English Second Foreign Language · 3rd secondary · First Term

Family Values and Roles

About this lesson

This unit focuses on family values and roles. It includes reading texts about the Hassan family in Cairo and the Garcia family in San Antonio, Texas, as well as a story about Dummling and the golden goose. Students practice identifying main ideas, skimming and scanning, listening for gist and details, speaking in discussions and role-plays, and writing descriptive paragraphs. The unit also covers possessive adjectives and pronouns, and vocabulary related to family roles, chores, and traditions.

Main topics in this lesson

  • Family roles and responsibilities
  • Household chores and helping at home
  • Family traditions and celebrations
  • Kindness and its rewards
  • Describing people and processes

Key terms and vocabulary

  • roles
  • take care of
  • caring
  • fix
  • babysit
  • twins
  • customs
  • surprise party
  • backyard
  • exchange
  • memories
  • traditions
  • blessed
  • shining
  • adventures
  • reveal
  • greed
  • ordinary

Questions and answers on Family Values and Roles - practice and revision

Multiple choice questions on this lesson in English Second Foreign Language for 3rd secondary, First Term, with practice exercises for revision and exam preparation.

1

The Garcia family in San Antonio keeps its customs and traditions. Which sentence uses a possessive pronoun correctly when talking about these traditions?

  • 1 The family keeps its traditions, and the memories of the surprise party are theirs.
  • 2 The family keeps its traditions, and the memories of the surprise party are their.
  • 3 The family keeps its traditions, and the memories of the surprise party are them.
  • 4 The family keeps its traditions, and the memories of the surprise party are they.
2

The Hassan family in Cairo share the household chores. Which sentence uses a possessive adjective correctly to talk about their roles at home?

  • 1 Their father fixes things around the house, and their mother takes care of the twins.
  • 2 Theirs father fixes things around the house, and theirs mother takes care of the twins.
  • 3 They father fixes things around the house, and they mother takes care of the twins.
  • 4 Them father fixes things around the house, and them mother takes care of the twins.
3

In the story of Dummling and the golden goose, Dummling's kindness to the old man is rewarded, while the other characters' greed brings them trouble. Which sentence best shows the same idea of kindness being rewarded?

  • 1 Sara helps her mother fix dinner every evening, and her mother gives her a warm hug.
  • 2 Omar forgets to do his chores, so his father asks him to try again tomorrow.
  • 3 The twins exchange gifts at the surprise party in the backyard.
  • 4 The Garcia family keeps their customs and traditions alive in San Antonio.
4

The golden goose teaches Dummling that ______ brings good rewards.

  • 1 kindness
  • 2 greed
  • 3 ordinary
  • 4 adventures
5

Sara always helps her mother at home. She washes the dishes and ______ her little brother.

  • 1 babysits
  • 2 reveals
  • 3 exchanges
  • 4 fixes
6

My brother and I share a room. ______ room is small but clean.

  • 1 Our
  • 2 Their
  • 3 His
  • 4 Her

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