Family Tree Activities

Family Tree Activities

  • Post category:Vocabulary

Topic: Family

Mode: Interpretive

Level: Novice

Students will interpret family trees and use family member vocabulary to complete activities.

Components of this activity: Picture, fill-in-the blanks worksheet, an answer key

Instructions to the teacher

Below there are multiple versions of activities with family trees. Use family tree #1 for activity versions one and two. Use family tree #2 for activity versions three through five. Edit and expand the activities as necessary for cultural relevance.

Instructions to students

Complete the activity based on the information presented in the family tree.

Version 1: Fill-in-the-blank

Family Tree 1 (Versions 1 & 2)

  1. Parents (1) and (2) have two children. They have one _______ and one ___________. 
  2. Children of the same parents are called __________________.
  3. Their son (4) Is the ___________ of (5).
  4. Their daughter (5) is the _________________ of (4). 
  5. The children of Couple (3)-(4) and Couple (5)-(6) call each other _________________. 
  6. The girl (9) has how many cousins? ________________.
  7. What does the girl (9) call her father’s sister (5)? _________________________ 

Answers

  1. Son, daughter
  2. Siblings 
  3. Brother 
  4. Sister
  5. Cousins
  6. Three 
  7. Aunt 

Version 2: True/False

  1. 9 is 10’s brother. T/F
  2. 22 is 5’s great-grandson. T/F
  3. 7 is 9’s sister-in-law. T/F
  4. 8 is 11’s cousin. T/F
  5. 13 is 23’s grandmother. T/F
  6. 5 is 9’s uncle. T/F
  7. 21 is 18’s nephew. T/F
  8. 4 is 20’s great-grandfather. T/F
  9. 3 is 12’s aunt. T/F
  10. 15 is 16’s niece. T/F
  11. 19 is 18’s brother-in-law. T/F
  12. 1 is 22’s great-great-grandmother. T/F
  13. 2 is 21’s great-great-uncle. T/F
  14. 19 is 12’s nephew. T/F
  15. 11 is 22’s great uncle. T/F

Answer Key

  1. F
  2. T
  3. F
  4. T
  5. T
  6. F
  7. T
  8. T
  9. T
  10. F
  11. F
  12. T
  13. F
  14. F
  15. T 

Version 3: Nuclear Family

Family Tree 2 (Versions 3-5)

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  1. #8 is #7’s____.

    Wife     brother    husband     sister

  1. #4 is #1’s ____.

    Sister         daughter    wife    mother

  1. #3 is #5’s ____.

    Father     husband    son     brother

  1. #6 is #5’s ____.

    Husband     sister        wife     father

  1. #3 is #2’s ____. 

    Son     daughter    brother    sister

  1. #4 is #5’s ____.

    Mother     brother    sister        wife

  1. #6 is #9’s ____.

    Sister         mother    wife    daughter

  1. #1 is #2’s _____.

    Wife     husband    sister    brother

Answer Key

  1. Wife
  2. Daughter
  3. Brother
  4. Wife
  5. Son
  6. Sister
  7. Mother
  8. Wife 

Version 4: Extended Family

  1. #7 is #9’s ____.

    nephew    brother-in-law     brother

  1. #6 is #4’s ____.

    sister-in-law        niece        sister   

  1. #8 is #3’s ____.

    nephew    aunt         niece

  1. #3 is #8’s ____.

    nephew    niece     uncle

  1. #2 is #9’s____.

    grandfather    granddaughter        niece

  1. #8 is #1’s ____.

    grandson    granddaughter     daughter

  1. #4 is #9’s ____.

aunt    mother        sister     

  1. #6 is #2’s ____.

    daughter-in-law    daughter    niece

Answer Key

  1. Brother-in-law
  2. Sister-in-law
  3. Niece
  4. Uncle
  5. Grandfather
  6. Granddaughter
  7. Aunt
  8. Daughter-in-law 

Version 5: Wh- Questions

  1. Who is #5’s brother?     #3    #4    #7
  2. Who is #8’s uncle?         #2    #3    #5
  3. Who is #9’s sister?         #4    #6    #8
  4. Who is #2’s daughter?    #4    #6    #9
  5. Who is #7’s wife?        #8    #9    #6
  6. Who is #1’s husband?    #2    #3    #7
  7. Who is #3’s sister?        #4    #6    #9
  8. Who is #6’s husband?    #3    #5    #7
  9. Who is #7’s mother-in-law? #1    #4    #6
  10. Who is #9’s grandfather?    #2    #3    #5

Answer Key

  1. #3
  2. #3
  3. #8
  4. #4
  5. #8
  6. #2
  7. #4
  8. #5
  9. #6
  10. #2
Categories: Vocabulary