Do you know how to talk about your family in English? In this crossword, you will practise key vocabulary to describe family members, from parents and siblings to grandparents and more. Complete the puzzle by finding the right English words for each clue. Have fun!
Grid
Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.
Clues
Across
- 1. Children of your aunts and uncles
- 2. The moment of being born
- 5. Your parents new wife
- 8. To bring up children
- 9. Members of your extended family
- 10. A fully grown person
- 14. Informal word for grandfather
- 15. Not fitting tightly
- 16. Your parents mother
- 17. A young person
- 18. At which place
Down
- 1. Sons and daughters
- 3. Two children born at the same time
- 4. A female parent
- 5. Brothers and sisters
- 6. Your parents father
- 7. Legally separated from spouse
- 11. Most recent or final
- 12. Legally taken as ones own child
- 13. Having strong family bonds
- 16. To transfer to someone
Answers
Show the answers
Across
- 1. Children of your aunts and uncles → cousins
- 2. The moment of being born → birth
- 5. Your parents new wife → stepmom
- 8. To bring up children → raise
- 9. Members of your extended family → relatives
- 10. A fully grown person → adult
- 14. Informal word for grandfather → grandpa
- 15. Not fitting tightly → loose
- 16. Your parents mother → grandmother
- 17. A young person → child
- 18. At which place → where
Down
- 1. Sons and daughters → children
- 3. Two children born at the same time → twins
- 4. A female parent → mother
- 5. Brothers and sisters → siblings
- 6. Your parents father → grandfather
- 7. Legally separated from spouse → divorced
- 11. Most recent or final → last
- 12. Legally taken as ones own child → adopted
- 13. Having strong family bonds → close
- 16. To transfer to someone → give
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