Family Tree

Start here. Learn the key words you need to talk about family members and relationships, from immediate family to in-laws, step-relatives, and extended family.

Possessive Adjectives (my, your, his, her, its, our, their)

Learn how to use possessive adjectives to show who something belongs to. These small but essential words appear in almost every family conversation: “my sister,” “her husband,” “their children.”

Your vs. You’re

“Your” and “you’re” sound the same but work very differently. This short lesson explains the difference and gives you a simple trick for remembering which one to use.

Family Relationships

Listen to two men talk about their families, including what family members do for work and how well they get along with each other. The lesson introduces the idioms “get under someone’s skin” and “stay-at-home mom.”

Family Activities

Listen to a conversation between a father and his young daughter as she tells him about her day at home. The lesson introduces the idioms “keep an eye on” and “homesick.”

Simple Present Tense with Action Verbs

Learn how to talk about routines, habits, and everyday facts. This tense is essential for describing what family members do: “She works from home,” “He picks up the kids,” “They eat dinner together.”

Daily Schedule

Listen to a man and woman discuss the challenges of balancing work, family, and personal time in a busy daily routine. The lesson introduces the idioms “burn the candle at both ends” and “work one’s tail off.”

Burn the Candle at Both Ends

Take a closer look at the idiom introduced in the previous lesson. “Burn the candle at both ends” means working hard for long hours or trying to juggle too many large projects at once. A common reality in family life.

Grandchildren

Watch Randall introduce his two-year-old grandson Odin while traveling with family. Randall shares Odin’s favorite foods and characters in a short, natural introduction that models how families talk about young children.

Have / Has for Possession

Have and has are two of the most common verbs in English. This lesson focuses on how to use them to talk about possession and family relationships.

Baby Food

Listen to a conversation between a grandfather and grandmother as the grandfather tries to feed his young grandson Logan. The grandmother reminds him what the baby is supposed to be eating. The lesson introduces the idioms “be someone’s baby” and “sleep like a baby.”

Our Family Roots

Listen to Randall tell the story of his grandmother Ana Maria Cavazos, tracing her life from a farm in Mexico, through hardship and family struggles, to the values she passed down to her family. A meaningful look at how family history shapes who we are.

Mend Fences

Wrap up the path with this idiom about repairing relationships. Whether with a sibling, a parent, or an old friend, knowing how to “mend fences” is an important part of family life in any language.