Shadowing Practice: Beginner Levels - Lesson 7: These are my relatives - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello students.
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Let's talk more about family today.
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These are the family words
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that we learned last time
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mother mother father
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father parent parent sister sister brother,
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brother, child, child, children, children.
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Mother, father, parent, sister, brother child children here's
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another group grandmother grandmother grandfather grandfather grandfather,
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grandson, grandson, granddaughter,
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granddaughter, and grandchildren.
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So we have grandmother, grandfather, grandson, granddaughter, grandchildren.
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Next, we have husband, husband,
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wife, wife, daughter, daughter, and son, son.
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Finally, we have aunt, aunt,
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uncle, uncle, cousin, cousin, niece,
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niece, and nephew, nephew.
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Aunt, Uncle, Cousin, Niece, and Nephew.
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Now, we're going to talk about two kinds of families.
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And this includes all of these.
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So, the first one is the nuclear family.
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The nuclear family.
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The nuclear family is usually small and has mother, father, and children.
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This is the nuclear family.
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Mother, father, and children.
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Some families are big.
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This is the extended family.
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In this family we see grandmothers,
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grandfathers, aunts, uncles,
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maybe cousins, and grandchildren.
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Okay, so the extended family is big.
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Grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandchildren, mother, father, children.
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Now, in North America, many people live with only the mother and the children,
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so mother, oops, children, or the father plus the children,
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and usually the parents are divorced.
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This is a single parent family.
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A single parent family is one parent, the mother plus the children or the father plus the children.
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Now let's talk about some families.
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Let's talk about that family first.
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Here is Anne.
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She is divorced.
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She has two children.
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Her daughter is two and her son is five.
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She has an ex -husband.
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His name is Daniel.
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She is his ex -wife.
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All right, now you make questions and answers.
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So Lisa, you start, you ask Ali.
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Okay.
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Ali, who is that?
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That is Anne.
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Is Anne married?
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No, she isn't.
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Who are they?
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Those are her children.
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How old are they?
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They are two and five.
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Is she married?
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No, she isn't.
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She has an ex -husband.
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What is his name?
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His name is Daniel.
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Okay.
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Very good.
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Okay, now here is another picture and here is the information about it.
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This is John.
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He is married.
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That is his wife.
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Her name is Kathy.
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They have one child.
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Their son is six years old.
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Okay, now again, you make questions and answers.
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Ali, you ask Isabel.
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Isabel, is John married?
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Yes, he is.
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Who is Cathy?
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She is his wife.
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How old is their child?
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Their son is six years old.
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Very good.
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Now let's look at a big family.
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We're going to look at another photo now.
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And tell me who you see in this photo.
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Ali, you start.
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I see the mother and the father.
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Lisa, how many children are there?
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Okay, there are four children.
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Isabel, who else is in the photo?
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Their grandmother.
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Ali, is this an extended family?
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Yes, it is.
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Very good.
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Now, we're going to talk again about possession.
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Now, possession.
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Now, before, we saw these words.
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We'll see them again my my your
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your his his her her
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its its our our your your
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and their there my your his,
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her, its, our, your, their.
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Now also you know that a noun is like a name, okay?
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A noun is a name.
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Now we're going to learn a different way to show possession.
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For This is my book.
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You can say that is Molly's book.
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Molly's, Molly's book.
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Molly is a noun.
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book is a noun.
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So that is Molly's book.
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So you can say Molly's book.
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Notice that the S, the S here is for possession, not is, possession.
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Molly's book, all right?
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Now, Now, the noun, this noun can be singular or plural.
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We have Molly's student, Molly's student,
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one, or Molly's students, many.
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Okay, this is the same.
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One Molly student, many Molly students.
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This is the same.
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Okay, now here is a new question.
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Here's the new question. Whose is this?
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This shows possession.
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Whose is this or whose.
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mm -mm is that? Whose is this?
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Whose is that?
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Now here's the answer.
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That, for example, that is,
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for example, that is Molly's, Molly's book.
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Whose book is that? that is Molly's book.
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Okay, here's another one.
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Whose are those?
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Whose books, for example are those?
