Free A1 (Beginner) ESL lesson plan — 45 minutes of speaking activities, conversation questions and Let's start / Can we grammar practice for online English classes. Student can start meetings and ask simple questions in business contexts.

A1⏱ 45 min

Running a Meeting

🎯 Goal: Student can start meetings and ask simple questions in business contexts

📐 Let's start / Can we

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#meetings#business

📋 Prep view— read through and plan below. Teaching happens in

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🎯 Click hotspots to explore vocabulary in context

Let's talk about meetings at work. I want to hear about you!

“Do you like meetings at work?”

“What time do your meetings start?”

“Do you like to sit in a good chair?”

“Who makes the agenda in your meetings?”

“Do you ask many questions in a meeting?”

Fresh topic questions — none repeat until you have seen them all

🎲 Speaking Activity 1

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This or That + Why

Choose A or B. Tell me why you like it.

5 minutes

🗣️ “I prefer ... because ...”

Morning meeting or afternoon meeting — why?

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🎲 Speaking Activity 2

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Sentence Chain

I start a story. You add one sentence. Then me. We take turns.

6 minutes

🗣️ “And then ...”

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We start the meeting at nine.

Teacher adds one more

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You add one more

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Teacher adds one more

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You add… and so on!

Keep the story going — one sentence each turn.

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Running a Meeting

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