🌳 We Have Fun Playing Together!
Grandma Zohra calls Yasmine every Sunday. She wants news about everybody! Learn more family and relationship words (niece, nephew, granddaughter, colleague…), how to describe a relationship with expression + verb-ing (We spend time playing chess.) and how to ask "How are you and your brother doing?"
Sunday Video Call
Sunday, 11 a.m. Grandma Zohra calls from Bizerte. Yasmine answers on the family tablet.
🤔 What do you and your family like doing together?
🌳 Relationship Words
You already know mom, dad, brother, sister, grandma and grandpa. Here are a few more words you will need.
💍 Married
- wife · husband
- Grandma Zohra is Grandpa Ali's wife.
👧 Children's children
- granddaughter · grandson
- Yasmine is Grandma's granddaughter.
🧑🤝🧑 Around you
- aunt · uncle · cousin
- niece (girl) · nephew (boy)
🌳 The Family Tree Explorer
Choose who you are, then click a person: what is he or she to you?
🤗 Friends
Use friend for someone you know well and like.
Is he your friend? — Yes, he's my best friend!
💼 At work
boss · colleague · business partner
Mom has lunch with her colleagues.
Dad and Mr. Nabil are business partners — they have a bakery.
🧩 Who Is It To You?
Use the family tree. 8 rounds.
🎲 Describing Relationships: Expression + Verb-ing
Use these expressions to describe what's happening in a relationship. Each expression is followed by a gerund (verb + -ing).
😊 spend time + -ing
We spend time watching movies.
😄 have fun + -ing
I always have fun talking with him.
🎉 have a lot of fun + -ing
We have a lot of fun playing tennis together.
😕 have a hard time + -ing
We have a hard time getting together.
🧩 have trouble + -ing
She has trouble making new friends.
⏳ waste time + -ing
They often waste time arguing about the TV remote.
-ing spelling: play → playing · make → making (drop the e) · get → getting, swim → swimming (double the last letter) · And the expression changes with he / she: She has trouble… · He spends time…
⚙️ The Gerund Machine
Build a sentence. Green = a happy relationship, red = a small problem.
✅ The -ing Challenge
Choose the correct form. 8 sentences.
📱 Talking About A Relationship
Use questions like these to ask people about a relationship. Notice the expression + gerund in the answers.
💬 How are you and … doing?
🎾 What do you and … do for fun?
you two = the two of you, for a close relationship (two sisters, a mother and her child…): Are you two having trouble? — Yeah, we are. We're having trouble understanding our homework. — I'm sorry to hear that. (a kind answer to a problem)
📱 Grandma's Video Call
You are Yasmine. Answer Grandma Zohra's questions. 6 steps.
Listen And Repeat!
Click 🔊 Listen to hear the phrase, 🐢 Slowly to hear it slower, then 🎙️ My turn and say it out loud into your microphone!
✍️ Practice Time!
Exercise 1 — True Or False?
Exercise 2 — Complete The Dialogue
Fill in the missing word in each line of the conversation.
🎭 Create & Record: A Call With Grandpa
Write a phone call with a grandparent (or an aunt, an uncle…). They ask How are you and … doing? and What do you and … do for fun? You answer with at least three expressions + -ing (two positive, one small problem), use two relationship words (cousin, niece, nephew, granddaughter…), and they react with I'm sorry to hear that or a good idea.
🎙️ Now, Record It!
Read your call with two voices — a warm grandparent and a cheerful grandchild. Listen back!
🎯 Final Quiz — Family & Relationships
Answer 7 questions to test everything you learned in this lesson!