Listening
10 minutes"Poor Alex! Did he get Pia's phone number? Let's learn how to ask personal questions."
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.
Comprehension:
1. Where is Pia from?
2. How old is Alex?
3. Did Alex get Pia's phone number?
Language Focus
12 minutesGrammar 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...
Explain:
What question word do you use for each type of information?
What = name, phone, email — What's your ___? (asking for a thing)
Where = place, country — Where are you from? (asking for a place)
How old = age — How old are you? (asking for age — NOT 'how many years')
Quick Check (oral):
1. Say: "___'s your name? (What / Where / Who)"
Expected: What
If wrong: Name is a THING → What.
2. Say: "___ are you from? (What / Where / Who)"
Expected: Where
If wrong: From = place → Where.
3. Say: "___ old are you? (What / How / Who)"
Expected: How
If wrong: Age uses HOW OLD, not What.
Common Errors
In questions, the verb comes BEFORE the subject: are you, not you are.
In English we use BE for age, not HAVE. I am 22 = I'm 22.
What = o que/qual. Where = onde. Who = quem. How old = quantos anos. Padrao: Wh-word + is/are + sujeito? Ex: What's your name? Where are you from?
Practice
15 minutes- Teen vs Tens: thirTEEN (stress on TEEN, long /tiːn/) vs THIRty (stress on THIR, short /ti/). Exaggerate the difference.
- Phone numbers: ALWAYS digit by digit. '555-89' = 'five-five-five-eight-nine', NEVER grouped.
- 'How old are you?': answer is 'I'm 22.' NOT 'I have 22 years' (Portuguese interference).
- Email: @ = 'at', . = 'dot'. 'ana@gmail.com' = 'ana at gmail dot com'. Brazilian says 'arroba'.
- 'What's' revisited: already appeared in L02. Now with more question words. Reinforce: What's = What is.
- Bus plot: exploit the humor! If student laughs, the context works. If not, explain: 'Alex doesn't have Pia's number!'
Question Words
Complete with the correct question word.
1. What
2. Where
3. Who
4. How
5. What
6. Where
Numbers 11-30
Match the number to the word.
Column A
Column B
11 = eleven
13 = thirteen
15 = fifteen
20 = twenty
22 = twenty-two
30 = thirty
-teen or -ty?
Listen to your teacher. Which number do you hear? Choose A or B.
1. thirteen or thirty?
2. fourteen or forty?
3. fifteen or fifty?
4. sixteen or sixty?
5. seventeen or seventy?
6. eighteen or 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
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!
Let's Talk
13 minutesLet'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.