With this lesson, students will confidently switch between informal daily expressions like head out, catch up, drop someone off and their formal equivalents, building fluency in both casual conversations and professional communication!
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lesson overview
This B1-B2 ESL lesson teaches essential informal and formal expressions for managing daily activities, commitments, and communication. Students practice using everyday phrases like grab a bite, run some errands, make it, and catch up, while also learning how to rephrase them in formal English. The lesson is available in both printable format for traditional classrooms and a digital 16:9 PDF presentation. The user-friendly digital format allows easy navigation in presentation mode with just a click of the spacebar, requiring no additional software.
Target Audience:
- Level: B1-B2 (Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate)
- Best for: Adults and older teenagers
Content Breakdown:
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- Warm-Up Activity
- Matching Activity
- Storytelling Practice
- Tone Matching
- Story Retelling
- Formal & Informal Gap-Fills
- Role-Play Scenarios
- Picture Prompts
- Rephrasing Practice
- Discussion
HOMEWORK (Extra Language Immersion):
Video and Quiz:
Watch a video on managing time and dealing with lateness, followed by a comprehension quiz.