2015-01-13 Workshop: family vocabulary

Greg Malivuk
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Monday, January 19, no school. (Martin Luther King Day)
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What ideas do you have about the personality of someone who is...
the oldest child?
the youngest child?
between their brothers and sisters?
the only child?

The youngest child is sometimes spoiled. (spoilt)

1 siblings: brothers and sisters
2 likely: probably, almost certainly
3 expect: to think something will or should happen in the future
4 spoiled: behaving badly because you get too much money or attention, or too many things
5 misbehave: to behave or act badly
6 stereotype: an idea about a particular type of person which is wrong or unfair
7 rules: what you can and cannot do
8 strict: making sure rules are followed
9 middle: in between two people or things
10 be born: starting life, coming out of your mother's body

Women often bear children in hospitals. (simple present)
My mother bore me in a hospital. (simple past)
I was born in a hospital. (past participle - passive voice)