TESOL/Describing family members

Key sentences

Asking about your partner's family	Talking about your own family
Do your sisters look alike?	They are the spitting image of each other. They look nothing like each other.

Asking about your partner's family	Talking about your own family
Who do you (verb) in your family?	My mother. I have my mother's (noun).

Asking about your partner's family	Talking about your own family
How do you take after your (family member?)	We both (verb). I (verb) the way she does.

Say these sentences without looking.

Who do you (verb) in your family?
verb	sentence
take after	Who do you take after in your family?
look like	Who do you look like in your family?
resemble	Who do you resemble in your family?
act like	Who do you act like in your family?

My mother. I have my mother's (noun).
noun	sentence
eyes	My mother. I have my mother's eyes.
nose	My mother. I have my mother's nose.
personality	My mother. I have my mother's personality.
attitude	My mother. I have my mother's attitude.

How do you take after your (family member?)
family member?	sentence
mother?	How do you take after your mother?
father?	How do you take after your father?
grandmother?	How do you take after your grandmother?
brother?	How do you take after your brother?

Practice this conversation.

Asking about your partner's family	Talking about your own family
Do your sisters look alike?	They are the spitting image of each other.

Asking about your partner's family	Talking about your own family
Who do you (take after) in your family?	My mother. I have my mother's (eyes).

Asking about your partner's family	Talking about your own family
How do you take after your (mother?)	We both (snore).

Change partners. Use your imagination and change the sentences.

Use your imagination. Make your own conversation.

Asking about your partner's family	Talking about your own family
Do your sisters look alike?	They are the spitting image of each other.

Asking about your partner's family	Talking about your own family
Who do you ... in your family?	My mother. I have my mother's ....

Asking about your partner's family	Talking about your own family
How do you take after your ...	We both ....

Change partners. Use your imagination and make another conversation.

Asking about your partner's family	Talking about your own family
Ask about your partner's family.	Talk about your family. Think about the nose, mouth, hair (or no hair), eyes, height, weight, and so on. Also think about who: is good at sports is good at math enjoys art or music likes or hates certain foods likes cats or dogs

Resource type: this resource is a lesson in English as a second language.