A fun ESL lesson to practice introductions and talk about family using the present simple.
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ESL Video on Introductions Talking about Family
Warm Up Questions
- What do you do for a living?
- Where do you live?
- Do you have any children?
ESL Listening on Talking about Family
Watch the video and answer the following questions:
- Is Tony Married?
- How many children does Tony have?
- How old is his youngest son?
- How old is his daughter?
- How old is his oldest son?
- Where does Tony live?
Word Bank
go ahead
introduce
first of all
children
son
daughter
youngest
oldest
father
mother
close
answer
Vocabulary on Introductions: Talking about Family
Find the word with the opposite meaning in the story.
- no
- yourself
- oldest
- divorced
- far
- husband
- daughter
- mother
- answer
- finally
Grammar
Complete the sentences with the correct form of HAVE.
- I ____________________ a dog.
- Mary ____________________ two sisters.
- She ____________________ a cat.
- Bob ____________________ a brother.
- They ____________________ a big house.
- He ____________________ a pet hamster.
- We ____________________ a red car.
- You ____________________ a cute kitten.
Vocabulary Practice
Fill in the blanks with words from the conversation.
- I ____________________ in New York.
- How ____________________ are you?
- I have one brother. I am the ____________________ in the family. My Brother is two years younger than me.
- The station is very ____________________ to here. I can walk there in 5 minutes.
- Please let me ____________________ you to my friend. This is Bob.
- I am _______________. My wife’s name is Linda.
More vocabulary to talk about your family
aunt -uncle
grandmother – grandfather
sister – brother
niece – nephew
cousin
ESL Conversation on Introductions and Talking about Your Family
Alex: Good evening everyone! I would like to introduce our very special guest today Mr.Tony McKay. Welcome Tony!
Tony: Thank you, thank you! Hello everyone! Hello Alex!
Alex: Hello Tony! Thank you very much for coming today. I want to start by asking you some questions about yourself.
Tony: No problem. Please go ahead.
Alex: Well first of all, where do you live?
Tony: I live in Los Angeles. I live very close to here.
Alex: Are you married?
Tony: Yes I am. My wife’s name is Samantha.
Alex: I see. Do you have any children?
Tony: Yes, I have three children. Their name’s are Junior, Poppy and Philip.
Alex: How old are they?
Tony: My oldest son Philip is seven. My daughter Poppy is five and my youngest son Junior is three.
Alex: Wow! You are a busy father!
Tony: Haha! Yes, I am.
Reference: B1L1