EFL-ESL Advanced Vocabulary Lesson: Families

Help your B2–C1 adult learners of English as a Foreign Language expand their vocabulary with this no-prep worksheet on families. This printable resource is designed to provide teachers with engaging activities that help upper-intermediate and advanced students learn new vocabulary and enable them to confidently speak and write about the topic of families.

This lesson focuses on the following key terms:

1. Nuclear family

2. Extended family

3. Upbringing

4. Helicopter parent

5. Only child

6. Breadwinner

7. To run in the family

8. Blood is thicker than water

9. To squabble with someone

10. To take after someone

This lesson contains five exercises:

➡️ Warm-up speaking activity

➡️ Match the key terms to their definitions

➡️ Complete the sentence gaps with an appropriate key term

➡️ Speaking questions to practise using the key terms in real conversation

➡️ Writing task with full instructions to help students consolidate key terms

As part of this resource, you will also receive a comprehensive teacher’s guide with:

✅️ Instructions for each exercise

✅️ Recommendations for tailoring exercises to group and one-to-one classes

✅️ Recommended timings for each activity

✅️ A full answer key

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