ESL WORKSHEET - Talking about favorite things

LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

DESCRIBING YOUR FAVORITE THINGS

LinguaHouse

Jan. 20, 2025

Level: Starter (A0-A1)
Type of language: General English
Tags: Hobby; People and Places; Social Expressions; Playing Games; Vocabulary Lesson; Speaking; 10-12 Years Old; 13-15 Years Old; 16-18 Years Old; 18+ Years Old
Publication date: 01/20/2025

In this lesson, students develop their conversational skills by talking about their favorite things. To engage with the topic, they start with a speaking task to talk about their favorite things in general. They then identify a set of common everyday items and practice the language in a variety of student-centered tasks. They then develop their listening skills by hearing four international people describing their favorite things and answering the different comprehension questions. The students then focus on the functional language and a set of adjectives that are used in the audio. They then practice and personalize the language in a final productive task which involves them planning and describing their favorite thing and asking their classmates about theirs. They finish the lesson with a competitive game to review nouns and adjectives. (by Victoria Aitken)

• CLICK HERE to download the student’s worksheet in American English.
• CLICK HERE to download the teacher’s lesson plan in American English.
• CLICK HERE to download/listen to the audio in American English.
• CLICK HERE to download the student’s worksheet in British English.
• CLICK HERE to download the teacher’s lesson plan in British English.
• CLICK HERE to download/listen to the audio in British English.

AUDIO TRANSCRIPT

Speaker ONE: My favorite thing is my Apple phone. I love it. It has a good camera, and it is easy to use.
Speaker TWO: I really like my bike. It is black and red, and it is fast. I ride to work during the week and on the weekends, I go on long bike rides with my friends.
Speaker THREE: My favorite thing is my musical instrument, my guitar. I love music so I take it everywhere. It is brown and old, but it works well.
Speaker FOUR: I love my apartment. It is small but beautiful. I live there with my cat Tinkerbell. She likes it too.

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