Flashcards on Family and Friendship Relationships
Family and Friendship Relationships: A Student's Guide
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Card 1
Question: What does the term 'nuclear family' mean?
Answer: A mother, father, and their children (brother/sister/siblings) – sometimes also called the 'immediate family' (without extended relatives).
Card 2
Question: What phrases do you use to describe who you live with?
Answer: I live with my mom / stepmom / dad / stepdad / brother / sister / half-brother / half-sister. I'm an only child.
Card 3
Question: How can someone describe the size of their family?
Answer: I have a big / small family. I come from a big / small family.
Card 4
Question: How can you briefly describe your parents' relationship status?
Answer: My parents are still together / divorced / separated. One of my parents has remarried.
Card 5
Question: What terms are used for new family members after a parent remarries?
Answer: Stepmother, stepfather, stepbrothers/stepsisters.
Card 6
Question: How do you describe being adopted or living with foster parents?
Answer: I'm adopted / I live with foster parents.
Card 7
Question: How would you characterize a typical family according to the text?
Answer: Traditionally, a family has a mother, father, and children, but families are changing: there are international/interracial families, single-parent fam
Card 8
Question: What does 'single-parent family' mean?
Answer: A family with only one parent (mother or father), without the other parent.
Card 9
Question: How can you describe your relationship with your parents, according to the different options in the text?
Answer: I have a good / bad relationship; we're very close; we get along well / don't; we often argue; my parents are like friends; someone might not live at
Card 10
Question: Name some adjectives that can describe parents.
Answer: Kind, generous, open-minded, supportive.