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Lesson 63 / Family
5 phrases · 12 minutes · Look, listen and try.
Recognize similarities, differentiate photos and talk about where you come from.
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I take after my dad in looks.
I take after my dad in looks.
My sister takes after our mum in personality.
My sister takes after our mum in personality.
Used for resemblance to a relative, in appearance or personality. No phrase separation; past tense “took”.
Cambridge Dictionary · take after
The puppies look similar, but I can tell them apart.
The puppies look similar, but I can tell them apart.
Can you tell these two photos apart?
Can you tell these two photos apart?
In the lesson is to recognize the difference. With “them”, put the pronoun in the middle: “tell them apart”. Past tense “told”.
Cambridge Dictionary · tell apart
I mixed up the two albums because their covers were similar.
I mixed up the two albums because their covers were similar.
Please do not mix my photo up with yours.
Please do not mix my photo up with yours.
In the lesson, it's a mistake, not mixing food. Different from messing up in “mess up”.
What do you make of this old family photo?
What do you make of this old family photo?
I am not sure what to make of the strange picture.
I am not sure what to make of the strange picture.
Often used in questions about comments or understanding, it does not mean to make an item.
My grandparents come from a small town near the coast.
My grandparents come from a small town near the coast.
Where does your family come from?
Where does your family come from?
In a speech about hometown or origin, it is not just a move that just happened. Past tense “came”.
The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 127, 130, 87, 86, 25. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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Bảo stands beside his father Minh. Their hair and brown eyes look alike, with a family photograph behind them.
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Bảo recognized two different puppies because one had white feet.
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Bảo confused two photo albums and realized the cover symbols were different.
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Bảo shares his thoughts about a family photo with Minh.
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Bảo and Minh pointed out their hometown on a graphic map.
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Read the conversation and find the expressions you have learned.
You take after your grandmother in this photo.
You take after your grandmother in this photo.
Really? I find the twins hard to tell apart.
Really? I find the twins hard to tell apart.
Their names are on the back, so we will not mix them up.
Their names are on the back, so we will not mix them up.
“Take after” concerns resembling a relative; “tell apart” means distinguish people or things. Resemblance does not mean they are impossible to distinguish.
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The answers below are models. Other answers can also work if they preserve the facts, meaning and structure requested in the task.
Two cousins look similar. One resembles their aunt, but their different glasses help identify them.
Describe the family resemblance.
One cousin takes after their aunt.
The cousin resembles the aunt, so “takes after their aunt” expresses family resemblance.
Correct: I cannot tell apart them without their glasses.
I cannot tell them apart without their glasses.
“Them” refers to the two people being distinguished, so use “tell them apart”, not “tell apart them”.
Suggest a way to avoid confusing them.
Look at their glasses so you do not mix them up.
The different glasses identify the cousins; “do not mix them up” warns against confusing them.
The usage comparisons are checked against the Cambridge Dictionary entries linked beside the compared expressions. The additional conversations and exercises are written for this course.
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