Quiz playing is a wonderful way to increase your knowledge of English as a Second Language. Remember that all of our ESL quizzes have titles that are both friendly and technical at the same time… In the case of this quiz you might like to tell your friends about the quiz called “My Family and I” but your teacher will probably want you to learn about "Family Words and Terms". If you hear a technical term and you want to find a quiz about the subject then just look through the list of quiz titles until you find what you need.
This quiz is mainly about the names given to your family members. For instance your father's brother is your "Uncle" whilst the daughter of your mother's sister is your "Niece". To take that one stage further, you will find that you also need to learn about terms to explain a relationship e.g."Non Identical Twins". Without knowing these family words and terms you will never understand who is related to who!
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'Cousin' may not be quite as broad a term in English as it is in your own language.
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Clearly it can only be one of these stages; but which one? Try eliminating the ones that you know cannot be right!
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The children may well be small still, but (unlike in French, for instance) we don't say that in English. There is one word that we always use for a relationship across two generations, regardless of whether we are going 'up' or 'down' the family tree.
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Think: are you describing a relationship by marriage, or a one where you have 'blood' in common with these people?
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If you check the connections outwards from the word 'widow' (or 'widower'), only one of these can be right.
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'Sam' could be a male person (= Samuel) or a female person (= Samantha) in English, but in fact this doesn't make much difference to the situation. Be careful, though: Laurence is a man's name in English. That should help you work out the only correct answer.
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English has a very special way to describe a new relationship by marriage.
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Each of these carries a suggestion of someone who is alone (newly alone, or perhaps they always were, for whatever reason) ... but only one is completely accurate in these circumstances.
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Bear in mind that although the children share a birthday, there is clearly a difference between them!
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No sister is allowed to get married to her brother, of course ... but in some English churches we have women priests (= female ministers), who would be able to 'marry two other people' - in the sense of leading the ceremony when those two become a couple. In this sense, might she be able to 'marry her own brother'? Think about it!
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