ESL Basics Lesson 1: Greetings

Instructions: Take turns reading with your teacher. 

- Hi! My name is James. I am from the United States. 

- What is your name? _______________ 

- Where are you from? _______________

 

Instructions: Take turns reading with your teacher. 

Hi! My name is Yanilsa. I am from the Dominican Republic. I live in Santo Domingo. 

- Which city do you live in? ______________ 

Different Ways To Say Hello!  

- Hi! 

- Hey! 

- What's up? 

Different Ways to Say Goodbye! 

- Bye! 

- Farewell! 

- See you later! 

1. Read the conversation. Take turns reading each part with a partner. 

James: Hi! My name is James. What is your name? 

Yanilsa: My name is Yanilsa. 

James: That's a pretty name. Where are you from? 

Yanilsa: Thank you! I am from the  Dominican Republic. How about you? 

James: I am from the United States. 

Read the conversation and fill in the blanks. 

James: Hi! _________ is James. What is ______ name? 

Yanilsa: My name ____ Yanilsa. 

James: That's a pretty name. Where _____ you from? 

Yanilsa: Thank you! I ____ ______ the Dominican Republic. How ____ you? 

James: __ am from the United States. 

2. Read the conversation. Take turns reading each part with a partner

Yanilsa: Which city do you live in? 

James: I live in Miami. How about you? 

Yanilsa: I live in Santo Domingo.  

James: It was nice meeting you. 

Yanilsa: Ok. Bye! 

Read the conversation and fill in the blanks 

Yanilsa: _____ city do you _____ in? 

James: I live ____ ______. How ______ you? 

Yanilsa: ___ _____ in Santo Domingo. 

James: It was ___ ____ you. 

Yanilsa: Ok. ___ ! 

ESL Basic Conversation 

1. Which city does Yanilsa live in? 

2. Which city does your mother live in? 

3. What is your father's name? 

4. Where is James from? 

5. Does James live in Santo Domingo? 

6. Which city do you live in? 

Read and fill in the blanks. 

James: Hi! ___ _____ ___ James. _____ ___ ____ name? 

Yanilsa: ___ _____ ___ Yanilsa. 

James: That's a pretty name! _____ are ____ _____ ? 

Yanilsa: Thank you! ___ ___ ___ the Dominican Republic. ___ ___ you? 

James: __ ___ ____ the United Staes. Which ____ ___ ___ in ? 

Yanilsa: __ ___ ___ Santo Domingo. 

James: Oh cool! __ ___ in Miami. 

Yanilsa: That's nice. It ___ ____ _____ you. 

James: Ok. Bye! 

Cambly Deactivated My Tutor Account

Before I go to sleep I usually check all of my emails. I remember seeing on my hotmail an email titled "Great News! New reservation during an upcoming PH". For the past five years of working with Cambly this email was common to see as I have had many reservations with regular and new students. However the email I received the next morning was something I had never seen before. 

On  August 8th, 2020, at 5:20 a.m., Cambly decided to send me an email that to be honest really hurt me in many ways. As you can see in the image below, they decided to deactivate my account. 

When I first saw the email I was just really surprised and I was hoping it was a mistake or even just a dream. But when I tried to logon my Cambly profile I could not because of course they had deactivated it. 

For me the most difficult part of being "deactivated" or really fired from the site is that they didn't give me any tangible reason as to what led to this decision. If I had done something wrong it would be nice to know what it was so at least I can learn and grow from my mistakes going forward. 

Another painful part of this process is not being able to see some of the students whom I had been working with regularly. I hate to think that they would go on Cambly, look for my name , not see it and think I just disappeared. 

When in reality that's not the case. I wish I could talk with them, laugh with them and teach a new idiom or introduce a new topic with each of my regulars one more time. 

But, unfortunately, that is not the reality. Well if anyone who is reading this  took a class with me I just want to say here that I appreciated our time together and thank you so much for choosing me as your teacher (: 

P.S. You can also reach out to me here if you want lol. 

ESL Grammar: Phrasal Verbs with Take

Phrasal verbs with Take 

1. Take up - to start a new hobby 

2. Take out - to remove something to outside 

3. Take in - to understand or comprehend something 

4. Take after - to have a similar character or quality to a family member 

5. Take back - to return something 

6. Take off - to remove something especially clothing 

7. Take on - accept new challenges 

Phrasal Verb Exercise 

1. If she doesn't take the dress ________ to the store today, she will not be able to get a refund. 

A. up | B. down | C. back 

2. On my cul-de-sac, we ___________ our garbage on Tuesday nights. 

A. take out | B. take after | C. take on 

3. Last week he ______ overtime because he wanted to buy a new video game

A. took back | B. took on | C. took in 

4. In your family, who do you most _________ ? 

A. take out | B. take up | C. take after 

5. Kimberly _________ her make-up before she went to bed. 

A. took off | B. took down | C. took back 

6. Maria's mother  took hiking ________ after she retired. 

A. down. | B. on | C. up 

7. I had to really think about what Dr. Jackson Carter had to say. It was a lot to __________

A. took back | B. take in | C. take off 

Phrasal Verb Conversation 

1. What new hobbies would you like to take up? 

2. Do you like to eat take out food? 

3. How long does it take you to take in new English grammar? 

4. Does your personality take after your father or mother more? 

5. What type of challenges do you like to take on? 

6. Have you ever said something you wished you could take back? 

7. Do you take off your shoes before you enter your house? 

Idiom of The Day: To Get Under My Skin

Idiom of The Day 

To Get Under My Skin 

Example: Sometimes it really gets under my skin when people ask to touch my hair. 

Definition: to make someone annoyed or upset 

ESL Conversation Questions: Passion

1. What is passion? 

2. What are somethings that you are passionate about?  

3. How do people find their passion?  

4. Is a crime of passion more easily forgivable than a premeditated crime? 

5. What is reason? 

6. When choosing a marriage partner is it more important for a person to use passion or reason to decide?