UNIT 4 - Lesson B

My Family Tree.

Look at Kelly's family tree. Then complete the sentences with the words
in the boxes.
My sister, Melissa, is the most talented member of my immediate family.
She's a great musician.

My mother's sister, Jessica, is my aunt. I'm Jessica's favorite niece,

Jessica's husband, Max, is my mother's brother-in-law and my uncle.

Max and Jessica's son, Evan, is my cousin.

Evan is my mother's only nephew.

My parents got divorced when I was 12. My father later married Helena. She's
my stepmother.

My father and his second wife had twin boys, Keith and Noah. They're my half
brothers.

With Helena, Keith, and Noah, I grew up in a blended family.

Helena has a daughter from her first marriage. Her name is Kristen. She's my
father's stepdaughter.

My great-grandmother, Irene, is the oldest member of my extended family.

She's my grandmother's mother.
When I was a kid,...

Complete the conversation with used to or would and the words in

parentheses. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.

Tia - Hi, Mom. What are you looking at?

Mom - I'm looking at some old pictures from when I was a kid.

Tia - Cool. Who's this boy?

Mom - That's my friend Jay. He used to live (he / live) next door to me. We
would spend ( we / spend) every day together in the summer.

Tia - Really? Doing what?

Mom - We used to love (We / love) to ride bikes. We would bring (We /
bring) our lunches and spend the whole day riding in the woods.

Tia - Cool. What else?

Mom - Well, we used to go (we / go) fishing, and my mom would always
cook (my mom / always cook) whatever fish we caught.

Tia - It sounds like you had a lot of fun.

Mom - We did. We used to have (We / have) an old black-and-white TV, and
we would watch (we / watch) horror movies all the time.

Tia - Black-and-white TV? You mean you didn't have a color TV?

Mom - No, we didn't. And we didn't have remotes, either.

Tia - Wow. I can't even imagine.

About you (A)

Complete the sentences with the phrases in the boxes.

1. When I was a kid, I used to go to the movies on Saturdays. I didn’t use to

watch movies at home.

2. Our neighbors use to have a pet rabbit. They would feed it carrots and
lettuce.

3. I use to hate pizza. I didn’t use to eat anything with cheese in it.

4. My parents used to make me go to bed before 9:00. They didn’t used to

care if I was tired or not!

5. I used to ride my bike to school every day. I didn’t use to walk unless my
bike was broken.

6. My family used to live in a small house in the country. We would play in

the fields near our house on the weekends.