‫The topic of vocabulary is very common in everyday life, as well as in the elites test, so it's going
‫to be very useful to you to look at eight pieces of vocabulary and phrases that you can really learn,
‫understand and use.
‫So let's take a look at the vocabulary list for family.
‫We have beginning from the top immediate family, extended family take after.
‫Relative get together and for the pronunciation, forget to gather notice there is only one T sound.
‫I don't say get together, get together, one t sound, get together, get together.
‫And next up, inspiration, support and squabble.
‫So eight pieces of language that are highly linked and related to the topic of vocabulary.
‫Let's take a look at our first one.
‫And it is immediate family, immediate family, your brothers, sisters and parents that so it does
‫not include your uncles, cousins or any other members of your whole family.
‫Immediate family is your parents or siblings, brothers and sisters.
‫Let's take a look at the example.
‫My immediate family all live within an eight hundred meters walk from my house.
‫In my immediate family, I have two parents and one younger brother.
‫So here we are looking really at examples of sentences that you might use in the speaking test.
‫And the next piece of vocabulary is extended family.
‫So your extended family does include uncles and cousins, nephews, grand parents, that kind of thing.
‫Having a large extended family means some very exciting festive celebrations.
‫An extended family can lend support to one another in difficult times.
‫OK, now we will look at take after take after is a phrase that we used to describe when someone is
‫similar to a relative.
‫For example, if your brother is very similar to your father, you would say, my brother takes after
‫my father.
‫Let's look at some examples.
‫My sister says, I really take after my father and we look very alike or look very alike, so it can
‫be looks or it can also be personality and characteristics.
‫For example, if you have a similar sense of humor, you laugh at the same things you could say.
‫You still take after your parents.
‫It's very possible for some children to take after their parents.
‫A relative.
‫OK, so a relative is somebody who is related by blood to you, so it's anyone in your family, both
‫immediate and extended.
‫Because I live so far away, I'm not very close with my relatives.
‫I found a long lost relative by searching on the Internet.
‫OK, I've highlighted the term long lost relative, that long lost phrase, long lost you can use when
‫you haven't seen someone for a long time, a long lost friend, a long lost relative.
‫Try using it as it's a native collocation.
‫And now we have get together another collocation, and it simply means usually a party or some kind
‫of celebration where everybody meets together, get together.
‫Let's take a look at some examples.
‫Every Christmas, we have a family get together and play games so often during festive celebrations,
‫you have a get together and you can add the now a family.
‫So a family get together is a commonly used phrase.
‫It can be used for birthdays, parties or any other celebrations.
‫A family get together at least once a year.
‫My family and friends try to organize a get together, a very negative sounding phrase, try and use
‫it.
‫OK, next up, we have inspiration.
‫If someone is an inspiration to you, it means that they've changed your behavior and way of thinking.
‫It's someone that you look up to and think they are great.
‫Let's have a look at some examples.
‫My aunt said her father was a big inspiration in her moving to a foreign country.
‫I'd like to think I can be an inspiration to my younger siblings.
‫And here we have support, so helping someone in your extended family offers a great support network
‫to help and care for you.
‫Another highlighted phrase and collocations support network.
‫It's used when you describe a group of friends or family, a group of them that can be trusted to help
‫you when you need it.
‫Often when people finish studies, they move home to support their family.
‫And then we have squabble, which means argument, but generally you only squabble with your family
‫or friends, let's say the examples.
‫It's common for a family to have a squabble over something not so important.
‫And lastly, I would say my family rarely squabbles about anything, so squabble, an argument, a family
‫small family argument.
‫OK, so there are eight pieces of vocabulary and phrases that really you can use or understand for the
‫common topic of family.