Kinship Terms

Topic: Family

Mode: Interpretive

Level: Novice

Students will match kinship terms with their descriptions.

Components of the activity: A matching exercise, answer key

Instructions to the teacher

Assign students the task below

Instructions to students

Match the description to the appropriate family member

1. My brother’s wife        grandfather
2. My mother’s daughter        aunt 
3. My father’s son        sister-in-law 
4. My brother’s mother        father 
5. My sister’s father        mother
6. My mother’s sister        sister
7. My mother’s brother        cousin 
8. My uncle’s daughter        uncle
9. My mother’s grandson    son
10. My father’s father        brother

Answer Key

1. Sister-in-law
2. Sister
3. Brother
4. Mother 
5. Father
6. Aunt
7. Uncle
8. Cousin
9. Son
10. Grandfather