Jade: Hello! How you this morning?
Class: Fine, thank you!
Jade: I the new English assistant. Any questions?
Pupil: What your name?
Jade: My name Jade.
Pupil: How old you?
Jade: I twenty-one.
Pupil: Where you ?
Jade: Well, I in England, in Birmingham. But here, I live in Saint-Gilles.
Pupil: you a boyfriend?
Jade: Yes, I do. His name Tom.
Pupil: Have you got a pet?
Jade: Yeah, I two dogs and a chinchilla.
Pupil: you football?
Jade: Not really.
Pupil: Do you like hamburgers?
Jade: Yuck! I Indian kebabs, really.
Listen, and drag the verbs into the dialogue. Careful: four labels are traps!Écoute, et fais glisser les verbes dans le dialogue. Attention : quatre étiquettes sont des pièges !
Read the rule, then choose the right words.Lis la règle, puis choisis les bons mots.
Question words
What's your name? (quoi, quel) · How old are you? (quel âge) · Where do you live? (où) · How are you? (comment) · When's your birthday? (quand) · Who is your favourite singer? (qui)
Questions without a question word: Have you got a pet? · Do you like football? → Yes / No.
Listen carefully: Jade says « Have you got a boyfriend? — Yes, I do. » The right answer is « Yes, I have. » Even English people make mistakes when they speak fast!
What's your name? (quoi, quel) · How old are you? (quel âge) · Where do you live? (où) · How are you? (comment) · When's your birthday? (quand) · Who is your favourite singer? (qui)
Questions without a question word: Have you got a pet? · Do you like football? → Yes / No.
Listen carefully: Jade says « Have you got a boyfriend? — Yes, I do. » The right answer is « Yes, I have. » Even English people make mistakes when they speak fast!
- « 's your name? » — « Jade. »
- « are you? » — « I'm twenty-one. »
- « do you live? » — « In Birmingham. »
- « are you? » — « Fine, thank you! »
- « 's your birthday? » — « In May. »
- « is your boyfriend? » — « Tom. »
- « you got a pet? » — « Yes, two dogs. »have got → Have you got…?
- « you like football? » — « Not really. »like → Do you like…?
- « Have you got a boyfriend? » — « Yes, I . »Have you got…? → Yes, I have.
- « you the new assistant? » — « Yes, I am. »be → Are you…?
Your turn: meet the assistant!À toi : rencontre l'assistant(e) !
In pairs: one of you is the new English assistant (invent a name, an age, a town, a family, pets, likes…), the other one is a pupil. The pupil asks at least six questions, then swap!
Useful: What's your name? · How old are you? · Where do you live? · Have you got a pet? · Do you like…? · I prefer… · Yuck! · Not really.
Then write (on a sheet of paper): answer the questions about you. My name is… I'm… years old. I live in… I've got… I like… I prefer…
General comprehension · The details · The verbs · Question words · Your turn · The words · Back to Meeting the assistant