Writing Prompt ~ Family Members

Posted by: Tara Benwell

Writing Prompt: In writing, use a capital letter when identifying a relative by name: When will Aunt Liz come back from her trip? Is Grandpa coming with her? Use a lowercase letter to refer to a relative in general: My aunt is home from her trip. My grandpa came with her. Review this Family Vocabulary. Then write a paragraph introducing some of the people in your immediate and extended family.

Example

I have a big family. In my immediate family I have a mother, a father and two siblings. My older brother is Maxwell and my younger sister is Tracey. I am the middle child. Maxwell has a wife and two daughters. My sister-in-law’s name is Louise. My nieces are Ella and Mia. They are twins. I love being an aunt, and I hope to have a nephew one day. Tracey doesn’t have any kids yet. I don’t have any kids either. My grandparents on my father’s side are getting old. Grandpa Jake is 90 and Grandma Ann is 85. My mother’s parents are no longer with us. My dad has four brothers. I love my uncles. My favourite uncle is Uncle Rick. Mom also has a big family. She has three sisters and two brothers. I have so many cousins that I can’t count them all!

Try this writing prompt in your notebook or on your MyEC blog.

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Written by Tara Benwell for EnglishClub

Tara Benwell is a Canadian freelance writer and editor who specializes in materials and articles for the ELT industry.
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8 comments

• benjamin sanchez lopez says:
  

  hello i am the second son of my parents, we are four children and my sister and i already form our families and in my famili i have two children, my wife and i am currently studyinat the university

• Madai Peralta López says:
  

  Im muy family we are six, my father has always been dedicated to agriculture, my mother to housework.
  I have three brothers, my youngest brother is nineteen years old and I am the oldest, my brother Esli is twenty-one years old and is studying at university. My dream was always to have a sister since I am the only one, I always got along with my brother Jesi, we always played in the patio of our small house made of bricks. I decided to continue with my university career and I had to move to another city, I hardly see my family anymore.

• .... says:
  

  I also have an big family but I didn’t has an elder brother my dream is I want elder brother I am small sister it was an my dream .but I didn’t has an elder brother ☹️

• Atul says:
  

  Jzufykuh

• Juana Ramirez says:
  

  I have a small family living at home: My husband, My son and My daughter. I Also have My parents in law , three brothers and two sisters in law. By My own family I have three sisters and no brothers, but five nephews and three little nieces.

• Juana Ramirez says:
  

  I have a small family. My husband, My son and My daughter.

• sam sam says:
  

  I also have a big family. There are six people in my family: my parents, my older brother, two my older sisters and me. My siblings have their own family, just oly me still single. I’m single but i have a boyfreind. My grandparents are no longer with us. Sometimes, i miss them so much, i’m just can miss them in my memories.When i was a kid, my grandmother always be side me all the time. I have five nephews.I still don’t have nieces yet. what about you?

• emily says:
  

  Hmm….. I have a big family.There are five people in my family such as : my father , my mother ,my young brother,my younger brother and me . My parent are working in the hospital. They are very friendly and smart . My brother is a student .He is eleven years old . He had a girl friend .My younger brother is a baby .He is three years old . He is smart. And , my name is yen,I am a student . I haven’t a boy friend .What about you ?