Family Vocabulary Quiz

Use the context of each sentence to help your students find an appropriate family-related word to fill in the gaps. The answers are provided below.

1. My father has a brother and a ______, so that means I have one _____ and one aunt on my father's side of the family.
2. Someday, I hope to have a lot of ______. Of course, that means that the children of my children need to have more children!
3. After five years of marriage, they decided to get _____ because they couldn't get along with each other. 

1. Upon her husband's death, she became a _____ and never married again. 
2. My mother remarried last year. Now, I'm the _____ of my stepfather.
3. Peter's _____, but he would like to get married and have children one day. 
4. We started our ______ in Germany after we had met at an English-language school. 
5. My _____ looks exactly like me, but I was born 30 minutes before she was. 
6. He has an excellent relationship with his _____. They still celebrate holidays together with their children despite their divorce.
7. I'm ______ to be married in June! I can't wait!

Answers:

1. sister / uncle
2. great-grandchildren
3. divorced
4. widow
5. stepdaughter or stepson
6. single
7. relationship
8. twin
9. ex-wife
10. engaged