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

  1. What do you do for a living?
  2. Where do you live?
  3. Do you have any children?

ESL Listening on Talking about Family

Watch the video and answer the following questions:

  1. Is Tony Married?
  2. How many children does Tony have?
  3. How old is his youngest son?
  4. How old is his daughter?
  5. How old is his oldest son?
  6. Where does Tony live?
ESL Introductions

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.

  1. no 
  2. yourself
  3. oldest
  4. divorced
  5. far
  6. husband
  7. daughter
  8. mother
  9. answer
  10. finally
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Grammar

Complete the sentences with the correct form of HAVE.

  1. I ____________________ a dog.
  2. Mary ____________________ two sisters.
  3. She ____________________ a cat.
  4. Bob ____________________ a brother.
  5. They ____________________ a big house.
  6. He ____________________ a pet hamster.
  7. We ____________________ a red car.
  8. You ____________________ a cute kitten.

Vocabulary Practice

Fill in the blanks with words from the conversation.

  1. I ____________________ in New York.
  2. How ____________________ are you?
  3. I have one brother. I am the ____________________ in the family. My Brother is two years younger than me.
  4. The station is very ____________________ to here. I can walk there in 5 minutes. 
  5. Please let me ____________________ you to my friend. This is Bob.
  6. 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