Unit 2: My Family: How Many People Are There in Your Family? What Do They Do?

UNIT 2: MY FAMILY
Critical thinking:
 How many people are there in your family? What do they do?
1. Read the text below. Answer the questions.

My name’s Hien and I’m 20. I’m a university student at Murdoch University. I’m also a
receptionist at Pullman hotel. I would like to talk about my awesome family. My family has five
people: my parents, my brother, my baby sister and me. My father’s 35 years old and he’s a
cook. He goes to work early so I don't often see him in the morning. My mother’s 30 years old.
She’s a musician and plays the violin and the cello very beautifully. My brother’s a university
student. He goes to HUTECH university. He wants to be a photographer but my parents want
him to be an engineer. My baby sister’s very young. She’s only 6 months old. She eats and
sleeps all day but we love her anyway. I love my family. They’re the best and I’m very lucky to
have them in my life.
1. How many people are there is Hien’s family? Who are they?
2. What do they do?
2. Complete Hien’s family tree.
Hien
GRAMMAR: SUBJECT PRONOUNS and OBJECT PRONOUNS
Subject pronouns Object pronouns

I me
you you
we us
they them
he him
she her
it it
 Subject pronoun is the SUBJECT in a sentence.

 I am a doctor. (I is the Subject.)
 She a teacher. (She is the Subject.)
 Object pronoun is the OBJECT in a sentence.

 My teachers like her. (her is the Object.)
 Hoa and Hieu are so funny. Everyone likes them. (them is the Object.)
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3. Complete the sentences using suitable Subject pronouns and Object pronouns.
0. e.g.: I am Hoa.
1. I and my brother are close. He always supports ______.
2. Look at that car. ______ is so beautiful.
3. James and Tuan are my cousins. ______ are doctors.
4. My baby sister is 6 months old. ______ sleeps and eat all day but we love ______.
5. Harley is my dog. ______ is funny and smart. I usually take ______ to the park.
6. Hello you too? Are ______ new students?
7. You should be nice or we don’t talk to ______?
4. Read the sentences below. Underline and write (S) under Subjects and (O) under Objects.
0. I am a student.
S O
1. He goes to work early.
2. My father is a chef.
3. We love her anyway.
4. I love my family.
5. He wants to be an engineer.
NOTE:
 SUBJECTS in a sentence can be different from ‘I, you, we, they, he, she, it’.
 Hoa plays soccer every day.
 My dad teaches at a high school.
 OBJECTS in a sentence can be different from ‘me, you, us, them, him, her, it’.
 My family has five people.
 She likes to eat Com Tam.
5. Arrange the sentences below to make correct sentences.

1. help / my sisters / me / a lot.
2. the best friends / are / Millie and Zoe / in the world.
3. in her home / very lucky / to have him / is / Thao.
4. an artist / Polly / wants to be.
5. you / want to / do / live in Australia?
6. UNDERLINE the Subject and Sbject in each sentence in the reading text.
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VOCABULARY
1. Look at the pictures A-K. Choose the best job for each.
musician engineer cook receptionist photographer university student
A. ___________________ B. ___________________ C. ___________________
E. ___________________ F. photographer G. ___________________
2. Listen and repeat. (E.016)
3. Match the jobs in Exercise 1 to the actions below to make job descriptions.
take photographs help visitors make food
go to university work on machines play musical instruments
e.g.: A photographer takes photographs.
Critical thinking: Where do the people in Exercise 1 work?
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4. Find the Subject and Object in each sentence below.
1. I love my family.
2. My brother is a doctor.
3. Mary loves her dogs.
4. My parents work in the office.
GRAMMAR: POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE
Rule:
 We use possessive adjectives with a noun to show that something belongs to someone.
 My mother works in Hanoi.
 Is that your key under the table?
 I don't know her brothers.
Possessive Adjectives e.g.:

my  Her name is Jenna.
your  This is not my pen.
our 
+ Noun (s/es) Do you see my phone?
their
 _________________________
his
her  _________________________
its
5. In pair, ask and answer.

1. What do your parents do for a living?
2. Where do they work?
3. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
4. What is his / her job?
5. Where does he / she work?
6. What is your dream job?
 Useful language
 What’s your job? (What do you do for a living?)
 I’m a/ an …
 What’s his / her job? (What does he/ she do for a living)
 He/ She is a/ an …
 What are their jobs? (What do they do for a living?)
 They are …
6. In pairs, talk about your family using the talking points below.
 how many people are in your family
 how old they are
 what they do for a living
 where they work
 what they do at work
7. Use the talking points above to write about you and your family.
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UNIT 2: MY FAMILY

1. Read the text below. Answer the questions.

2. Complete Hien’s family tree.

GRAMMAR: SUBJECT PRONOUNS and OBJECT PRONOUNS

Subject pronouns Object pronouns

 Subject pronoun is the SUBJECT in a sentence.

 Object pronoun is the OBJECT in a sentence.

3. We love her anyway.

5. Arrange the sentences below to make correct sentences.

musician engineer cook receptionist photographer university student

A. ___________________ B. ___________________ C. ___________________

E. ___________________ F. photographer G. ___________________

2. Listen and repeat. (E.016)

take photographs help visitors make food

go to university work on machines play musical instruments

e.g.: A photographer takes photographs.

Critical thinking: Where do the people in Exercise 1 work?

GRAMMAR: POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE

Possessive Adjectives e.g.:

5. In pair, ask and answer.

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A. _________ B. _ C. ___________

E. _ F. photographer G. _