That's My Bus! — Student | Essential Idiomas

1

Listening

10 minutes

Dialogue: Pia and Alex (from L04) exchange contact info at a bus stop.

Alex and Pia

Here is the text from the listening. Read along and check your answers.

Where are you from, Pia?

I'm from Mexico.

How old are you?

I'm 22. What's your phone number?

It's 555-89—

555-89 what?

Oh no, that's my bus! Bye!

Wait! What's the number?!

or click any bubble to hear one line

Comprehension:

1. Where is Pia from?

2. How old is Alex?

3. Did Alex get Pia's phone number?

2

Language Focus

12 minutes

Grammar Discovery: Wh-questions with be: What, Where, Who, How old

Look at these questions from the dialogue. What word starts each question?

Where are you from? → Answer: I'm from Mexico.

How old are you? → Answer: I'm 22.

What's your phone number? → Answer: It's 555-89...

What question word do you use for each type of information?

Try it!

1. ___'s your name? (What / Where / Who)

2. ___ are you from? (What / Where / Who)

3. ___ old are you? (What / How / Who)

Common Errors

How old you are? → How old are you?

I have 22 years. → I'm 22.

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Practice

15 minutes

Question Words

Complete with the correct question word.

WhatWhereWhoHow

1. 's your name? — My name's Alex.

2. are you from? — I'm from Mexico.

3. 's he? — He's my friend Carlos.

4. old are you? — I'm 22.

5. 's your phone number? — It's 555-8935.

6. are they from? — They're from Japan.

Numbers 11-30

Match the number to the word.

Column A

11

13

15

20

22

30

Column B

thirty

thirteen

eleven

fifteen

twenty

twenty-two

-teen or -ty?

Listen to your teacher. Which number do you hear? Choose A or B.

1. thirteen or thirty?

A. 13 (thirteen)

B. 30 (thirty)

2. fourteen or forty?

A. 14 (fourteen)

B. 40 (forty)

3. fifteen or fifty?

A. 15 (fifteen)

B. 50 (fifty)

4. sixteen or sixty?

A. 16 (sixteen)

B. 60 (sixty)

5. seventeen or seventy?

A. 17 (seventeen)

B. 70 (seventy)

6. eighteen or eighty?

A. 18 (eighteen)

B. 80 (eighty)

Complete Personal Info Exchange

You met someone new. Exchange complete personal information — no bus this time!

Scenario:

You met someone new. Exchange ALL personal information. This time, no bus interruption!

Useful Expressions

What's your name?Where are you from?How old are you?What's your phone number?What's your email?Nice to meet you!

Round 1 — Teacher asks, you answer (real info)

TEACHER: What's your name?
YOU: I'm ___.
TEACHER: Where are you from?
YOU: I'm from ___.
TEACHER: How old are you?
YOU: I'm ___.
TEACHER: What's your phone number?
YOU: It's ___, ___, ___...
TEACHER: What's your email?
YOU: It's ___@___.com.
TEACHER: Nice to meet you!

Round 2 — You ask, teacher answers

YOU: What's your name?
TEACHER: I'm ___.
YOU: Where are you from?
TEACHER: I'm from ___.
YOU: How old are you?
TEACHER: I'm ___.
YOU: What's your phone number?
TEACHER: It's ___.
YOU: Nice to meet you!

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Let's Talk

13 minutes

Let's Talk!

Use what you learned today to answer these questions. Elaborate as much as you can!

Exchanging personal information.

1. How old are you?

Follow-up: And your mother/father? How old is he/she?

2. What's your email?

Follow-up: How do you spell your name?

Self-Assessment

How did you do today?

✓
I can ask personal questions: What's your name? How old are you?
✓
I can say my phone number in English.
✓
I can hear the difference between thirteen and thirty.

Great work today!

Next class: Next class: REVIEW! Everything from lessons 1 to 5.