Family vocabulary games

On this page, there are 4 vocabulary exercises for learning members of the family in English. Exercise 1 is an interactive flashcard exercise in which students will learn the words.

Exercise 3 is a memory game in which students must find the matching pairs. And exercise 4 is a spelling practice activity in which students must type in the correct spelling of the names of the members of the family in English. Check which words you already know. Look at the picture and guess the word. Then, click on the answer button to check the answer. Check which words you remember.

Click and drag the words to place them under the correct picture. There is talking about the nuclear family members practice section and a family vocabulary spelling section.

The straight family vocabulary learning games help students to learn the words, spelling, and increase their lexicon. The question and answer games for students practice using the new vocabulary in natural English conversation which should not only increase speaking competence but also increase vocabulary retention. All of the listening activities are at natural speeds but students can listen to questions and answers as many times as they need to understand.

We often use "who is that? We even use "that" for a group of people "Who's that? This game has both singular and plural third person pronouns with "be".

While the grammar games don't focus heavily on verb conjugation, it may be best to review these with students before they attempt the grammar sections. The spelling section will accept several variations for nouns, but it won't accept any articles or possessive pronouns.

After that, students sort alternative words for family members into their correct categories. Finally, students do a word search where they locate family words from the worksheet. Family and Relationships Crossword. In this family vocabulary crossword activity, students complete a crossword by describing and guessing words related to family and relationships.

In two groups, students invent and write down clues for the family and relationship vocabulary written on their crossword. Next, students pair up with someone from the other group and take it in turns to ask their partner for a clue to one of their missing words.

Their partner reads out the clue and the other student tries to guess the family or relationship word. If the student guesses the word successfully, they write it on their crossword. If not, their partner continues to give more clues until the student is able to guess the word. When the students have finished, they check their spelling by comparing crosswords.

Family Races. This set of free family vocabulary games helps students learn and practice a wide variety of family-related vocabulary. This versatile activity can be used as a describing game, spelling relay or board race game. In the describing game, students take it in turns to describe a family member on a card to their respective teams, e.

In the spelling relay, two teams line up in front of the board. Show a card to the student at the back of each line. These students write the family-related word with their fingers on the back of the person in front of them.

The word is written on the back of the next student and so on down the line until it reaches the student at the front.

That student writes the word on the board. The first team to write the correct word on the board scores a point. For the family board race game, students listen to descriptions of family words and race to the board to grab the card that matches with the description. The first student to pick the right card scores a point for their team. Family Tree. In this family tree activity, students practice family vocabulary and possessives by working together to complete a family tree.

The students' task is to complete a family tree by asking their partner about the people on the worksheet, e. The other student then completes the family tree with the information.

When the students have finished, they swap worksheets and exchange roles. This gives both students a chance to ask the questions and helps to confirm the answers. Afterwards, the two students identify where a missing family member is on the family tree and complete sentences about how the person is related to the other family members. The first pair to complete the sentences correctly wins.