Super Simple Questions

How Old Are You?

Let's Begin!
Dialogue 1

Practice the dialogue with your partner.

Student A: Hi, I'm Alice.

Student B: Hi, Alice. I'm Kenny. How old are you?

Student A: I am 15 years old. How old are you?

Student B: I am 17.

Dialogue 2

Practice the dialogue again with your own information

Student A: Hello, I'm         .

Student B: Hi,         . How old are you?

Student A: I'm         years old.

How are you?

Student B: I'm .

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Let's Learn!
NUMBERS

A. Speaking

Repeat these numbers.

1 one 11 eleven 21 twenty-one 40 forty

2 two 12 twelve 22 twenty-two 50 fifty

3 three 13 thirteen 23 twenty-three 60 sixty

4 four 14 fourteen 24 twenty-four 70 seventy

5 five 15 fifteen 25 twenty-five 80 eighty

6 six 16 sixteen 26 twenty-six 90 ninety

7 seven 17 seventeen 27 twenty-seven 100 one hundred

8 eight 18 eighteen 28 twenty-eight one hundred

101
and one
9 nine 19 nineteen 29 twenty-nine
one hundred
10 ten 20 twenty 30 thirty 102
and two

B. Listening & Writing C. Reading

Listen to some numbers. Write the numbers you hear. Read these sentences.

A. F. • I am 25 years old.

B. G. • My son is 14 years old.

C. H. • My puppy is 3 months old.

D. I. • Kayla is 64 years old.

E. J. • He is 4 years old.

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Let's Practice!
Dialogue 3 Dialogue 4

Practice the dialogue with your partner. Practice the dialogue with your partner.

Student A: Do you have any brothers or sisters? Student A: Do you have any brothers or sisters?

Student B: Yes, I have one brother and two sisters. Student B: No I don't. I have one cousin.

Student A: How old are they? Student A: How old is your cousin?

Student B: My brother is 9 years old Student B: He is 18 years old.

and my sisters are 7 and 4.

Dialogue 5

Practice the dialogue again with your own information.

Student A: Hi,               . Do you have any brothers or sisters?

(name)

IF YES: IF NO:

Student B: Yes, I have                         . No, I don't have any brothers or sisters.
(number) (brother / brothers / sister / sisters)

Student A: How old              ? Oh, you are an only child.
(is / are) (he / she / they)

Student B:                             . Yes, I am.

(He / She / They) (is / are) (age / ages)

Today's Questions & Answers

• How old are you? • How old is he? • How many brothers and sisters do you have?
• I am 20 years old. • He is two years old. • I am an only child.

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Answer Key
LESSON DESCRIPTION: LEVEL: Pre Beg

After completing this lesson, students will be able to say their TIME: 1 hour
age and the age of a friend or family member. This lesson also
TAGS:  functional English, absolute beginner, true beginner,
introduces or reviews numbers from 1–102. We recommend
age, old, questions, numbers, number
using this lesson after the lesson called What's Your Name?
We recommend following up with the lesson When Is Your Birthday?

Let's Begin! C. READING

Have your students read the sentences silently to themselves.

In Dialogue 1, have students listen to the recording of the dialogue.
Then have students read the dialogue out loud in pairs. Next,
ask students to switch roles (A and B) and read it out loud again.
In Dialogue 2, have them read the dialogue out loud in pairs with
their own information, and then get them to switch roles.
Let's Learn!
A. SPEAKING
Follow up with some oral questions (e.g., How old is Kayla?).
Let's Practice!
In Dialogues 3 and 4, have students listen to the dialogues before
they read the dialogues out loud in pairs. Then have them switch
roles (A and B) and read them out loud again. In Dialogue 5, have
them read the dialogue out loud in pairs with their own information,
and then get them to switch roles. Make sure that your students

Review or introduce basic numbers in English by having students can express numbers easily.

repeat after the recorded voice (or after you). Next, get students
to practice writing the numbers. When your students are ready to
learn more advanced ways to say and write numbers, check out
Saying & Writing Numbers: https://esllibrary.com/courses/92/
lessons/1957
If you think your students can handle it, have them walk around
the classroom and practice the dialogue with various partners.
(continued on the next page...)

B. LISTENING & WRITING

Use these numbers or choose your own that your students may be
having difficulty with. Play the recording or read the numbers out
loud yourself. It's your choice whether you want to see the numbers
written numerically or alphabetically.

A. 4 / four F. 60 / sixty
B. 17 / seventeen G. 13 / thirteen
C. 40 / forty H. 22 / twenty-two
D. 80 / eighty I. 105 / one hundred and five
E. 99 / ninety-nine J. 44 / forty-four

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Answer Key cont.

Today's Questions & Answers TASK 3

Ask students to walk around the room and ask each other about
There are many ways you could use these questions and the ages of their siblings, cousins, and/or pets. Observe students
answers to review what students have learned in this lesson. as they report the ages. Tell them it is okay to make up information.

• Have students read these questions and

answers out loud with a partner or as a class. SPELLING NOTE:

• Have students copy these questions This lesson shows the American spelling of the word Practice.
and answers into their notebooks. Most other English-speaking countries spell it this way: Practise
• Have students review these questions and answers at home. (when used as a verb; Practice when used as a noun). Make it a
• Review these questions and answers in class the next day. challenge for your students to find this word in the lesson and
• Encourage students to use these questions see if they know the alternate spelling.
and answers outside of the classroom.
• Encourage students to add these questions
and answers to their Vocabulary Word Bank:
https://esllibrary.com/resources/2173

Assessment / Review Tasks

Here are some suggested review or evaluation tasks.

Find Assessment Task forms in our Resources section.
https://esllibrary.com/resources

TASK 1

Have students survey each other and find out each other's ages.
If your students don't want to give out their real ages, that's okay!
They can make up any age. Ask them to write five to ten sentences
about the ages of their classmates (e.g., I am 30 years old. Ellie is 18
years old. Said and Micah are 24 years old.).

TASK 2

Dictate a list of numbers or play the recording from page 2

(Exercise B) and ask students to write what they hear. Can they
write the numbers correctly without any repetition? If your
students are ready, say simple sentences with numbers and
have them write the number they hear (e.g., Casey is 7 years old.
Yumi's mom is 43. Miles has 18 cousins.).

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