How old are you?

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the wordsVocabulary exercise
4. 4Check the wordsVocabulary
5. 5NumbersVocabulary
6. 6Say the numbersSpeaking practice
7. 7Listen and write the numbersListening comprehension
8. 8Read the numbersVocabulary exercise
9. 9The lettersVocabulary
10. 10True or false?Reading comprehension
11. 11Read and thinkReading comprehension
12. 12Listen: Laura's voicemailListening comprehension
13. 13QuestionsGrammar exercise
14. 14Find the questionsGrammar exercise
15. 15Questions with beGrammar rule
16. 16Questions and answersGrammar exercise
17. 17Say it rightSpeaking practice
18. 18Role-play: at the club deskSpeaking practice
19. 19Let's talkDiscussion
20. 20Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: which word?Vocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: questions for a new classmateGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: my club cardDiscussion

Words

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  phone number/ˈfoʊn ˌnʌmbər/

  the number you call to talk to someone on the phone

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  email address/ˈiːmeɪl ˌædres/

  where people send you emails, like ana@example.com

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  form/fɔːrm/

  a paper or a page where you write your name and other information

• first name/ˈfɜːrst ˌneɪm/

  your own name, like Ana in Ana Silva

• last name/ˈlæst ˌneɪm/

  your family name, like Silva in Ana Silva

• age/eɪdʒ/

  how old a person is

• years old/ˌjɪrz ˈoʊld/

  we use it to say how old someone is: I'm 30 years old

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  married/ˈmærid/

  with a husband or a wife

• single/ˈsɪŋɡl/

  not married

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  spell/spel/

  to say or write the letters of a word, one by one

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's start with numbers.

1. Count from 1 to 10 in English.
2. Find three numbers in your room, and say them in English.
3. What is your favorite number? Why?

Grammar rule

Questions with be

In a question, be comes before the person

Sentence	Question
You are married.	Are you married? Yes, I am. / No, I'm not.
She is from China.	Is she from China? Yes, she is. / No, she isn't.
You are 45.	How old are you? I'm 45.

Question words + be

• What's your name? (What's = What is)
• How old are you?
• Where are you from?
• What's your phone number? What's your email address?

Not How old you are? and not You are married?: put am, is or are before the person.