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Those are Molly's, Molly's books. Whose books are those?
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Those are Molly's books.
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Alright, and here's a couple of other examples. Whose child is that? Whose child is that?
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That is John's child. Whose child is that?
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That is John's child.
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All right?
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Okay, now let's look at the photos again
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and we'll practice a little bit now let's look at the first photo i'm going to ask you some questions
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ali who is this that is an lisa whose children are these they are ann's children ali who is Isabel,
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who is Daniel's ex -wife?
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Anne is Daniel's ex -wife.
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And Isabel, who is Anne's ex -husband?
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Daniel.
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Alright, now let me ask you some questions.
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Lisa, whose pen is that?
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Oh, this pen?
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It's Ali's pen.
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Ah.
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Ali, whose notes are those?
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Those are Isabel's notes.
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And Isabel, whose book is that?
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This is Lizard's book.
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Alright, okay.
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Very good.
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Now, let's look and listen.
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Look and listen. Whose mother is that?
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That is Ann's mother. Whose sister is this?
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This is Ali's sister. Whose assistants are those?
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Those are Molly's assistants.
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Read and repeat.
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Family Simple Present Tense Now let's review the present simple tense.
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Look at this chart now and we'll do it again.
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Now first we're going to talk about positive,
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positive, negative, short negative, and question.
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Okay, remember positive, negative, short negative, and question.
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Now, let's do these one by one.
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First, I speak English.
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I speak English.
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Negative, I do not speak English.
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I do not speak English.
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Short, I don't speak English.
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I don't speak English.
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And the question, do I speak English? Do I speak English?
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Okay, so I speak English.
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I do not speak English.
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I don't speak English.
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Do I speak English?
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Okay, now the next one is with you.
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So we'll do it the really quick way.
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You.
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You speak English.
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You speak English.
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You do not speak English.
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You do not speak English.
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Short, you don't speak English.
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You don't speak English.
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And then finally the question, do you speak English?
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Do you speak English?
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You speak English.
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You do not speak English.
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You don't speak English.
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Do you speak English?
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Now, this one and the next couple are different.
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He speaks English.
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He does not speak English.
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He speaks English.
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He does not speak English.
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Short, he does, doesn't, doesn't speak English.
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He doesn't speak English.
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And then again, the question, does he speak English?
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Does he speak English?
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So the S is here,
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here, not here, here, not here, and here, not here.
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Okay, so again, he speaks English.
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He does not speak English.
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He doesn't speak English.
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Does he speak English?
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Now, of course, it's the same with she, but we have to change it a little bit.
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So, she, she speaks English.
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She speaks English.
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She does not speak English.
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She does not speak English.
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And she doesn't speak English.
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She doesn't speak English.
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And then the question, does she speak English?
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Does she speak English?
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She speaks English.
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She does not speak English.
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She doesn't speak English.
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Does she speak English?
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And then of course we have it.
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So we can just put it and it's the same.
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It, the robot, it speaks English.
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It does not speak English.
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It does not speak English.
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It doesn't speak English.
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It doesn't speak English.
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And the question, does it speak English?
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Does it speak English?
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So it speaks English.
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It does not speak English.
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It doesn't speak English.
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Does it speak English?
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Okay, now let's keep going and of course, oops, I don't want to take that out, but...
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Okay, now we continue with we.
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We speak English.
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We speak English.
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We do not speak English.
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We do not speak English.
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In short, we don't speak English.
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We don't speak English.
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And finally, we have the question, do we speak English?
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Do we speak English?
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Again, we speak English.
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We do not speak English.
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We don't speak English.
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Do we speak English.
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Then we put in you.
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You speak English.
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You speak English.
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You do not speak English.
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You do not speak English.
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Short.
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You don't speak English.
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You don't speak English.
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And the question, do you speak English?
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Do you speak English?
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Again, you speak English.
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You do not speak English.
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You don't speak English.
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Do you speak English?
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And then finally, we have they.
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They speak English.
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They speak English.
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They do not speak English.
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They do not speak English.
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They don't speak English.
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They don't speak English.
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Finally, do they speak English?
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Do they speak English?
