{"id":953,"date":"2016-01-01T16:48:21","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T16:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=953"},"modified":"2016-01-01T16:48:21","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T16:48:21","slug":"talking-about-family-and-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/talking-about-family-and-relationships\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking about family and relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some useful phrases for discussing family and relationships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brothers and sisters<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To ask if somebody has a brother or sister, you can use a structure with <strong>have<\/strong> <strong>got<\/strong> or <strong>do.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Have you got<\/strong> any brothers or sisters?\u2019 \u2018Yes, <strong>I\u2019ve got <\/strong>two brothers and a sister.\u2019<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u2018Do you have<\/strong> any brothers or sisters?\u2019 \u2018I\u2019ve two sisters but <strong>I don\u2019t have <\/strong>any brothers.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Has he got<\/strong> any brothers or sisters?\u2019 \u2018Yes, he\u2019s got an elder brother and a younger sister.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Has she got<\/strong> any brothers or sisters?\u2019 \u2018No, she<strong> hasn\u2019t got<\/strong> any brothers or sisters. She\u2019s an only child.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Children and grandchildren<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Have you got<\/strong> any kids?\u2019 \/ \u2018Yes, I\u2019ve got two kids \u2013 a boy and a girl. The boy is ten and the girl is four.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Do you have<\/strong> any children?\u2019 \u2018No, I don\u2019t have any children.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Has she got<\/strong> a son?\u2019 \u2018Yes, she\u2019s got a son.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Has he got<\/strong> a son?\u2019 \u2018No, he hasn\u2019t got a son, but he\u2019s got a beautiful daughter.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Both <strong>have<\/strong> and <strong>have got<\/strong> can be used to talk about our relationships and possessions. However, <strong>have got<\/strong> is more common than <strong>have without got.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She has blue eyes. = She has got blue eyes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use <strong>have<\/strong> with the pronouns <strong>I, we, you<\/strong> and <strong>they. <\/strong>Use <strong>has <\/strong>with the pronouns<strong> he<\/strong> and <strong>she.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Do you have<\/strong> any grandchildren?\u2019 \u2018Yes, <strong>I\u2019ve got<\/strong> four grandchildren \u2013 two boys and two girls.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Does she have<\/strong> any grandchildren?\u2019 \u2018No, <strong>she doesn\u2019t have<\/strong> any grandchildren.\u2019 \/ \u2018No, she <strong>hasn\u2019t got<\/strong> any grandchildren.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Use <strong>do <\/strong>with the pronouns <strong>I, we, they<\/strong> and <strong>you<\/strong>. Use <strong>does<\/strong> with the pronouns <strong>he<\/strong> and <strong>she.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Parents and grandparents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018Where do your parents live?\u2019 \u2018My parents live in Kerala.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Where do her parents live?\u2019 \u2018Her parents live with her.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Are your parents still alive?\u2019 \u2018Yes, my parents are still alive.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Is his father still alive?\u2019 \u2018No, his father is no more.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018What do your parents do?\u2019 \u2018My parents are retired.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018What does her father do?\u2019 \u2018Her father works at a bank.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018What does your mother do?\u2019 \u2018My mother teaches music at an academy.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018What does your father do?\u2019 \u2018My father used to serve in the army but now he is retired.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Relationship status<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018Do you have a boyfriend \/ girlfriend?\u2019 \u2018Yes, I\u2019ve got a boyfriend.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Have you got a boyfriend \/ girlfriend?\u2019 \u2018No, I don\u2019t have a boyfriend.\u2019 \/ \u2018No, I haven\u2019t got a boyfriend.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Are you married?\u2019 \u2018Yes, I\u2019m married.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Is she married?\u2019 \u2018No, she\u2019s single.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Is he married?\u2019 \u2018No, he\u2019s engaged.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Are you single?\u2019 \u2018Yes, I\u2019m single.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Is she single?\u2019 \u2018She\u2019s divorced.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Is his sister married?\u2019 \u2018She\u2019s a widow.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Is he married?\u2019 \u2018He\u2019s a widower.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Is your sister married?\u2019 \u2018She\u2019s separated.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Are you seeing someone?\u2019 \u2018Yes, I\u2019m seeing someone.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Is she seeing someone?\u2019 \u2018Yes, she\u2019s seeing a colleague of hers.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Is he seeing someone?\u2019 \u2018No, he\u2019s not in a relationship.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you are <strong>seeing somebody<\/strong> you are involved in a romantic relationship with him \/ her.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pets<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018Have you got any pets?\u2019 \/ \u2018Do you have any pets?\u2019 \u2018Yes, I\u2019ve got two dogs \/ cats.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018I\u2019ve an Alsatian \/ a German shepherd \/ a Labrador.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018I\u2019ve got a pet rabbit.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some useful phrases for discussing family and relationships. Brothers and sisters To ask if somebody has a brother or sister, you can use a structure with have got or do. \u2018Have you&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[189],"class_list":["post-953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speaking","tag-english-speaking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":954,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953\/revisions\/954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}