Functional English

Giving Personal
Information
Lets Learn
Your personal information includes your full name,
your birthdate, your phone number(s), and your
mailing and email addresses. In this lesson, you will
practice sharing this information with others who need
it. Youwill also practice asking for personal info.

Warm-Up
BIRTHDAY VS. BIRTHDATE

Your birthday is the anniversary of your birth

(e.g.,May20). Your birthdate (or date of birth) is the day
and year whenyou were born (e.g., May 20, 1983).

Practice pronouncing these two words.

Then find the birthdate of one famous person.
Share it with a classmate.

Questions
Listen to your teacher say these common questions.
Practice saying them out loud.

Can I get some information / info? Whats your cell number?

Whats your first name? Whats your work number?

Whats your surname? Whats your birthdate?

Do you have a middle name? Whats your email address?

Whats your home number? Is this your current mailing address?

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Dialogues
Work with a partner. Practice the dialogues.
Then change the personal information to your own information.

Dialogue 1 Dialogue 3

Practice giving and spelling names. Now practice sharing your home and email addresses.

A: Can I have your last name, please? A: Is this your current mailing address?

B: Its Williams. W-I-L-L-I-A-M-S. B: No, we moved.

A: And your first name? A: Whats your new address?

B: Corey. C-O-R-E-Y. B: My address is 45 Arrow Drive. Unit 88.

A: Do you have a middle name? A: Is that in Buffalo?

B: No, I dont. B: Yes.

A: Whats your zip code?

Dialogue 2
B: My zip code is 14215.

Now practice giving phone numbers and birthdates. A: Great. And is your email address
still coreywilliams@mailme.com?
A: Can I have your phone number, please?
B: Thats right.
B: Sure. Its 555-222-7798.

A: 555-222-7798. Is that your home number?

Correct Info?
B: Thats my cell. I dont have a home phone.
Sometimes people already have your information.
A: Okay. Do you have a work number? They may check to make sure its still correct.

You can answer in a few ways:

B: Yes. Its 414-990-4878.
Thats right.
A: And your birthdate is May 5, 1987, right? Right.
Thats correct.
B: Thats correct.
You got it.
Yes.

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Practice
A. Complete the Dialogue

Complete the dialogue, and practice with a partner.

A: Can I get some info?

B: Sure.

A: I need your .
1.

B: Its 334-889-0087.

A: Is that your home number or your number?

2.

B: Thats my cell. I dont have a number.

3.

A: Okay. Whats your mailing ?

4.

B: Its 97 Waverly Court in Miami. My is 33128.

5.

A: Thanks. And do you have an address?

6.

B: Yes. My email address is jjcool@quicksend.com.

A: Thanks. And your is July 9, 1994, right?

7.

B: Thats correct.

B. Writing Practice

In your notebook, answer the following questions

with your own personal information. Write complete sentences.

1. Whats your surname?

2. Do you have a middle name?

3. Whats your cell number?

4. Whats your birthdate?

5. Whats your mailing address?

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Listening
Listen to each question. Choose the correct response.

1. a)467-990-8909. 3. a)No, we dont. 5. a)77 1st Ave.

b)29575. b)Thats my work number. b)Its erin889@telecall.ca.
c)57 Hero Lane. c)27. c)Yes, I did.

2. a)Yes, its Mike. 4. a)Yes, I do. 6. a)Of course.

b)No, I dont. b)Yes, my surname. b)Yes, thats my name.
c)Smythe. c)Thats correct. c)No, you didnt.

Spelling
Are you giving personal information over the phone or in a loud place?
Itsuseful to spell out difficult or important words. Use familiar nouns
orthe English Phonetic Spelling Alphabet.

A: Whats your surname?

B: Chia.

A: Can you spell that for me, please?

B: Yep. Its C as in Charlie, H as in Hotel, I as in India, A as in Alfa.

A: C-H-I-A?

B: Thats correct.

Ask your teacher for a printout of the English Phonetic Spelling Alphabet.
Practice spelling out your name, street, and email address using the
wordsthat go with each letter.

