i want to send a brief post lesson message to my ESL student called Salvio. Today we did vocabulary about the home, weather and revised personality adjectives. He is a A2 level English student from Brazil. This is the worksheet we'll be doing next class:

""We get on really well! 
1.  Complete the gaps to create family members. Explain who the people are. 
EXAMPLE:  
grand………… 
grand………… 
A granddaughter is my child’s daughter.  
…………-in-law 
…………-in-law 
2. Discuss the questions.
 step………… 
step………… 
great-………… 
great-………… 
• Which family members do you keep in touch with? How often do you talk? 
• Who do you think can be family or like family? Why? 
o a colleague 
o a friend 
o an ex-partner 
o a flatmate 
3. Choose the correct words.  
o a partner you are not married to 
o a pet  
a) I’ve always had a good … with my grandparents. 
1) relationship  
2) relative 
b) I think friends are just as important as … .  
1) relatives   
2) generations 
c) Family members don’t have to enjoy each other’s … . 
1) admire   
2) company 
d) I think it’s better to be an only child because you are never … of your siblings.  
1) jealous   
2) appreciate  
e) I don’t get on … with some of my family members.  
1) good    
2) well 
f) I think the best way to … the important people in your life is to tell them that 
you love them every day.  
1) welcome   
2) appreciate 
g) I am closer to the family members from my … because we are a similar age.  
1) generation  
2) crowd 
4. Choose three statements in ex. 3 and say whether they are true for you or 
not and why.  
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We get on really well! 
5. List three advantages and three 
disadvantages of having a family 
of more than 30 members.  
6. Watch a video 
[https://youtu.be/XHiuqRkI1jQ] 
about a woman called Marguerite and decide if the statements are true or 
false. Correct the false statements. 
a) Marguerite has two great-grandchildren.  
b) Marguerite has siblings.  
c) The new-born baby’s name is Koller William.  
d) Marguerite is 100 years old 
e) There is only one person named Marguerite in the family.  
7. Discuss the questions. 
• How is your family similar to or different from Marguerite's family? 
• Is there a name shared by two or more of your family members? 
• Do you think Marguerite's family members get on well? Why do you think so? 
• Would you like to have a family as big as Marguerite’s? Why/Why not? 
8. Look at the useful language box and rewrite the sentences using the words 
in brackets. 
a) Families are getting smaller because people have 
fewer children. (that’s why) 
…………………………………………………………… 
b) I don’t have any family here so I’m going to look for 
friends. (because) 
…………………………………………………………… 
c) They are getting a divorce because they don’t get on 
well. (so) 
USEFUL LANGUAGE 
I’m never alone because I 
have a lot of friends. 
I have a lot of friends so I’m 
never alone.  
I have a lot of friends and 
that’s why I’m never alone. 
…………………………………………………………… 
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We get on really well! 
9. Match the sentence halves.  
a) People appreciate the time they spend alone  
b) Nowadays, people don’t appreciate  
c) It is more important for people to have a healthy relationship  
d) Older generations didn’t have social media  
e) Nowadays, people get jealous easily  
f) It was important to get married in the past  
g) When a couple stops enjoying each other’s company  
1) the relationships they have.  
2) so they spent more time with relatives and friends.  
3) they might think about a divorce. 
4) because they can do the things they like.  
5) and that’s why relationships end quickly. 
6) because life was easier for married people.  
7) than any relationship. 
10. Look at some statistics about changes in American relationships and 
discuss the questions.  
year 
Age of first marriage 
women men 
1960 
2021 
22 
29 
24 
30 
People who don’t have a 
close friend 
year 
People living alone 
year 
% 
1960 
12 
2021 
28 
50% of US 
marriages will end 
in divorce. 
% 
1990 
3 
2021 
12 
People who have ten or 
more close friends 
year 
% 
1990 
33 
2021 
13 
Sources: census.gov, americansurveycenter.org, wf-lawyers.com 
• Which statements in ex. 9 best explain these changes? Why do you think so?  
• What are some other reasons behind the changes? 
• Do you think the statistics are similar or different in your country? Explain how.  
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• Do people feel lonelier now than in the past? Why do you think so? ""