ESL/Question and answer oral practice with audio

Question and Response Oral Practice

Question	Response	Notes
What's your name?	My name is ____	Try to say with an English accent. For example, "Paraguay" may sound like "far away" to the English speaker
Tell me your name
Where are you from?	I am from ____
Tell me where you are from.
What time is it?	It is twelve thirty	(12:30)
Tell me what time it is
Are you married?	Yes, I am married.
Do you have any children?	Yes I do. I have two children.	kids = children
Do you have any kids?
What do you do?	I am a security officer.
Where do you work?	I work at an office building in Arlington.
What time do you have to get to work?	I have to be at work at 7:00 in the morning.
Do you play any sports?	Yes, I play soccer.
Are you any good?	Not really. But I like to play.
Do you go to church?	Yes. I go to the Cathedral.
What's your favorite food?	I love pizza with sausage.
Did you ever go to New York?	I have never been to New York
So where have you been?	I have been to Atlanta and Los Angeles.
Did you have fun?	I liked it very much.

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.
Repeat after me: "I am very happy."	I am very happy.	"Repeat" is an instruction; the words to repeat are in quotations
Say, "What time is it?"	What time is it?	"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. Here it is.	Oh, thank you for picking it up for me.
Take that book over there.	Okay, I will take that book.
Listen to my instructions carefully.	I am listening.