“My family” and possessive adjectives

• Les membres de la famille
• Les grands-parents
• Le grand-père
• La grand-mère
• Les parents
• Le père
• La mère
• Les enfants
• Le fils
• La fille
• Le frère
• La sœur
• L’oncle
• La tante
• Le cousin
• La cousine

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Using one of the recommended resources to get writing feedback, respond to the prompt below. 

Write a few sentences on your family, friends, or your pets. Indicate the names and occupations of some family members or friends if you can. Pay particular attention to the conjugation and the possessive pronouns.

Using one of the platforms for finding a tutor or language exchange partner, practice the speaking activities below. 

Partner Speaking Exercise:

• Draw up your family tree, or find a family photo and show it to your partner. Use the picture as a prompt to talk about your family. Then, ask questions to your partner: “As-tu des frères et sœurs ?”, “Comment s’appelle ton père ?” etc.

Independent Speaking Exercise:

• Using a family tree or pictures, practice describing your family: their names, relationships, what they look like, their occupation, etc.
  You can describe a different family, real or fictitious, instead, to practice using a different possessive pronoun than “my”.