Members of a family

father cousin son-in-law

mother nephew daughter-in-law
parent niece brother-in-law
children boyfriend sister-in-law
son girlfriend
daughter fiancé
brother fiancée
sister bride
grandfather groom, bridegroom
grandmother wife
grandson husband
granddaughter spouse
grandchild father-in-law
uncle mother-in-law
aunt parents-in-law

Members of a Family (male and female)

Write down the term for the opposite sex?

father

1. mother -

2. brother -

3. son -

4. uncle -

5. grandmother -

6. granddaughter -
7. nephew -

8. wife -

9. boyfriend -

10. cousin -

Fill in the correct member of the family. Keep to the family tree (picture).

father Tom

1. My is 64 years old. His name is .

2. My is 62. Her name is .

3. I have got a , she is 37.

4. My is 40. He is married with two

5. I have got two , too.

6. My is called . She is 17 years old.

7. My is called Joe. He is married.

8. His is called , just like my .

9. Do you know who I am? My name is

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Nouns

NOUNS

Common Proper Countabl Uncounta Gender

Nouns Nouns e ble
Nouns Nouns

Common Nouns

Common nouns are words for people, animals, things, places or

ideas.

Teacher Banana Bird

Singer Orange Whale

Uncle Pea Goat

Aunt Eggplant kangaroo

Exercise : Give 10 common nouns for each category

People Fruits Vegetables Animals Places Things
1.dancer 1.banana 1.tomato 1.fish 1.school 1.table
2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2.
3. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3.
4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4.
5. 5. 5. 5. 5. 5.
6. 6. 6. 6. 6. 6.
7. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7.
8. 8. 8. 8. 8. 8.
9. 9. 9. 9. 9. 9.
10. 10. 10. 10. 10. 10.

Proper Nouns

Proper nouns are special name given to people, places and

things. They always begin with a capital letter.

People’s names are proper nouns

Charles Dickens Cinderella Mr Yang

Muhammad Ali Harry Potter Miss Brown

Professor Black David Auntie Nina

The names of the months are proper nouns

January May September

February June October

March July November

April August December

The names of the days of the week are proper nouns

Sunday Wednesday Friday

Monday Thursday Saturday

Tuesday

The names of the festivals are proper nouns

Dragon Boat Festival Mother’s Day Thaipusam

The Mooncake Halloween Independence Day

Festival
Children’s Day Deepavali
Hari Raya Puasa

The names of countries and their capital cities are proper nouns
as well

Country Capital City

Great Britain London

China Beijing

Japan Tokyo

Korea Seoul

France Paris
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur

Belgium Brussels

Egypt Cairo

Spain Madrid

Thailand Bangkok

Germany Berlin

United States of Washington DC

America
Jakarta
Indonesia

The names of famous places and buildings are proper nouns too.

The Statue of Liberty The Colosseum The Taj Mahal

The Tower of London Angkor Wat The Grand Canyon

The Sphinx The Eiffel Tower The Sidney Opera

House

The names of oceans, lakes, seas, rivers and mountains are

proper nouns.

The Pacific Ocean Lake Michigan Mount Fuji

The Mediterranean The Rockies Mount Everest

Sea
The Himalayas Mount Kinabalu
Niagara Falls
The names of people who live in a country are also proper nouns.

Country People

Australia Australians

Britain The British

Canada Canadians

China The Chinese

Egypt Egyptians

France The French

Germany Germans

India Indians

Indonesia Indonesians

Italy Italians

Japan The Japanese

Korea Koreans

Malaysia Malaysians

Pakistan Pakistanis

The Philippines Filipinos

Russia Russians
Singapore Singaporeans

South Africa South Africans

Spain Spaniards

Switzerland The Swiss

Thailand Thais

United States of Americans

America

Use capital letters for Proper Nouns in the following sentences.

 1. paris is the capital of france.

 _____________________________________________________________

Paris is the capital of France.

 2. william shakespeare is a famous english author.

 _____________________________________________________________

William Shakespeare is a famous English author.

 3. ‘war and peace' was written by leo tolstoy.

 _____________________________________________________________

‘War and Peace' was written by Leo Tolstoy

 4. The universities of oxford and cambridge offer degree courses at the

highest level.
  _____________________________________________________________

The universities of Oxford and Cambridge offer degree courses at the highest
level.

 5. john's two dogs are named rover and boxer.

 _____________________________________________________________

John's two dogs are named Rover and Boxer.

 6. david will travel to france to do a degree course on the french revolution.

 _____________________________________________________________

David will travel to France to do a degree course on the French Revolution.

 7. suez canal joins the red sea and the mediterranean sea.

 _____________________________________________________________

Suez Canal joins the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

 8. republic of liberia is on the west coast of africa.

 _____________________________________________________________

Republic of Liberia is on the west coast of Africa.

 9. mick jagger is the lead singer of rolling stones

 _____________________________________________________________

Mick Jagger is the lead singer of Rolling Stones.

 10. mount kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in africa.

 _____________________________________________________________