Steven's Personal Information Video Activity

A video activity

This is a video for English students practicing personal information questions and answers. The video is about Steven Starry of MadridTeacher.com. You can simply watch and read the text below or you can do interactive activities in this order: SPIVA - Crossword, SPIVA - Matching, SPIVA - Websequitur, SPIVA - Vocabulary Cloze, SPIVA - Grammar Cloze, SPIVA - Mix Activity series.

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English Learning Video Activity

a dual citizen - un ciudadano con doble nacionalidad.
spend time with . . . - pasar el tiempo con . . .
board games - juegos de mesa.
what - que, cual.
where - dónde.
how old - cuántos años.

Part 1:
This is a video for English students practicing personal information questions and answers. The video is about Steven Starry of MadridTeacher.com. In the first part listen to these questions about Steven and write them down.

1. What’s his name?
2. What’s the date?
3. How old is Steven?
4. What’s his nationality?
5. Where is he from?
6. Where does he live?
7. Is Steven married?
8. Where’s his wife from?
9. What’s her nationality?
10. What’s her name?
11. What languages does she speak?
12. How old is she?
13. Has Steven got any children?
14. Is his child a boy or a girl?
15. How old is his son?
16. What’s his name?
17. What languages does Steven speak?
18. What languages does his son speak?
19. What does Steven do?
20. What languages do Steven and Victoria speak to their son?
21. Does his son speak English?
22. What does Steven like doing in his free time?

Part 2:
Now, watch Steven and answer the questions.

1. What’s his name? His name is Steven Starry.
2. What’s the date? It's the 23rd of March of 2007.
3. How old is Steven? He's 43 years old.
4. What’s his nationality? He’s a dual citizen of the USA and the UK.
5. Where is he from? He’s from Oklahoma.
6. Where does he live? He lives in Alcorcón in Madrid, Spain.
7. Is Steven married? Yes, he is.
8. Where’s his wife from? She’s from Alcorcón, Spain.
9. What’s her nationality? She’s Spanish.
10. What’s her name? Her name is Victoria.
11. What languages does she speak? She speaks Spanish and English.
12. How old is she? She’s 40 years old.
13. Has Steven got any children? He has a son.
14. Is his child a boy or a girl? He’s a boy.
15. How old is his son? He’s 4 and a half years old.
16. What’s his name? His name’s David.
17. What languages does Steven speak? He speaks American English and Spanish.
18. What languages do Steven and Victoria speak to their son? I speak to my son in English and my wife speaks to him in Spanish.
19. Does his son speak English? He speaks English to his father and Spanish to his mother.
20. What does he do? He’s an English teacher and Webmaster of MadridTeacher.com
21. What languages do Steven and Victoria speak to their son?
Steven speaks English and Victoria speaks Spanish.
22. Does his son speak English? Yes, he does.
23. What does Steven like doing in his free time? He likes spending time with his family. He plays Playstation 2 games with his son and board games with his son and wife. He also likes being a tourist in Madrid and taking photos of the monuments.

Part 4:
Read the text.

Hello, my name’s Steven Starry from MadridTeacher.com. Today is the 23rd of March of 2007. I’m 43 years old. I’m a dual citizen from the USA and the UK. I’m from Oklahoma. I live in Alcorcón, a town near the city of Madrid, Spain. I’m married to a Spanish woman from Alcorcón, Spain. Her name is Victoria. She speaks Spanish and English. She’s 40 years old. I have a son. He’s 4 and a half years old. His name’s David. I speak American English and Spanish. I speak to my son in English and my wife speaks to him in Spanish. He speaks English to me and Spanish to his mother. I’m an English teacher and the Webmaster of MadridTeacher.com. I like spending time with my family. I play Playstation 2 games with my son and board games with my son and my wife. I also like being a tourist in Madrid and taking photos of the monuments.

Part 5:
Write the original questions: for example: What's your name? What's the date?

The answers:

1. What’s your name?
2. What’s the date?
3. How old are you?
4. What’s your nationality?
5. Where are you from?
6. Where do you live?
7. Are you married?
8. Where’s your wife from?
9. What’s her nationality?
10. What’s her name?
11. What languages does she speak?
12. How old is she?
13. Have you got any children?
14. Is your child a boy or a girl?
15. How old is he?
16. What’s his name?
17. What languages do you speak?
18. What languages do you speak to your son?
19. Does he speak English?
20. What do you do?
21. What do you like doing in your free time?

Vocabulary (The questions translated to Spanish)

1. What’s your name? - ¿Cómo te llamas?
2. What’s the date? - ¿Cuál es la fecha?
3. How old are you? - ¿Cuántos años tienes?
4. What’s your nationality? - ¿Cuál es tu nacionalidad?
5. Where are you from? - ¿De dónde eres?
6. Where do you live? - ¿Dónde vives?
7. Are you married? - ¿Estas casado?
8. Where’s your wife from? - ¿De dónde es tu mujer?
9. What’s her nationality? - ¿Cuál es su nacionalidad? ("su" de ella)
10. What’s her name? - ¿Cómo se llama? (ella)
11. What languages does she speak? - ¿Qué idiomas habla? (ella)
12. How old is she? - ¿Cuántos años tiene? (ella)
13. Have you got any children? - ¿Tienes hijos?
14. Is your child a boy or a girl? - ¿Es tu hijo/a un niño o una niña?
15. How old is he? - ¿Cuántos años tiene? (él)
16. What’s his name? - ¿Cómo se llama? (él)
17. What languages do you speak? - ¿Qué idiomas hablas?
18. What languages do you speak to your son? - ¿Qué idiomas hablas a tu hijo?
19. Does he speak English? - ¿Habla inglés? (él)
20. What do you do? - ¿A qué te dedicas? (¿Qué haces?)
21. What do you like doing in your free time? - ¿Qué te gusta hacer en tu tiempo libre?

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