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Again, they speak English.
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They do not speak English.
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They don't speak English.
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Do they speak English?
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Now let's look at all of these together.
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Here we have the question and the short answer. Do I speak English?
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Yes you do.
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No you don't.
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Do you speak English?
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Yes I do.
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No I don't.
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Now notice Does he speak English?
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Yes, he does.
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No, he doesn't.
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There's the S.
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With she, does she speak English?
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Yes, she does.
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No, she doesn't. Does it speak English?
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Yes, it does.
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No, it doesn't. Do we speak English?
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Yes, we do.
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No, we don't.
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Do you speak English?
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Yes, we do.
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No, we don't.
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Do they speak English?
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Yes, they do.
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No, they don't.
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Now, we're going to look at some more words that are irregular verbs.
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They're special verbs and here we'll see some of them.
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Okay, now the first one is go, go.
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I go, I go.
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You go, you go he goes goes
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she goes she goes it
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goes it goes we go we go you go you go
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and they go they go
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so I go you go he goes
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she goes it goes we go you go
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they go go okay the next one is do it's
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a little bit the same I do I do you do you You do.
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He does.
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He does.
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She does. Does.
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She does.
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It does.
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It does.
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We do.
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We do.
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You do.
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You do and they do.
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They do.
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Okay, I do, you do, he does, she does, it does,
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we do, you do, and they do.
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All right, now the last one, this is the last special verb is have, have.
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I have, I have.
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You have, you have.
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He has.
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He has.
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She has.
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She has.
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It has.
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It has. And back.
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We have.
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We have.
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You have.
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You have.
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And they have have, they have.
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So again, I have, you have, he has, she has, it has,
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we have, you have, and they have.
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Now, again, we see the S and we saw this one before in the questions.
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Now, Now, when we use go, we usually have go to a place.
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So I go to a place.
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Okay?
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Go to, usually.
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For example, he goes to the cinema.
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He goes to the cinema.
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We go to the park.
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We go to the park.
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Okay?
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Now, let's practice.
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Let me erase the board first.
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I'm going to write some sentences on the board with blanks in them and you're going to fill in the blanks.
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So here come the sentences and assistance later you will help me.
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Here's the first one.
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We to the cinema.
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We to the cinema.
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He speak English.
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he speak English, she four brothers,
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she four brothers, and my sisters to the cinema.
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My sisters to the cinema.
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Okay, now let's do these one by one.
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Lisa.
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Okay, we go to the cinema.
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Yes, we go to the cinema.
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Good.
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Now, Isabel.
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Does he speak English?
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Yes, good.
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Does he speak English?
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Yes, he does.
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Good, now Ali.
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She has four brothers.
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Yes, she has four brothers. And Isabel?
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My sisters go to the cinema.
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Yes, my sisters go to the cinema.
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Again, we go to the cinema.
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Does he speak English?
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She has four brothers.
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My sisters go to the cinema.
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Okay, now let's look at some new sentences.
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and we'll do the same thing again so here we go i two children
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i two children my children one mother
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My children, one mother.
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You, one teacher.
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You, one teacher.
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And how many teachers you have?
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How many teachers you have?
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Okay, now again.
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One by one.
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Lisa.
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I have two children.
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Yes, I have two children.
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Really?
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Okay, Ali.
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My children have one mother.
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Oh, very good, Ali.
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My children have one mother.
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Isabel.
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You have one teacher.
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Yes, you have one teacher. And Lisa.
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How many teachers do you have?
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Yes, good.
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How many teachers do you have?
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So again, I have two children.
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My children have one mother.
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You have one teacher.
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How many teachers do you have?
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Okay, now, good job.
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Now let me ask you some questions.
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Lisa, how many grandmothers do you have?
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I have two grandmothers.
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Ali, do you have two children?
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No, I don't.
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Aha.
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Okay, Isabel, does Ali go to the cinema?
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Yes, he does.
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Do you go to the cinema?
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Yes, I do.
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Lisa, do you have a sister?
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Yes, I do.
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Okay, now, you ask me questions.
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Lisa, you start.
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Do you go to the cinema?
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Yes, I do.
