ESL/Instructions oral practice with audio

From Rejoice in the Catholic Faith

ESL oral practice with audio.

Scenario: ESL classroom instructions practice

Note:

  • Instructions to repeat words start with "Say" or "Repeat after me."
  • The response does not include "Say" or "Repeat after me."
Instructions & Response Oral Practice
Instruction Response Notes
Here, take this handout.

Thank you for the handout.

handout = a paper with instructions or a worksheet
Please give me that pencil.

Here is the pencil.

"Please" is a request
Say this: "Hello. How are you?"

Hello. How are you?

"Say this" is an instruction. Do not repeat "Say this".
Say, "What time is it?"

What time is it?

Say, "The house of my friend."

The house of my friend.

Now say it with the possessive.

My friend's house.

Repeat after me: "I am very happy."

I am very happy.

"Repeat" is an instruction;

the words to repeat are in quotations

Repeat after me: One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

Here, you dropped your phone. Take it.

Oh, thank you for picking it up for me.

Take that book over there.

Okay, I will take that book.

"Take" is an instruction or request.
Ask your partner to tell you what time it is.

What time is it?

"Ask" is an instruction.
Tell your partner what time it is.

It is two forty-five.

"Tell" is an instruction.
The question is "What is two times two?"

Two times two is four.

"The question is" is a request.