English for Beginners: Family & Daily Life | Light English Podcast Lesson 5
Build your vocabulary for talking about family and daily routines in English.
📝 Transcript
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Hi! This is Lesson 5.
Today's topic: family and everyday routines.
My family is large. I have 2 brothers and 1 sister.

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📖 Vocabulary
Key vocabulary from this episode with part of speech, meaning, and example sentences. Practice along with the video above.
| Word | Type | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| parents | noun | your mother and father | My parents are very kind. |
| sibling | noun | a brother or sister | I have three siblings. |
| wake up | verb | to stop sleeping | I wake up early every day. |
| breakfast | noun | the first meal of the day | I eat eggs for breakfast. |
| routine | noun | things you do regularly in the same order | My morning routine takes one hour. |
| homework | noun | schoolwork done at home | The children finished their homework. |
| weekend | noun | Saturday and Sunday | What do you do on the weekend? |
| grandparents | noun | your parents' parents | We visit our grandparents every month. |
✏️ Exercises
Test your understanding with fill-in-the-blank and multiple choice questions. Click "Check" to see the answer.
Every morning, I ___ up at seven o'clock.
My ___ live in a small town. (mother and father)
On ___, we visit our grandparents. (Saturday and Sunday)
The children do their ___ after dinner. (schoolwork at home)
My morning ___ takes one hour. (things you do regularly)
I have two brothers and one sister. I have three ___.
What does 'sibling' mean?
What is 'breakfast'?
What do they do before bed?
What does 'grandparents' mean?
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