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Ali?
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Does your daughter go to the cinema?
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Yes, she does.
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Does she have a boyfriend?
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Yes, she does, Ali.
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Okay, Isabel.
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Does your son have a girlfriend?
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No, he doesn't.
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All right.
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Very good.
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Now, let's look and listen.
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Daniel's wife goes to the cinema.
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Does Ali's uncle have a sister?
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His sister goes to Istanbul.
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We go to Hamburg.
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Lisa's grandmother has a granddaughter.
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Read and repeat.
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Here.
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There.
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All right.
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Now, we're going to learn two words for place.
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Now, we've seen the question where. Where?
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For example, where is it? Where is it?
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There are two short answers.
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Here, here, and there.
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So where is it?
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Here.
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Where is it?
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There.
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Okay?
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Now first let's talk about some vocabulary.
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Now this is a pen.
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This is a notebook.
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This is a board marker.
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This is a board.
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These are notes.
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This is an eraser.
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And this is a dictionary.
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Are you ready?
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Let's go.
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Isabel, where is your pen?
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It's here.
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All Alright.
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Ali, where are my notes?
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They are there.
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Ah, yes.
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Okay.
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Lisa, where is your dictionary?
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Oh, I don't know.
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Oh, it's here.
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Okay, good.
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Lisa, where is the board?
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It's there.
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Yes, it is.
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Ali, where is your notebook?
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It's here.
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Good.
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Isabel, where am I?
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You're there.
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Yes.
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Lisa, where are you?
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I'm here.
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All right.
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Okay.
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Very good.
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All right.
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Now we're going to talk about a new word called or. Or.
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It gives a choice.
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It can be used with almost any kind of word, but we're going to use it with nouns.
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So we could say this or that.
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This or that that.
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Now here are some sentences.
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Is she your sister or your cousin?
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Is she your sister or your cousin?
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Answer, she is my sister.
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Is she your sister or your cousin?
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Oh, she is my sister.
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Look at the next one, information.
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I don't have a brother or a sister.
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I don't have a brother or a sister.
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Here's another one.
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Is her uncle from Istanbul or Izmir?
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Is her uncle from Istanbul or Izmir?
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Oh, he is from Izmir.
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Is her uncle from Istanbul or Izmir?
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Oh, he is from Izmir.
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Okay, so this gives a choice.
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Now, let's practice.
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Lisa, are you from Germany or France?
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I'm from Germany.
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Are you German or French?
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I'm German.
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Ali, are you a teacher or a student?
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I'm a student.
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Okay, yes, that's right.
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Now, Isabel, do we speak English or Japanese?
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We speak Japanese.
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No, no, we speak English.
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Good, okay.
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Now, let's look at this photo.
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This is a big family.
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Who are these people?
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Lisa. That is the mother.
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Okay.
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Who is that, Ali?
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That's the grandmother or the aunt.
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Mm -hmm.
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Isabel, who is that?
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That is the father.
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Okay.
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Ali, who are they?
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They are the children or the cousins.
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All right.
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Now, let's review.
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Review.
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I'm going to ask you some questions.
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Isabel, where is your grandmother from?
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She is from France.
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Does she speak French?
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Yes, she does.
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Lisa, where is your grandfather from?
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He is from Germany.
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Is he German?
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Yes, he is.
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Does he speak German?
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Yes, he does.
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Ali, are your cousins Turkish?
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Yes, they are.
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Do they speak Turkish?
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Yes, they do.
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Now, I want you to tell me about your relatives.
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These are the people in your extended family, your cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. So, Lisa, you start.
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Okay.
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My grandparents are German.
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They speak German.
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I have ten cousins.
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Five cousins are from the U .S.
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They speak English.
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I have three aunts and two uncles.
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They are very nice.
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Okay, good.
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Thank you.
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Now, Isabel.
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My family is from France.
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My parents and my grandparents are from France.
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They speak French.
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I have two aunts and one uncle.
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They are very nice.
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I have five cousins.
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They speak French.
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I like them a lot.
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Thank you very much, Isabel.
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Now, Ali.
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I have a lot of relatives.
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I have 13 cousins.
