Families and Relatives

 Learn about families and relatives.

This is Mary. Mary Bell.
This is George. George Bell.
Mary and George are married to each other.
	George is Mary's husband. Mary is George's wife. They are husband and wife.
Mr and Mrs Bell have two children. Carol and Robert Bell.
This is Carol Bell. Carol is their daughter.
This is Robert Bell. Robert is their son.
	Robert is older than Carol. He is Carol's big brother. Carol is younger than Robert. She is Robert's little sister. They are brother and sister. They are Mr and Mrs Bell's children.
	George is Carol and Robert's father. Mary is Carol and Robert's mother. They are Carol and Robert's parents.

This is Emily. Emily Richards.
This is Edgar. Edgar Richards.
	Mr and Mrs Richards are Mary's parents. She is their daughter. Mary's name before she got married was Mary Richards. Mary Richards is her maiden name, Mary Bell is her married name. Edgar and Emily are Carol and Robert's grandparents. Carol and Robert are their grandchildren. Mr Richards is their grandfather. They call him grandad. Mrs Richards is their grandmother. They call her granny. Carol is their granddaughter and Robert is their grandson. They're George Bell's in-laws. Mrs Richards is his mother-in-law and Edgar is his father-in-law. George is their son-in-law.

	Mr and Mrs Robert's have another daughter Anne. Anne is Mary's younger sister. She is the youngest. She isn't married. She is single. She is Carol and Robert's aunt. Carol is her niece and Robert is her nephew. Mary's husband George is her brother-in-law. She is George's sister-in-law.
	Mr and Mrs Robert's also have a son, Charles. Charles is Mary's older brother. He is the eldest. He is Carol and Robert's uncle. Charles was married, but he isn't any more. He's divorced. He is George's brother-in-law.
	This is Emma. She is Charles' baby. Charles is her father. She is Carol and Robert's cousin, they are her cousins too. Mary and Anne are her aunts, she is Mary and Anne's niece. George is her uncle, she is his niece.
	Charles, Mary and Anne are siblings.
	Charles, Mary, Anne, Emily, Edgar, Carol, Robert, Emma and George are all related. They are members of the same family. They are relatives.

Appearances - How to describe someone in English

Height
	He is tall.	He is short.	He is normal height.
+	He is very tall.	He is quite short.	He is relatively normal height.

Build
She is skinny. (negative)	She is fat. (negative)
She is anorexic. (medical)	She is tubby. (negative)
She is underweight. (negative)	She is overweight. (negative)
She is thin. (negative)	She is plump. (neutral)
She is slim. (positive)	She is stocky. (neutral)
She is slender. (positive)	She is bonny. (positive)
!Note - if a man is fat (especially round the waist) we often say he has a beer belly.

Hair
blonde/fair hair	brown hair	red hair	black hair	grey hair
blonde	brunette	redhead	-	-

Eyes
	grey eyes	green eyes	blue eyes	brown eyes	dark eyes

Type of hair
	She has longhair.	She has short hair.	He has no hair. = He is bald.	She has medium length hair.	She has medium length hair.	She has short hair.
+	She has long,black hair.	She has short,black hair.	-	She has medium length , blonde hair.	She has medium length, red hair.	She has short,blonde hair.
++	She has long,straight, black hair.	She has short,straight, black hair.	-	She has medium length, straight, blonde hair.	She has medium length, wavy, red hair.	She has short,curly, blonde hair.
or	Her hair is long, straight and black.	Her hair is short, straight and black.	-	Her hair is medium length, straight and blonde.	Her hair is medium length, wavy and red.	Her hair is short, curly and blonde.
+					She wears glasses.

Type of complexion
He is asian. He has light-brown skin.	She is black. She has dark skin.	He is white. He has fair skin.	She is white. She has lightly tanned skin.	She is white. She has very pale skin.

Other features Point your cursor over the named feature, if you're correct the word will appear.
	moustache	beard	chin	forehead	nostrils
	eyebrows	cheeks	fringe	lips	teeth

Note !  bald, black, blonde, blue, brown, curly, fat, grey, long , medium,  overweight, pale, plump, red, short, skinny, slim, stocky, straight, tall, tanned,  thin, wavy and white  are all adjectives - they describe things    very, quite and slightly  are all modifiers - they change (modify) the adjectives. And don't forget, being able to describe people is a very useful skill.