The people in our lives
Subject and object pronouns
60-90 min
Standard
Beginner
Overview
In this beginner lesson, students are encouraged to explore the different relationships in their lives, from roommates and neighbours to romantic partners. Through a series of relatable agony aunt letters, they learn how to describe common social problems and use subject and object pronouns to express themselves clearly.
The lesson features interactive roleplays where students step into the shoes of an agony aunt to give advice to their peers. It concludes with a personalised speaking task where students share stories about their own friends and family, making the new language practical and easy to remember.
Our standard lessons follow a consistent six-stage flow: warm-up, a presentation based on real content (video, text or images), a contextual language focus stage, controlled practice, a free practice session, and a final homework task.
Each lesson includes a printable student worksheet and teacher’s guide with answer keys. For digital classrooms, we provide an editable Google Slides e-lesson, that is also compatible with PowerPoint.
Warm-up
The purpose of this stage is to activate your students' existing knowledge and prepare them for the lesson's theme.
Activity 1: Students identify different types of relationships from a collection of images and discuss which ones they have in their own lives.
Presentation
During this part of the lesson, we will introduce the main content, presenting new language and concepts through video, text or images.
Activity 2: Students match key vocabulary from the text to their definitions.
Activity 3: Students read four short letters to an agony aunt regarding relationship problems and correct inaccurate statements about the text.
Activity 4: Students express their opinions on the text by comparing the different situations and discussing them in pairs.
Language focus
This stage of of the lesson includes a contextual, interactive activity designed for presenting the target language.
Activity 5: Students identify the grammatical pattern of subject vs. object pronouns by completing a table and answering basic Concept Check Questions (CCQs).
Practice
To reinforce their understanding of the new language or concepts introduced in the lesson, the students will work on a couple of controlled practice activities.
Activity 6: Students choose between subject and object pronouns.
Activity 7: Students complete a series of short, two-line exchanges by providing the correct subject or object pronoun based on the context.
Activity 8: Students personalise the target language by identifying real people in their lives and sharing simple facts about their relationships using subject and object pronouns.
Let's talk
We move into free practice for this stage, where the students apply the language in more open-ended, communicative activities.
Activity 9: Students work in pairs to roleplay an advice session using provided problem prompts and a bank of useful language.
Activity 10: Students create and share their own original problems involving people in their lives and provide advice to their partners.
Homework
Finally, we'll encourage students to extend their learning outside of the classroom to reinforce the language and concepts covered during the lesson.
Homework task: Students complete a short narrative about moving house by filling in the gaps with the correct subject and object pronouns.
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