aunt                
bachelor                                
first name        
brother-in-law  
cousin                                
full name
family name      
father-in-law                      
grandparent
fiancé              
fiancée                                
husband
last name        
middle name                        
mother-in-law
nephew          
niece                                
sister-in-law
partner          
uncle                                
wife
surname


VERBS

bring up          
get divorced                        
remarry
date                
get engaged                      
separate
get along        
get married                                        
work out
get custody of        
have a lot in common



ADJECTIVES

divorced                                
remarried                        
unmarried
engaged                        
second
married                                
single


NAME

My full name is William James Wells.
My first name is William.
My middle name is James.
My last name / family name / surname is Wells.


STATUS

YOU SAY                MALE                               FEMALE

I'm single                bachelor                           single woman
I'm engaged           fiancé                               fiancée
I'm married             husband                           wife
I'm divorced           ex-husband                       ex-wife
I remarried             second husband                 second wife


A LOVE STORY

We first met at work. We got along very well as we had a lot in common and so we soon started dating. After a year we decided to get engaged. We got married six

months later. We had our first child, our son, in 1978 and second child, our

daughter, was born in 1981. We have been together for over 20 years now. Our

son still lives at home. Our daughter left home last year to go to college.


NOT A LOVE STORY

We first met in 1991 and we got married six months later. We had a son soon after. Things didn’t really work out between us and we separated in 1993. We finally got

divorced in 1994. I got custody of our son. His father visits on weekends. I

remarried last year and I’m very happy now with my second husband.

Single-parent family: A family where one parent brings up the child / children.
An only child:        A child with no brothers or sisters.


RELATIONS

John and Elizabeth Wade are Bob’s grandparents.
Elizabeth Wade is Paul’s mother-in-law.
Jill is Paul’s sister-in-law.
Peter “Senior” is Bob’s uncle.
Pamela is Susan’s niece.
John Wade is Paul’s father-in-law.
Peter “Senior” is Paul’s brother-in-law.
Susan is Bob’s aunt.
Bob is Susan’s nephew.
Bob and Karen are cousins.


"MARRIED OR NOT MARRIED"

MR is for married and unmarried men.
MISS is for single women.
MRS is for married women.
MS is a term preferred by many women today. It can be used by married and

unmarried women.

STEPFATHER - STEPMOTHER

The name for a parent of a second marriage.

The term "Partner" is common to refer to the person you live with.