Unit 6

These are my dogs.

Listen to the conversation.

LEO: Hi, Amy! Welcome to Hawaii! This is our living room!
AMY: Its beautiful! Um, who are they?
LEO: Those are my brothers, Lucas and Marco. Thats my sister, Amanda. And thats
AMY:
LEO:
AMY:
LEO:
AMY:
LEO:

my cousin, Claudia.
And is that your father?
No, thats my uncle, Bruno, and thats my aunt, Marlene. Hes Claudias
father, and shes Claudias mother.
Eek! What are these?
Ha, ha! These are my robot dogs! Its OK. Theyre
EEK!
not dangerous.
Good! Are those your uncles dogs?
Yes, they are.

Got it?
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Read the conversation again. Who is it? Fill in the blanks

with the correct names.
1 Hes Amys e-pal.
2 Shes Leos cousin.

Leo

4 Shes Marcos sister.

5 Theyre Amandas brothers.

3 Hes Claudias father.

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Focus on language!
These / Those
singular

This is my pen.

That is my pen. / Thats my pen.

These are my pens.

Those are my pens.

plural

NOTE: Singular one pen. Plural two pens.

Change the sentences to the plural forms.

1 This is your bag.

These are your bags.

2 That is my friend.

Those are my friends.

3 That is her CD.

4 This is his dog.

5 That is their chair.

6 This is your teacher.

Look at the picture. Fill in the blanks with this, that, these, or those.
LEO:

This

is our family room.

(1)

AMY: Wow! Its fantastic.

LEO:

is my stereo, and

(2)

are my new CDs.

(3)

AMY: Cool! And whats

LEO: Oh,

(4)

is Marcos

(5)

computer, and

(6)

are his

computer games.
AMY:

(7)

is a wonderful room!

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Unit 6

Look at Leos family tree.

Now fill in the blanks with the words below.

father

uncle

1 Nelson is Leos

brother
father

aunt

sister

cousin

. 5 Amanda is Leos

2 Denise is Leos

. 6 Bruno is Leos

3 Marco is Leos

. 7 Marlene is Leos

4 Lucas is Leos

. 8 Claudia is Leos

Tip

Look at Leos family tree. Fill in the blanks.

Leos

1 Lucas and Marco are

2 Denise is

brothers.

sister.

3 Amanda and Leo are

mother

cousins.

Possessive s

me is Claudia.
My cousins na
ss father.
Nelson is Luca
mother.
Denise is Leos

Look at Leos family tree. Who are they? Use the possessive s and the words in exercise 5.
1 Bruno / Denise
Bruno is Denises brother.

2 Bruno / Lucas
Bruno is Lucass

3 Marlene / Amanda
Marlene

4 Amanda / Marco
.

5 Denise / Marco
.

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Listen and repeat.

20 twenty
21 twenty-one
22 twenty-two
23 twenty-three
24 twenty-four
25 twenty-five

26 twenty-six
27 twenty-seven
28 twenty-eight
29 twenty-nine
30 thirty
40 forty

50 fifty
60 sixty
70 seventy
80 eighty
90 ninety
100 one hundred

Now look at the family tree again. Answer the questions. Spell the number words.
1 How old is Marlene?

Shes forty-five.

2 How old is Bruno?

3 How old is Denise?

4 How old is Nelson?

5 How old is Claudia?

Listen. Look at the picture. Circle the correct answers in the chart.
NAME

RELATION TO THERESA

AGE

1 Ted

brother / uncle

16 / 6

2 Martin

cousin / brother

20 / 21

3 Anna

mother / aunt

62 / 73

4 John

father / uncle

53 / 49

5 Fiona

mother / aunt

40 / 49

Put it together!
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Bring a photo of your family to class, or draw a picture of your family in your
notebook. Write sentences about the people in your picture.
Example

This is my father. His name is Larry. Hes forty years old.

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