English Lessons: ESL Conversation Week 12

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This is week 12 of the university semester. The festival is over, so now it’s time to hit the books for a few week before the final exams. These lessons and activities will help my ESL students learn English, improve vocabulary skills and use key phrases in conversations.

UNDERSTAND LIKE AND LOOK LIKE

LOOK LIKE and LIKE are words and phrases that are easy to confuse. They are also useful when you want to express ideas in a conversation. Let’s do a quick review.

CHARACTER

What is your best friend like?

  1. She is kind and talkative.
  2. She is like a tiger, strong and aggressive.

APPEARANCE

What does your best friend look like?

  1. She is short and a little chubby.
  2. He looks like a happy person.

PREFERENCES

What does your best friend like?

  1. He likes to go hiking on weekends.
  2. She likes eating cheesecake and cooking brunch for her family.

PROBABILITY

  1. It looks like it is going to rain later today.
  2. It looks like he is going to be sick.
  3. She looks like she is going to fall down.

Practice 1: Like and Look Like

This is a pair work ESL speaking activity. Ask your partner the questions. S/he must answer with the correct form of like or look like. Be sure to ask at least 2 follow up questions. Click here if you want to print all of the questions on paper.

STUDENT A

Ask your partner these questions. Use a sentence block: ask at least two follow up questions.

  1. What do you like eating for breakfast?
  2. What is your home town like?
  3. What does your brother or sister look like?
  4. What is the climate in Korea like?
  5. Does your family like fast food?
  6. What is your best friend like?
  7. What does your house look like?
  8. Would you like to live in Australia?
  9. What is President Park like?
  10. Who do you look like?

STUDENT B

Ask your partner these questions. Use a sentence block: ask at least two follow up questions.

  1. Did you like going to elementary school?
  2. What are you like in the early morning?
  3. Is there someone in the class who looks like a famous person?
  4. Did you like vegetables when you were young?
  5. What is television like in Korea?
  6. What does the center of your town look like?
  7. What don’t you like about Chuseok?
  8. What were you like as a child?
  9. In your family, who looks like you the most?
  10. Do you like fish or meat more?

Practice 2: Like and Look Like

Look at the pictures (click here to look at the pictures). Talk with your partner and ask a few questions.

  1. Describe what you see.
  2. What do the people look like?
  3. What are the people like, do you think?
  4. Do you like this picture?
  5. Why might this picture be famous or interesting?

Practice 3: Looks Like

Look at the picture. Use LOOKS LIKE to describe the things that might happen. For example:

  • It looks like he might fall down.
  • She looks like she might have an accident.