Who Do You Live With?

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Intermediate

Learning Objectives

In this lesson you will:

Improve your ability to talk about the people you live with.

Exercise 1

Warm-up

Listen and repeat these words with your tutor. If you don't know a word, ask your tutor to read the definition and example sentence.

daughter

Noun

roommate

Noun

son

Noun

brother

Noun

landlord

Noun

girlfriend

Noun

husband

Noun

grandmother

Noun

Let's Practice

Tell your tutor which of the vocabulary items are family members and which are not.

For example:

"Daughter is a family member."

"Roommate is not a family member."

Can you think of any more words for friends or family members? If so, tell your tutor! If not, go to the next exercise.

Exercise 2

Vocabulary

Listen and repeat these words with your tutor.

shy

Adjective

angry

Adjective

sociable

Adjective

lazy

Adjective

kind

Adjective

active

Adjective

easy-going

Adjective

hard-working

Adjective

Let's Practice

Tell your tutor which of the vocabulary items are positive and which are negative.

For example:

"Sociable is positive."

"Lazy is negative."

Can you think of any more words to describe a person's character? If so, tell your tutor! If not, go to the next exercise.

Exercise 3

More Vocabulary

Listen and repeat these words and phrases with your tutor.

exercising

gaming

gardening

listening to music

watching TV

going shopping

cooking

playing sports

Let's Practice

Tell your tutor what you see in each picture.

For example:

"cooking"

Exercise 4

Dialogue

Read the dialogue aloud with your tutor, then answer the questions.

	Teacher Who do you live with, Nina?
	Nina I live with my mother, my father and my grandmother.
	Teacher What is your mother like?
	Nina My mother is kind and hard-working. She is a doctor, so she works really long hours.
	Teacher What do you and your mother like doing together?
	Nina When my mother isn't working, we like watching TV together. We also enjoy listening to music. She really likes gardening, but I don't like that at all.
	Teacher What is your grandmother like?
	Nina She is similar to my father. They are both sociable and active.
	Teacher What do you all like doing together?
	Nina We love cooking, eating, and watching TV together.

Check Your Understanding

Who does Nina live with?

What does Nina like doing with her mother?

What is Nina's father like?

Exercise 5

Complete the Sentence

Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence, then read it aloud.

Who do you live ?

A.
with
B.
at
C.
where

She kind and hard-working.

A.
is
B.
be
C.
are

She really likes .

A.
exercised
B.
exercising
C.
exercises

They both shy.

A.
is
B.
are
C.
was

What your roommate like?

A.
are
B.
were
C.
is

We enjoy going shopping.

A.
doesn't
B.
don't
C.
aren't

What do you enjoy together?

A.
does
B.
doing
C.
do

What do you and your son doing together?

A.
liking
B.
like
C.
liked

Exercise 6

Fill in the Blanks

Read the dialogue aloud with your tutor and fill in the blanks. You will be Ling.

	Teacher Who do you live with, Ling?
	Ling I (1) with my husband and my daughter.
	Teacher What is your husband like?
	Ling He is great! He is hard-working, but also very (2).
	Teacher What is your daughter like?
	Ling She is shy and (3) lazy.
	Teacher What do you and your daughter like doing together?
	Ling We like cooking and (4) TV. How about you? Who do you live (5)?
	Teacher I live with my husband.
	Ling What is he (6)?
	Teacher He is very lazy.
	Ling What do you and your husband like (7) together?
	Teacher Nothing.