Unit 2: The Generation Gap - Vocabulary and Grammar Tips

Practice vocabulary flashcards covering family types, generational concepts, societal roles, and word-formation suffixes from Unit 2: The Generation Gap.

Nuclear family

A family that consists strictly of parents and their children.

Extended family

A multi-generational family where grandparents, aunts, and uncles live together in the same household.

Generation gap

The difference in thinking, ideas, and attitudes between people of different age groups.

Digital natives

Young people who are born and raised during the era of digital technology.

Conflict

A word functioning as both a noun and a verb, referring to a clash, disagreement, or argument.

Impose

A verb meaning to force beliefs or rules onto someone; it must be followed by the preposition "on" (impose on).

Breadwinner

A noun denoting the primary earner who works to provide the main income for the family.

Homemaker

A noun referring to a person who stays at home to manage domestic chores and care for the family.

Caregiver

A noun referring to someone whose role is to look after the elderly or young children.

Traditionalist

A noun referring to a person who prefers following and preserving established customs and traditional ways.

Independence

A noun ending in "-ence" indicating the state of self-reliance; it typically follows quantifiers such as "more" or "less".

Independent

An adjective ending in "-ent" meaning self-reliant; it typically follows forms of the verb TO BE (is/am/are).

Elders

A noun referring to older people or seniors in a family or society, such as grandparents and parents.

Peers

A noun referring to people who share the same age group or class.

Opinion

A noun referring to an individual's personal view, belief, or thought.

Suffixes -er, -or, -ist

Word endings indicating that a word is 100% a noun referring to a person (e.g., breadwinner, traditionalist).

Suffix -ence

A word ending indicating that a word is a noun referring to an abstract concept, state, or thing (e.g., independence).