Essay on my family




Lesson 7


How to Describe My Family in English? 

My family consists of 7 members including my grandma and grandpa. 

I have one brother and one sister. 

In my family, my father is the one who wears the pants. He is a shopkeeper. He is the one who is struggling day and night to provide us with food. 

My mother is a homemaker. She gives support, care and affection to us. Both my father and mother are living for us to educate us well. They are acting as a lighthouse for us. They are doing their best to make our future bright. They are our teachers, supporters and influencers. 

I'm currently pursuing an undergraduate degree. My little brother and sister are in class 7 and 9 respectively.

Though we are facing money troubles, yet we lead a happy life together.


Words to Learn

1. To consist→To be formed from something. (My family is formed from 7 members.) 

Synonym→To contain

Antonym→To exclude 

2. To include→To comprise 

Synonym→To contain

Antonym→To exclude 

3. Shopkeeper→A person who runs a shop.

4. To struggle→To make efforts 

Synonym→To fight

Antonym→To rest 

5. To provide→To give something needed

Synonym→To grant 

Antonym→To retain

6.Homemaker→Housewife 

7. Affection→Love 

Synonym→Liking 

Antonym→Disliking 

8. Lighthouse→A tower in which there's a light to guide ships at sea 

9. Influencer→Those people whose words have an effect on your mind 

10. To pursue→To get a degree 

Synonym→To go after 

Antonym→To avoid


Idioms and Phrases to Learn

1. To wear the pants→To be a dominant person 

2. To act as a lighthouse for→To guide someone as a lighthouse guides ships at sea

3. To do one's best→To make all possible efforts one can 

4. To make future bright→To make someone's future very successful

5. To face money troubles→ To have a little money to fulfill one's expectations


Exercise 1

Can you recall the synonyms of the following words? 

1. To provide

2. To Consist

3. To struggle

4. To pursue

5. Homemaker


Answer keys:- 

1. To give 

2. To contain

3. To fight

4. To go after

5. Housewife


Can you recall the antonyms of the following words?

1. To provide

2. To Consist

3. To struggle

4. To pursue


Answer keys:-

1. To retain

2. To exclude

3. To rest 

4. To avoid


Exercise 2

Do you understand the following idioms and phrases? 

1. To wear the pants

2. To act as a lighthouse for

3. To do one's best 


Answer keys:- 

1. To be a dominant person

2. To guide someone as a lighthouse guides ships at sea

3. To make all possible efforts one can