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Hoi Chin: 
 
My family? Well, my family isn’t a large 
family. It’s quite a small family in fact – and 
quite a typical family for my country. Just my 
parents, my older brother and me. So, I’m 
the baby of the family! I think we’re a close, 
happy family. We do a lot of things together, 
particularly preparing food – and eating it 
of course! Yes, we spend a lot of time in the 
kitchen. My father’s a very good cook – he’s 
much better than my mother. My brother’s 
getting married next year, so I’m really 
looking forward to having a sister-in-law! 
And who knows? Perhaps our family will get 
bigger in future! I’d love to have a niece or 
a little nephew to take to the park one day. 
Yes, I really want to be an aunt! 
2 close 
3 eating
4 cook 
5 married 
6 /7 nephew/niece
Alternative
Stronger students/classes can close their books and talk 
about Hoi Chin’s family from memory.

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Ensure students understand the question, ‘Who are you 
most similar to in your family?’ If you wish you can give a 
‘model’ answer about yourself to illustrate the meaning. 
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Student A:
I get on really well with both of my sisters. 
The older one’s at university in Australia, 
so I don’t see her very oten anymore. The 
younger one still lives at home though, and 
we spend all of our free time together.
Student B:
I’m a lot like my father. We look similar and 
have the same interests.
Student C:
Most people say that I’m similar to my father 
because we both have green eyes and black 
hair. However, I think that I’m more similar 
to my mother in character. We’re both easy 
going and calm, so I think it’s a mixture of 
both.
1 Student B 
2 Student A 
3 Student C
(student A answered a diferent question – ‘who do you get on 
with best in your family?’)
09
Go through the information in the box with the students. 
Point out that the highlighted words provide useful ways to 
give extra information about your answer. 
Sample answers, but many others are possible
1 ... because they are the most important people in my life.
2 ... but we still get along very well.
3 ... and she is going to move to a diferent city with her 
husband.
4 ... so I don’t spend as much time with him as I want to.
5 ... even though he is quite a bit older.
Alternative
Students can give their answers orally instead of writing 
them down, or they can write them, then cover them and 
practise saying them to their partner.