Takashi goes to school

ESL Course: Easy English Lessons

Practice speaking English with these simple story and conversation lessons.

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Warm-up

  1. Do you like to study? What do you like to study? (Yes, I do. I like to study…)
  2. How many friends do you have? What do you do together? (I have two friends. We…)
  3. Why do you want to speak English? (Because I want to…)

Vocabulary Match

vocabulary •• English, math
uniform •• words
subjects •• biology, chemistry
science •• school clothes

Vocabulary Answers 1

vocabularywords
uniformschool clothes
subjectsEnglish, math
sciencebiology, chemistry

Vocabulary Match 2

classmates •• try, try, try
fluently •• school friends
practice •• smoothly
someday •• one day in the future

Vocabulary Answers 2

classmatesschool friends
fluentlysmoothly
practicetry, try, try
somedayone day in the future

Story

Takashi is a junior high school student in Japan. He wakes up early every day to get ready for school. After breakfast, he puts on his uniform and walks to school with his friends. When he gets to school, he goes to his classroom and says "Good morning" to his teacher and classmates. Takashi studies many subjects at school, like math, science, and English. In his English class, he learns new English words and phrases.

After school, Takashi likes to play soccer with his friends at the park. They speak English together while they play. When he gets home, he studies his homework and practices his English. Takashi likes learning English because he wants to travel to other countries someday. He hopes to make many international friends and speak English fluently.

Quiz

  1. What does Takashi do after breakfast?
  2. What does Takashi do when he gets home?

Quiz Answers (examples)

  1. He puts on his uniform and walks to school with his friends.
  2. He studies his homework and practices his English.

Conversation

Teacher:Good morning, Takashi! How are you today?
Takashi:Good morning, sensei. I'm fine, thank you. How about you?
Teacher:I'm doing well, thank you. Did you practice your English yesterday?
Takashi:Yes, I did. I watched a movie in English with subtitles.
Teacher:That's great! Which movie did you watch?
Takashi:I watched "The Lion King". It was very interesting.
Teacher:That's a great choice. Keep up the good work, Takashi!

Discussion

  1. Did you practice English yesterday? What did you learn?
  2. Do you like movies? What kind of movies do you like?
  3. What are you going to do after this lesson?

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