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Review
Task 1

WORDS & EXPRESSIONS

Write five personal information questions.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Task 2 Task 3

COMPLETE THE DIALOGUE ROLE-PLAY

Now complete a dialogue that takes place over thephone. Work with a partner. One of you
Perform the dialogue for your teacher. is a furniture salesperson. The
other is a customer. Ask for and
A: Whats your first ? provide personal information from
this lesson. Spell out at least one
B: Juan.
important word. Then switch roles.
A: Can you spell that, please?

B:

A: Can I get your , please?

B: Sure. Its 889-098-7890.

A: Thanks. And I need address.

B: Its juan@mailnow.com.

A: Okay. Lastly, I need your .

B: September 19.

A: 1994?

B: You it.

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Role-Play Assessment Tool

Student / Group:

Date Level Assessed By Role-Play Scenario Skills

Giving Personal
Speaking, Listening
Information

Achieved Achieved With Help Needs Improvement

Criteria

gives basic personal

information in response
todirect questions

forms questions about basic

personal information

spells out difficult or

importantwords

speaks clearly and

loudlyenough

Notes

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Learner Reflection
GIVING PERSONAL INFORMATION

Add check marks () to show what you've learned in this lesson.

Name: Date:

Yes (very well) Yes (with help) Not yet

Can I...

understand the difference

between birthday and birthdate?

answer questions about basic personal

information (name, birthdate, address,
phonenumber, email address)?

ask questions about basic personal information?

confirm that information is correct?

spell out important words?

My Notes

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Answer Key
LESSON DESCRIPTION: LEVEL: Beg Low Int

In this lesson, students review questions and responses TIME: 1 hour

for providing basic personal information, including names,
TAGS: functional English, useful expressions, beginner,
addresses, and phone numbers. They also practice spelling
sharinginformation, personal information,
outimportantinformation.
name, address, phone number

Lets Learn Listening

Go over the learning objective with your students. Read the question or play the recording and
have your students circle the best response.

Warm-Up 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. a

Practice pronouncing and hearing the pronunciation difference Transcript:

between birthdate and birthday. Review the different meanings.
1. Whats your zip code?
2. Whats your surname?
Questions 3. Do you have a home phone?
4. Thats Carl with a C, right?
Recite the questions and have your 5. Can I get your email address?
students repeat after you for intonation practice. 6. Can I get some information?

Dialogues Spelling

Have students read the dialogues out loud in pairs. Optional task. For higher-level students, try this additional task
thatis often used when providing information over the phone.

Practice Finda handout of the Phonetic Spelling Alphabet in our Resources

section: https://esllibrary.com/resources/2447

A. COMPLETE THE DIALOGUE

(continued on the next page...)
Answers may vary.

1. phone / telephone number 5. zip code

2. cell / mobile / work 6. email
3. home / work 7. birthdate
4. address

B. WRITING PR ACTICE

Answers will vary. Check sentence formation.

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Answer Key cont.

Review (Assessment Tasks) SPELLING NOTE:

This lesson shows the American spelling of the word

The last three tasks are also optional and can be used for Practice.Most other English-speaking countries spell it this way:
assessment purposes and/or review practice. Task 3 includes an Practise (when used as a verb; Practice when used as a noun).
assessment tool that you can share with learners so that they Makeitachallenge for your students to find this word in the
understand yourexpectations. lesson andsee if they know the alternatespelling.

TASK 1
ABOUT THE EMOJI:
Give students a few minutes to make a list
The emoji (and their derivatives) used in this lesson are from
of questions covered in this lesson. Answers will vary.
Twemoji, an open-source project by Twitter. Theyare licensed
under CC-BY 4.0. https://github.com/twitter/twemoji
TASK 2

Have students complete the answers based on vocabulary

they learned in this lesson. Answers will vary.

TASK 3

If you want to use this task for summative assessment, hand out
the ready-made Role-Play Assessment Tool (page 6), or personalize
your own from a template in Shared Criteria for Success:
https://esllibrary.com/resources/2352

Place students in pairs and have them

do a role-play for the class (or just for you).

Learner Reflection

When you are finished with this lesson, have your

students reflect on their learning by filling in the chart.

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