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They are from Turkey.
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They speak Turkish.
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Two aunts live in Germany.
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They speak German.
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They don't have any children.
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My grandparents are from Sivas in Turkey.
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They are old.
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Thank you very much, all of you.
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All right, now it's time to listen and write.
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Listen and write.
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Let's do the dictation.
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Spell these words.
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Number one, relative.
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Number two, grandmother.
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Number three, cousin.
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Number four, aunt.
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Number five, uncle.
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Now, check your work.
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Number one, relative.
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R, E, L, A, T, I, V, E.
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Number two, grandmother mother.
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G -R -A -N -D -M -O -T -H -E -R.
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Number three.
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Cousin.
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C -O -U -S -I -N.
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Number four.
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Aunt.
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A -U -N -T.
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Number five, uncle.
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U -N -C -L -E.
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Now, listen and write these sentences.
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Number one, Molly's children live in the U .S.
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Number two, Ali's grandparents are from Turkey.
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Number three, Marie's cousins speak French.
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number four Lisa's cousins are from Germany
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and the US and number five a A nuclear family is small.
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Now, check your work.
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Number one, Molly's children live in the U .S.
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Number two, Ali's grandparents are from Turkey.
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Number three, Marie's cousins speak French.
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Number four, Lisa's cousins are from Germany and the US.
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And number five, a nuclear family is small.
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Now read the story and answer the questions about it.
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read and answer.
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Stefania's family is from Italy.
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She is not married and she doesn't have children.
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Her mother and her father speak Italian.
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Stefania speaks Italian, German, English and Turkish.
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She lives in Turkey now.
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Her brother has a daughter and a son they are Stefania's niece
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and nephew her niece is 11 years old
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and her nephew is four years old they live in Italy
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they don't live with their grandparents they speak Italian Stefania sees them in Italy now listen to the questions
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and write your answers.
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Number one, where is Stefania from?
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Number two, is she married?
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Number three, do her parents speak Italian?
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Number four, does she speak French?
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Number five, where does she live?
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Number six, who has a daughter and a son?
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Number seven, how old is Stefania's niece?
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Number eight, how old is her nephew?
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Number nine, do they live in Italy?
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Number ten, do they live with their grandparents?
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Now, check your work.
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Number one. Where is Stefania from?
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She is from Italy.
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Number two.
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Is she married?
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No, she isn't.
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Number three.
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Do her parents speak Italian?
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Yes, they do.
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Number four.
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Does she speak French?
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No, she doesn't.
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Number five.
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Where does she live?
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She lives in Turkey.
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Number six, who has a daughter and son?
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Her brother has a daughter and son.
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Number seven, how old is Stefania's niece?
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She is 11.
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Number eight, how old is her nephew?
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He is four years old.
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Number nine, do they live in Italy?
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Yes, they do. And number ten.
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Do they live with their grandparents?
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No, they don't.
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Very good.
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See you next time.
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Bye.
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Oh, look.
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Look, your little cousin is very cute.
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And I love my name in Greek, Angeliki.
676
Angie, as the years went by, my family grew.
677
Here's a photo of all of us.
678
My seven brothers and sisters and my grandparents, plus my mother and father.
679
All lived in the same house.
680
There were 12 of us in my family.
681
Angie, there's a name for this kind of family.
682
Do you know what it is?
683
Yes.
684
It is called an extended family, whenever there are grandparents, parents, and children living together.
685
Yes.
686
Are extended families common here in Turkey?
687
Well, they are very common, but in the big cities, most people live in nuclear families, or sometimes single -parent families.
688
Angie, I'm confused.
689
Did you say nuclear families?
690
It sounds like the families will blow up.
691
I know it does sound funny, but it just means that there is a family of a mother, a father, and children living together in the same house or apartment.
692
Jack told me the other day
693
that his little brother visits his father on the weekends and lives with his mother during the week.
694
Does this make Jack's brother and his mother a single -parent family?
695
Yes, it does.
696
There is only one parent and at least one child in single -parent families.
697
Is this common in America, these single -parent families?
698
Yes, it is.
