Modern Family test

Modern Family is a series about an American family with many different members.

The episode showed a baby that was adopted in Vietnam by two daddies.

We say something is modern when it relates to the present or recent times as opposed to the past.

One of the characters wanted to buy modern clothes to look younger .

The mothers we saw in the series were protective of their children, sometimes in a crazy way.

Manny, one of the boys in the series, wrote a poem to declare his love to a 16-year-old girl.

Phil (the funny dad) accidentally shoot his daughter's boyfriend with a toy gun.

Gloria (the one from Colombia) talked about her first marriage and her current husband got a little jealous.

Claire (the blond mom) worries about her daughter being just like her when she was younger.

The whole family was invited for dinner so that the daddies could introduce their newly adopted baby.

Phil (the funny dad) hurt his back and Dylan (his daughter's boyfriend) had to carry him to the sofa.

Many families in the USA and in the world are structured differently from a traditional "mom, dad and children" family.

The new baby was accepted and celebrated by the whole family at the end.

Manny (one of the boys) wanted to quit playing football.

Alex (the girl with glasses) is quite smart.

It is important for language learners to be exposed to the language, the culture and the social structure of the speaking countries.

The word adoption means the action of legally taking another's child and bringing it up as one's own.

Being old is a big concern for one of the characters in the series.

One of the girls in the series was in her bedroom with her boyfriend and asked her mom to shut the door.

Is your family as modern as the family in the series?

Alex asked her mom if she would pretend her sister had mono for a few months in case she got pregnant.

Gloria (the one married to an older man) has a Colombian background and she lived in a small city there.

How many members this modern family in the series has?

Watching a series about a modern family in the US is a way of learning about the American culture and society, which is part of our plan.

Gloria (the one from Colombia) has an accent because English is not her mother thong.

Phil and Claire are married and have three kids.

Many girls in America get pregnant in a young age and hide it from others.

Luke was afraid to get shot by his dad, so he put on a lot of clothes to protect himself.

Cam (one of the dads for the new baby) is very dramatic so he made a big fuss about presenting the baby to the family.

What do you think of Modern Family as a learning tool ?

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