Family Members

This is Bart Simpson and this is his family.

Homer is his father.

Marge is his mother.

5 Lisa is his sister.

Maggie is his baby sister.

Bart’s Family 7 Homer is his father. Marge is his mother. Bart is Lisa and Maggie’s brother Lisa is his sister. Maggie is his baby sister.

What's her name? Her name is Lisa Simpson. 34

Bart is her brother.

What's her name? Her name is Marge Simpson. 35

Marge is Lisa’s mother.

Practice

1. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with his or her and family members: 1.This is his mother. Her name is Marge. 2.This is his father. _____ name is ______. 3.This is his ________. _____ name is Lisa. 4.This is his ________. _____ name is Maggie. 18

This is Bart Simpson and these are his relatives.

Marge and Homer are his parents.

Abraham is his grandfather.

Mona is his grandmother.

Abraham and Mona are his grandparents.

Herb is his uncle. Herb is Homer’s stepbrother.

Jackie and Clancy are his grandparents too.

Selma and Patty are his aunts. They are twins.

Ling is adopted. Ling is his cousin.

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Who is Bart? Bart is Homer’s son.

Lisa is Marge’s daughter. Who is Lisa?

Who is Homer? Homer is Marge’s husband.

Who is Marge? Marge is Homer’s wife.

Who is Bart? Bart is Abraham’s grandson.

Lisa is Abraham’s granddaughter. Who is Lisa?

Who is Bart? Bart is Herb’s nephew.

Maggie is Herb’s niece. Who is Maggie?

Possessive Case ’s and ’ 1.We put ’s after a singular name to indicate the family relationship or possession. Bart is Homer’s son.

2. For plural names ending in s, we just add the apostrophe ’. 33 Marge is the twins’ sister

34 3. With two people for same possession, use the possessive for only the name closest to the noun. Marge and Homer’s bed same bed Marge and Homer’s bed same bed

4. With different people for different possession, use the possessive in all the names. Lisa’s and Maggie’s beds.

2. Look at the Simpsons' Family Tree and fill in the gaps with names and the possessive case. a. Ling _____________________ daughter. b. Homer is _________________________ husband. c. Selma is ___________________________ mother. d. Herb is __________________________ uncle. e. Maggie is ________________________ niece. f. Lisa is _________________________ sister. g. Herb is ________________________ stepbrother. h. Bart is __________________________ nephew.

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