Can-Do Task: Describe Your Family

Your Task

Describe your family. Use a real photo (or draw one) and write 6–8 sentences: who each person is, their relationship to you, and something about how they look or what they are like. Then say it out loud as if you are showing the photo to a new friend.

Before You Start

  1. Choose 3–4 people in the photo.
  2. For each person, note: name, relationship (my aunt), one be fact (age, job, personality) and one has fact (hair, eyes, glasses).
  3. Start with This is my family and use This is… / These are… as you “point”.
  4. Finish with one sentence about your family in general.

Useful Language

  • Pointing: This is my… · These are my… · On the left / right is my…
  • Relationships: my mother’s brother = my uncle · my sister’s son = my nephew
  • be: She’s 45. He’s a nurse. They’re funny.
  • has: She has long hair. He has glasses.
  • Possessives: Her name is… · His job is… · Their house is…

Model Answer

Read this example first. Then write your own; don’t copy it.

This is my family at my brother’s wedding. In the middle are my parents. My mother’s name is Hana. She’s a nurse and she has short black hair. My father is tall and he has glasses. On the left is my brother Karim and his wife, Lina. Karim is 30 and he’s very funny. These are my grandparents. They’re old but very active. We are a big, happy family!

Check Your Work

Tick each box before you finish:

  • ☐ I used This is / These are.
  • ☐ I used family words correctly (aunt, cousin…).
  • ☐ I used is for age, job and personality.
  • ☐ I used has for hair, eyes and glasses.
  • ☐ I used his / her / their correctly.
  • ☐ I said it out loud with the photo.

Go Further

Ask a friend or classmate three questions about their family: How many brothers and sisters do you have? What does your mother look like? What’s your father’s job?

Connect

Review this module’s grammar with our Grammar Quiz (choose A1).

Try our Grammar Quiz →

CEFR A1 — Spoken Production: I can use simple phrases and sentences to describe people I know. Writing: I can write simple sentences about my family.

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