Meeting my Family

The Royal Visions Academy – Speaking Practice (Family)

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Speaking Guidance Checklist

Use these simple sentence starters to help you talk about your family clearly.

1. Starters

Introducing the topic

“In my family…”
“I have a…”
“There are…”
“I live with…”
“My family is…”
“Let me talk about my…”

2. Reasons

Explaining why

“Because I love…”
“Because we are…”
“The reason is that…”
“Since we…”
“It is because…”
“I feel this way because…”

3. Examples

Giving examples

“Like my sister…”
“For example, my dad…”
“A good example is…”
“Such as when we…”
“For instance…”
“Look at my brother…”

4. Outcomes

Results / Consequences

“So we…”
“That is why we…”
“Because of this…”
“And so I…”
“This makes us…”
“As a result…”

5. Past Experience

Talking about the past

“When I was little…”
“In the past, we…”
“When I was a baby…”
“Last weekend, we…”
“We used to…”
“A few years ago…”

6. Description

Describing places or things

“He is very…”
“She looks…”
“They are…”
“My family is very…”
“We are…”
“She is a…”

7. Conclusion

Finishing your thought

“In the end…”
“I think family is…”
“Overall…”
“To sum up…”
“Finally…”
“In short…”

Practice Your Speaking

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New Vocabulary

Word	Part of Speech	Meaning	Example in Practice
Parents	Noun	Your mother and father.	“My parents are very kind.”
Children	Noun	Young people (sons and daughters).	“They have three children.”
Sibling	Noun	A brother or a sister.	“I have one sibling.”
Relative	Noun	A person in your family (like aunts, uncles, cousins).	“Many relatives came to my party.”
Close	Adjective	Having a very strong, loving relationship.	“I am very close to my sister.”
Together	Adverb	With each other.	“We always eat dinner together.”
Spend	Verb	To use time doing something.	“I spend a lot of time with my mom.”
Share	Verb	To have or use something with others.	“My brother and I share a bedroom.”
Helpful	Adjective	Wanting to help other people.	“My son is very helpful at home.”
Strict	Adjective	Making sure rules are followed.	“My father is a little bit strict.”
Friendly	Adjective	Acting like a friend; kind.	“My family is very friendly.”
Laugh	Verb	To make a happy sound when something is funny.	“We always laugh a lot.”
Support	Verb	To help and encourage someone.	“My parents always support me.”
Busy	Adjective	Having a lot of things to do.	“My parents are very busy with work.”
Weekend	Noun	Saturday and Sunday, a common time for family.	“We go to the park on the weekend.”

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