Friends & Family ESL Lesson

In this ESL beginner-level lesson, you will learn grammar, vocabulary, and phrases to talk about everyday English topics: an English conversation lesson to talk about friends & family.

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This ESL video lesson for daily English will help ESL students learn vocabulary, grammar, improve listening and be confident English speakers.

Practical English for everyday situations. A fun lesson to follow up with this lesson is Talking about and Describing Food & Dishes. Food is an important part of everyday life and relationships, right?! And of course, a natural topic that is connected is Describing your Hometown.

Friends & Family

Warm Up Questions

1

Do you have any brothers or sisters?



2

What do your brothers and sisters do for a living?



3

Describe your best friend.



4

Where did you meet your best friend? Partner or spouse?



5

What do you like to do with your friends?



6

Do you have a good sense of direction? (Can you easily find where you are going?)



Watch, Read or Listen

ESL Video

Watch the following ESL YouTube video about Friends & Family.

Listening Questions

Watch the ESL YouTube video and answer the following questions.

Talk About Friends & Family

1

Who does Rachel live with?



2

What does her dad do?



3

What does her mom do?



4

What does her older sister want to be?



5

When did Rachel meet her best friend?



6

How long have they known each other?



7

What do they often do together?



8

When will Rachel see Matt next?



Speaking Activity

Use the illustrations to talk about the passage and friends and family.

Pets









Friends & Family



Compass



Word Bank

Word Bank

animal | athletic | bank | brother | city | dad
difficult | find | lawyer | parent | school | path
sister | student | study | team | vet | lost

Matching

Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right.

Family

1. lawyer (n)

A. to aid or assist

2. vet (n)

B. makes you want to learn more; keeps your attention

3. help (v)

C. a person’s father or mother

4. interesting (adj)

D. a person who practices law

5. lost (adj)

E. to discover someone or something

6. parent (n)

F. a trail, route going from one place to another

7. path (n)

G. a person with a medical degree trained to take care of animals

8. find (v)

H. not knowing where you are and how to get somewhere

Sentence Structure

Put the following sentences in the correct order.

Friends And Family
  1. in / a / city / for / the / Her / dad / works / bank / .
  2. to / is / become / a / lawyer / studying / older / Her / sister / .
  3. her / interesting / difficult / course / thinks / but / is / She / .
  4. brother / high school / younger / student / a / is / Her / .
  5. hiking / go / together / the / They / often / in / summer / .
  6. the / lost / paths / in / mountains / Matt / gets / often / but / likes / new / to / find / . / ,

Missing Words

Watch the video again and complete the sentences.

Apple With Books

Rachel lives with her _______________ 1, her older sister, and her younger brother. Her dad works for a _______________ 2 in the city. He works very hard. Her mom is a ________ 3. She likes to help animals. Her older sister is studying to become a _______________ 4. She thinks her course is difficult but interesting. Her _______________ 5 brother is a high-school student. He likes to play football after school. Rachel’s ______________ 6 is named Matt. They met when they were in high school. They were on the school _____________ 7 team. Rachel has known Matt for seven years. They often go hiking together in the summer. Matt likes to find new paths in the mountains, but often ________________ 8. Rachel is going to see Matt on Saturday.

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