English Form One Notes – Talking About One's Family
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TALKING ABOUT ONE’S FAMILY
Expressing Family Relations
Expressing Kinship
Express kinship
My name is Birungi; my mother’s name is Makrita andmy father’s name is Juma, My uncle from
‘my mothers side is called John and another uncle on my father’s side is called Jamal. My
grandfather lives in thanga village with his three sons; Bahari, Jamali and Bakar, I have five
brothers; Atanas, Mussa, Geoflrey, David and Chris. My uncle has two sisters, who each have
two children, Chris father in law is called Matata and Jamal’s sister in law is called Asnat
Bakari’s cousin is called Matata and Matata’s nephew is called Jamila. David’s niece is called
‘Musa. His sister inlaw lives in Mahenge village
Example 1
Example of family tree diagram representing Mizengo and Suzanna’s family
Talking about the Occupations of Family Members
‘The Occupation(s) of Family Members
Mention the occupation(s) of family members
Talking about Ownership or Possession
Statement about Ownership
[‘]s. For instance; Zuena’s father, Zueka’s family.
NB. If the nouns end with [s] the apostrophe is placed after the [s] in the noun. For instance;
Example 2
Describing Physical Appearance
People’s Physical Appearance
Describe people’s physical appearance
Read the following story.
My name is Anne and I have two sisters. My younger sisters is fair in complexion, My other
sister is beautiful and attractive. She has a daughter called Narsa who is tall and a son called
Anali, who is short. My grandfather has grey hai, he is old and balding as well. My brother is
dark skinned and very handsome
1. Describe your father’s physical appearance
2. Describe the physical appearances of your family members.
Describing Character
Describing One’s Own Character
Describe hisiher character
Study the following descriptions
+ Tama kind person
+ Tama good-hearted man
+ Tama gentle boy.
+ Tama generous person
Read the text below
My name is Juma, I am a good-hearted person, I am sincere and generous to people with
problems, but lam sometimes careless with ther people’s internal or personal issues
Describing People’s Character
Describe people’s character
Read the text below
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Facial expression Cheerful, trendy, serious
General appearance Good looking, smart, casual
Forehead High low