Chapter twelve - Family & Relatives

Question 1

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Answer 1

Short adjectives | add er | add est
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ending in a | older | oldest
consonant or e | |
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ending i a vowel | bigger | biggest
+ consonant | |
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ending in y |happier| happiest
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Long Adjectives |more |most
add more, most | awful |awful
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Irreg. Adjectives
good |better |best
bad |worse |worst
far |farther|farthest
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Question 2

Family

Answer 2

Grandfather/grandpa, Grandmother/grandma, uncle, aunt, father, mother, cousin, sister, brother, husband, wife, daughter, son, grandchildren, nephew, niece.

In-laws
mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law

Question 3

Life cycle

Answer 3

birth, to be born, death, to die

Question 4

Development, to develop

Answer 4

infancy, baby, childhood, child |kid, adolescence, teenager, young adulthood, young adult, adulthood, adult, middle age, middle-aged adult, old age elder

Question 5

Rites of passage

Answer 5

Bride, groom, wedding, fiancé(e), engagement, marriage, pregnancy(pregnant), anniversary, retirement.