How Are You?

Beginner

Learning Objectives

In this lesson you will:

 Learn how to talk about how you are.

 Learn how to talk about where you are from

and what language you speak.

Exercise 1

Warm-up

Listen and repeat these words and sentences with your tutor.

 good

 I am good.

 tired

 I am tired.

 sick

 I am sick.

 hungry

 I am hungry.

Let's Practice

Answer the questions by filling in the blanks.

For example:

 "How are you?"

 "I am tired."

Teacher

How are you?

Jessica

I am (1).

Choose an answer from the options below that

fits in blank 1

Teacher

How are you?

Camille

I am (2).

Choose an answer from the options below that

fits in blank 2

Teacher

How are you?

Jessica

I am (3).

Choose an answer from the options below that

fits in blank 3

Teacher

How are you?

Zach

I am (4).

Choose an answer from the options below that

fits in blank 4

Answer Pool (Questions 1-4)

 good

 hungry

 sick

 tired

Exercise 2

Vocabulary

Listen and repeat these sentences with your tutor.

 I am from Thailand.

 I speak Thai.

 I am from South Korea.

 I speak Korean.

 I am from Japan.

 I speak Japanese.

 I am from England.

 I speak English.

Let's Practice

Answer the questions by filling in the blanks.

For example:

 "Where are you from?"

 "I am from Japan."

Teacher

Where are you from?

Haruto

I am from (1).

Teacher

What language do you speak?

Haruto

I speak (2).

1-2.

Choose answers from the options below that fit

in blanks 1 to 2

Teacher

Where are you from?

Arisa

I am from (3).

Teacher

What language do you speak?

I speak (4) and English.

Arisa

3-4.

Choose answers from the options below that fit

in blanks 3 to 4

Answer Pool (Questions 1-4)

 Japanese

 Japan

 Thai

 Thailand

Exercise 3

Dialogue

Read the dialogue aloud with your tutor. You will be Hyun-

woo.

Teacher

Hi, Hyun-woo. How are you?

Hyun-woo

I am good, thanks. How about you?

I am tired. Where are you from?

Teacher

Hyun-woo

I am from South Korea. Where are you from?

Teacher

I am from England.

Hyun-woo

What language do you speak?

Teacher

I speak English and Japanese. How about you? Do you

speak Japanese?

Hyun-woo

No, I don't. I speak Korean.

Teacher

Do you speak English?

Hyun-woo

Yes, I speak English.

Teacher

Thanks, Hyun-woo. See you later.

Hyun-woo

Goodbye. See you later.

Exercise 4

Matching

Tell your tutor the answer that matches the statements or

questions.

Hello.

1. A.Hi.

2. B.Goodbye.

Do you speak English?

1. A.Yes, I speak a little English.

2. B.I am from England.

How about you?

1. A.I speak English.

2. B.Hello.

Yes, I speak a little Korean.

1. A.Do you speak Korean?

2. B.Where are you from?

Where are you from?

1. A.I am from Japan.

2. B.I speak Japanese.

Goodbye.

1. A.Hello.

2. B.See you later.

Exercise 5

Fill in the Blanks

Read the dialogue aloud with your tutor and fill in the blanks.

You will be Arisa.

Teacher

Hi, Arisa. How are you?

Arisa

Hi, I am (1), thanks. How are (2)?

Teacher

I am good too. Where are you from, Arisa?

Arisa

I am (3) Thailand. (4) are you from?

Teacher

I am from England. What language do you speak?

Arisa

I (5) Thai and English. How (6) you? What (7) do you speak?

Teacher

I speak English and Japanese.

Arisa

Thanks. See (8) later.

Teacher

Goodbye.

Choose answers from the options below that fit

in blanks 1 to 8

Answer Pool (Questions 1-8)

 speak

 you

 language

 about

 you

 from

 good

 Where

Exercise 6

Ordering

Put the words into the correct order.

For example:

 "am I from Japan." → "I am from Japan."

1.am I from Japan.

2.speak I Thai.

3.are you How?

4.from are you Where?

5.tired am I.

6.What you speak language do?

7.English speak you Do?

8.later you See.

Exercise 7

Your Turn to Ask

Ask your tutor these questions.

1.How are you?

2.Where are you from?

3.Do you speak Thai?

4.Do you speak Korean?

5.Do you speak Japanese?

6.What language do you speak?

Exercise 8

Your Turn to Answer

Answer using the language you have learned in this lesson.

Talk about yourself!

1.How are you?

2.Where are you from?

3.Do you speak English?

4.Do you speak Italian?

5.Do you speak Serbian?

6.What language do you speak?