Hideto's Writing Trainer
Family
Let's practice writing about OUR FAMILY.
Please try to introduce your family members in English by following
the guidelines below. You just simply answer each question and put them
all together. You will have a nice and brief introduction of your family
at the end. Type an answer into the box provided and then pull down the
drop-down box to see some of the possible ways to answer the question.
You can also consult a dictionary by pressing the button below. Enjoy writing!
1 How many members are there in your family?
Type your answer in this box. If you need help, look for some possible
answers.
1,2,3,4,5,6,??????
There are five members in our family.
Our family has four members.
Our family consists of three people plus a pet dog.
Our family is made up with three men and two women.
I have a large family; we are a family of 7.
2 Who are they?
Put a check in the appropriate box.
father
mother
parents
grand parents
big/elder brother
little/younger sister
twin brother/sister
uncle/aunt
cat
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Then write it in a sentence.
If you need help, look for some possible answers.
To clear the box, press this button:
They are....
my parents and myself. I'm an only child.
my mother, a step father, my twin brother and myself.
parents, grandparents, great grandmother, a big brother and
me.
father, two older sisters, and myself. I'm the baby.
parents and three brothers. I'm in the middle.
parents, two little sisters, and me. I'm the eldest of the three.
3 Where do they live?
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answers.
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together or apart?
We all live together in a big house in the suburbs of Maebashi.
My parents live at home in Miyagi, but I'm living alone in an apartment
in Maebashi.
My parents stay home in Kumamoto, my sister lives in Tokyo, and
I am here.
My family are all scattered around; father in Tokyo, mother in
Sendai, brother in Singapore, and I am in Maebashi.
4 What do they do?
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answers.
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working? studying?
My father works for a large trading company and my mother is a
house wife.
My parents are running a dry cleaner and my sister is a college
student in Takasaki.
My father is self-employed (lawyer), and my mother is a school
teacher.
My mother is a part-time worker at a nearby convenience store and
my brother is studying at Gunma Universty.
My sister is a registered nurse and she works at the red cross
hospital in Tatebayashi.
5 Tell me about your family tradition.
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What do you do together?
Our family tradition is paying the first visit to a shrine on the
new year's day together.
After dinner we always get together around the kotatsu table and
play games.
On weekends we regularly go picnicking to nearby parks.
On Sundays, we all attend church service together.
We make it a rule to have a family reunion during the obon vacation
every summer.
We traditionally spend new year holidays in Yamagata skiing.
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