699
Many of my friends are living with just one parent and visit the other parent on weekends and holidays.
700
Ah, I see.
701
Mom, is that one of my graduation photos?
702
Yes, and this one is your ghost.
703
Oh, and whose is this?
704
That photo is me on my graduation.
705
You have a great smile in this picture, Mom.
706
Your mother has a great smile right now, too.
707
Thank you both.
708
That's very nice of you.
709
We've been looking at pictures for a while.
710
Would you like to take a break now?
711
I have some cold juice and some cookies.
712
Would you like some?
713
Angie, do we have time before studying?
714
Yes, I think we do.
715
Does it matter to you what time we go to the library?
716
Not at all.
717
I'm enjoying listening and talking to my mother about our family.
718
Me too.
719
Great.
720
I'm glad you're enjoying this afternoon.
721
I'll get up and get some snacks and drinks for us now.
722
So what's your work?
723
It was okay.
724
A little long, though.
725
My boss, computers, explosions, glass.
726
This is my cousin from Athens. And...
727
Angie, do you go to the library often?
728
Yes, I go quite often about three or four times a week.
729
My friend Aisha goes even more.
730
She is always at the library doing something.
731
Why does she go so often?
732
I guess she's like me.
733
Our apartments are big, but we each have two roommates.
734
And it's just quieter and easier to go to the library than to try to keep things quiet.
735
I know what you mean.
736
I don't go very often.
737
I don't have time instead I search on the internet.
738
Miss Christakos, I have a question for you.
739
Okay Angie, what is your question?
740
What does it take to be a good mother?
741
Do you have any secrets to share with me?
742
That's an interesting question.
743
I think to be a good mother you must do many things well.
744
It's important to be a good teacher, to be good listener and to have rules
745
and of course lots of love what do you think it
746
takes to be a good parent I think a lot goes
747
into being a good parent your ideas are good I also
748
think it takes a lot of hard work every day you're right about
749
that too now let's finish up here today I have to put these photos away now
750
and you two have to get to the library to study.
751
Now, see, everybody has something to do in order to be a good father, mother, son, and daughter.
752
My son is lucky, Angie, to have such a good friend in you.
753
Do you have any more questions No, Miss Christakos.
754
It has been fun talking to you about families and seeing your photos from Greece.
755
Alexi and I should go now.
756
Yeah, Angie's right.
757
We should go.
758
Mom, do you need anything from the market for dinner on my way home?
759
No, thanks, Alexi.
760
We'll eat dinner around 7 .30.
761
So see you then, okay?
762
Sure.
763
Bye, Mom.
764
Goodbye, son.
765
Goodbye, Angie.
766
Bye Mrs. Christakos.
767
Thank you.
768
Thank you.
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What Speaking Skills Will You Build Here?
This video helps you master family vocabulary and describing family structures—key for everyday conversations. By the end, you’ll confidently name relatives and explain different family types, a fluency milestone that lets you connect with others through personal stories. It’s perfect for practicing the shadowing technique: repeat phrases aloud as you hear them to mimic rhythm and pronunciation.
Phrase Bank: Family Words & Phrases to Reuse
- Nuclear family (mother, father, children)
- Extended family (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins)
- Single parent family (one parent + children)
- Ex-husband / ex-wife
- Relatives: grandmother, grandfather, grandson, granddaughter, husband, wife, daughter, son, niece, nephew
These phrases work in real-life chats—try using them to talk about your own family or ask others about theirs. A shadowing site can help you practice saying them smoothly, matching the video’s pace.
Fix Your Weak Spots: Pronunciation & Rhythm
Notice how the speaker stresses words like "GRANDmother" and "EXTENded family"? Misplacing stress can make you hard to understand. The shadowspeak method (repeating immediately after the speaker) trains your mouth to form these sounds correctly. Also, practice the rhythm of questions like "Who is that?"—short, clear, with a rising tone. Many learners rush through multi-syllable words; slow down and use shadow speech to get the flow right. Over time, you’ll sound more natural, even in fast conversations.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are divorced · is divorced · is called |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | we've seen · has been |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should go |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | we're going to talk · We're going to look · we're going to learn |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.