Chip's English Help - Helping You Learn Conversational English

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audio imgLesson 2 - Talk about your family, personal information
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audio imgWe like to talk about our families.
And we like to ask other people about their families.

Look at the photos, what is the age of each person?
The questions we ask are:
"How old are you?"
"How old is she?"
"How old is he?"

family3.png

audio imgHere is a conversation between Bethany and her friend Shiela:

   she's      old      who's      he's     
  • audio imgShiela: Ooh, he's cute, he?
  • audio imgBethany: Carl? He's my brother.
  • audio imgShiela: How is he?
  • audio imgBethany: He's 27 years old.
  • audio imgShiela: And she's my sister, Susanna. 30.
    And he's my dad, he's 62.
  • audio imgBethany: she?
  • audio imgShiela: She's my mom, Alice, 58.
    And she's my daughter, Mae, she's 2,
    and he's Anthony, 10.
  • audio imgBethany: Wow! And he?
  • audio imgBethany: He's James.
  • audio imgBethany: Oh, and how is he?
  • audio imgBethany: He's 32.

audio img Number words

audio imgFill in the missing numbers -

   eighteen      eighty      forty-five      ninety      ninety-five      thirteen      thirty-three      twenty      twenty-seven
  • audio img one   two   three four five six seven eight nine ten
  • audio imgtwenty nineteen seventeen sixteen
  • audio imgfifteen fourteen twelve eleven
  • audio imgtwenty-five twenty-six twenty-eight twenty-nine
  • audio imgthirty-one thirty-two thirty-four thirty-five
  • audio imgthirty-five forty fifty fifty-five sixty sixty-five
  • audio imgseventy-five eighty-five ninety
  • audio img eighty seventy sixty fifty forty thirty ten

audio img Use "what" + is for talking about personal information.

Use "How" to ask the person to spell their name when you do not
know the correct way to spell their name.

audio img What's your name? -> My name is Peter Jenkins.
How do you spell that? -> It's J-E-N-K-I-N-S

  • audio img What's your name?
  • audio img What's your first name?
  • audio img What's your last name?
  • audio img What's your address?
  • audio img What's your phone number?
  • audio img What's your cell phone number?
  • audio img What's your email address?

audio img Fill in the missing words -

   number      how      what's      address      phone     
  • audio img Hi, your name?
    • Ronald McDonald
  • audio img do you spell that?
    • It's M-C-D-O-N-A-L-D
  • audio img old are you?
    • 22
  • audio img your address?
    • It's 123 Appleby Street West, New York.
  • audio img What's your number?
    • It's 555-567-8901
  • audio img What's your cell phone ?
    • It's 301-555-1234
  • audio img What's your email ?
    • It's ron.mcdonald@email.com

audio img A conversation in a coffee shop:

  • audio img Man: Hi.
  • Woman: Hello.
  • Man: How's the coffee here?
  • Woman: Very good.
  • Man (orders some coffee): Hmmm, yes, it is excellent!
  • audio img Woman: You haven't been here before?
  • Man: No, this is my first time. And you?
  • Woman: Yes, I come here often.
  • audio img Man: I'm Michael. What's your name?
  • Woman: My name's Cindy. Where do you live?
  • Michael: I live across town on 25th street. Where do you live?
  • Cindy: I live close, on 79th street.
  • audio img (They talk for some time.)
  • Michael: What's your phone number? I would like to call you again.
  • Cindy: Ok, I would like that. It's 555-123-4567.
    What's your phone number?
  • Michael: It's 555-987-5432.
  • Cindy: Thank you, see you later.
  • Michael: Yeah, see you later.

audio img Expressions

These words are used to describe how we feel about something.

  • audio img smileyExcellent.png Excellent
  • audio img smileyGreat.png great
  • audio img smileyVeryGood.png very good
  • audio img smileyGood.png good
  • audio img smileyOk.png ok
  • audio img smileyBad.png bad
  • audio img smileyVeryBad.png very bad
  • audio img smileyHorribleTerribleAwful.png horrible/terrible/awful.
  • audio img The coffee is excellent! smileyExcellent.png
  • audio img That song is good. smileyGood.png
  • audio img The pizza was awful! smileyHorribleTerribleAwful.png
  • audio img The movie was great! smileyGreat.png
  • audio img The concert was ok. smileyOk.png

Fill in the blanks with the correct words that match the smiley faces.

   very bad      ok      bad      excellent      great     
  • audio img smileyGreat.pngLast night Billy and I saw The Hot Potatos in concert at the Riverfront Stadium, it was !
  • audio img smileyBad.pngI cooked dinner last night, it was, well, really .
  • audio img smileyExcellent.pngYou got 100% correct on your test! !
  • audio img smileyVeryBad.pngI can't come to work today, I feel ,
    I have the flu.
  • audio img smileyOk.pngYesterday was my birthday, I worked all day,
    it wasn't exciting, but it was .
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