ESL Conversation about Family

A fun lesson for ESL students to learn vocabulary, and expressions to have an English conversation about your family using the past simple and present perfect.

Watch the ESL video English conversation about family. Use the ESL Printable and Digital storytelling flashcards to practice using new vocabulary and expressions to talk about family using the present perfect and past simple. Get the printable ESL worksheets about Family, ESL printable and digital flashcards, ESL listening and reading exercises, and gamify lessons with badges and stamps.

Warm Up Questions

1. Do you have any brothers and sisters?
2. What do they do?
3. Where do they live?
4. How often do you see them?

ESL Video Conversation about Family

Watch the following YouTube video:

ESL Listening Questions about Family

1. What is Tony’s sister’s name?
2. How is she doing?
3. Where does she live?
4. Has she lived there for a long time?
5. Why did she move there?
6. When did she get married?
7. Who did she marry?
8. What does Joey remember about Dean Hanson?
9. What does his sister do now?

Vocabulary

A. Choose the word from the Word Bank with the same meaning of the words below.

1. to go from one place to another
2. moving from one place to another for your job
3. not so long ago
4. the head of a team
5. not joking

B. Choose word from the Word Bank with the opposite meaning of the words below.

1. disappointing
2. joking

Fill-in-the-blanks

Use words from the Word Bank to complete the sentences below.

1. Kenny was ______________________________. He’s disappointed that he will leave all of his friends.
2. They were ______________________________ twenty years ago. Today is their anniversary.
3. I am excited! I will ______________________________ to California from next week.
4. She works for a ______________________________ company that sells drugs that help you lose weight.
5. ______________________________ they decided to take a vacation to New York City. They haven’t taken a trip for a long time.

Grammar

Choose the correct question for each sentence; where, when, where, how, who, what

1. ______________________________ do you live?
2. ______________________________ does she do?
3. ______________________________ does Jack go out?
4. ______________________________ did you go to school?
5. ______________________________ did you move to Japan?
6. ______________________________ ago did you start working here?
7. ______________________________ will she help us out?
8. Excuse me, ______________________________ did you say your name was again?

ESL Printable and Digital Flashcards to Talk about Family

Use the flashcards to talk about your family (imagination).

ESL Conversation about Family

Joey: How is your sister Janet doing?

Tony: She’s doing really well.

Joey: That’s good to hear. Where does she live?

Tony: She recently moved to San Diego.

Joey: Why did she move there?

Tony: Her husband was transferred there.

Joey: Oh yeah? When did she get married?

Tony: She got married about a year ago.

Joey: Who did she marry?

Tony: Do you remember Dean Hanson from high school?

Joey: Dean Hanson? The captain from the soccer team? You’re kidding?

Tony: No, I’m serious. It’s surprising, isn’t it?

Joey: Sure is! What does she do now?

Tony: She works for a pharmaceutical company.

Joey: Interesting! Please tell her I said hello.

Tony: I sure will Joey.

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