FAMILY VOCABULARY

A group of people who are related to each other.

• herd

• family

• school

Immediate family means your closest relations, such as your parents, children, husband or wife.

• TRUE

• FALSE

An extended family includes parents and their children whilst nuclear family is a family unit that includes grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, and uncles, etc. in addition to parents and children.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A family that is not behaving or working normally, where there is conflict, misbehaviour, etc.

• extended family

• dysfunctional family

• misbehaved family

Aunty Sylvia is my blood relative but Uncle George, her husband, is only related to me by marriage. Blood relative means you are related to through birth rather than marriage.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Family members from the past generations.

• ancestors

• descendants

• next of kin

It's either a husband or wife.

(a)  

It's a brother or sister.

(a)  

A child who doesn't have any brothers or sisters.

(a)  

The male child of your brother or sister.

• niece

• nephew

• cousin