Age: How old are you?

  • Topic: How old are you?
  • Communication Objectives: To learn to ask and give information about your age in English.
  • Language Objectives: To learn to ask and answer questions about age using the ‘How old’ question format.
  • Vocabulary:  Numbers – one, two, three, four, five, six, years, old etc.
  • Sentence Structures:
    • How old are you, Bob?
    • I'm six years old.  
    • Bob is six years old.

how old are you

  • Grammar:
    • How old: Practice using the question format, ‘how old’ to know about the age of someone or something.
    • I'm vs. I am:  Learn to use contractions with the verb 'to be' in the first person singular.
    • Bob is: Learn to use the verb 'to be' in the 3rd person singular.