Birthdays and Age 十月四日

Starter:
1. Copy the title and date
2. Practice asking and answering questions 1-6 on page 30 with your partner.
Check their pronunciation and word order carefully
3. Read the quiz about birthday traditions in China – in pairs, see how many of
the answers you can guess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odpy9yypL34
nín duō dà
wǒ liùshí sān suì
您多大 我六十三岁
？ 。
How old are you? I’m 63 years old.
In pairs: What are the
nǐ jǐ suì differences between
the two ways of
你几岁 asking about age?
Why are they
？ different? How would
you ask and answer
How old are you?
wǒ sān suì
about your age?

我三
岁。
nǐ duō dà nǐ jǐ suì
你多大 你几岁
Let’s pretend you are … years old.
？ ？
How old are you? How old are you?

5 51 13
wǒ … suì

我…岁 40 12 20
18
他多大 ?
tā duō dà

他28___ 岁。
Tā _____ suì
他多大 ?
tā duō dà

他37 ___
岁。 tā
_____ suì
她多大 ?
tā duō dà

她34___ 岁。
Tā _____ suì
nín duō dà
wǒ liùshí sān suì
您多大 我六十三岁
？ 。
How old are you? I’m 63 years old.
In your exercise book:
nǐ jǐ suì 1. Copy the two questions to ask
about age and write down the
你几岁 differences between them
2. Answer the question for
？ yourself
3. Extension: ask and answer the
How old are you?
wǒ sān suì question about someone else
in the class, using 他 / 她
我三
岁。