Have you got a brother or a sister?
3. Have you got children?
4. Have you got a pet?
5. Have you got a house or a flat?
6. Have you got a grandmother?
7. Who lives with you?
8. Where do your parents live?

1. Who has got the biggest family?
2. Who has got a brother?
3. Who has got two sisters?
4. Who has got a husband or a wife?
5. Who has got a big house?
6. Who has got a grandchild?

1. Is a big family happy?
2. Is it good to have brothers and sisters?
3. Is it good to live with grandparents?
4. Have you got a favourite relative?
5. Is family the most important thing?