I’d like to learn…

Ewa | May 10, 2026May 07, 2026

LESSON OVERVIEW

The main objectives of this lesson are to:

• discuss desires and preferences;
• engage in practising ‘want’ and ‘would like’ to have real conversations;
• watch part of a video where people say what they want to learn;
• role-play making polite suggestions to a guest.

In this lesson, students talk about things they want and explore how to use ‘want’ and ‘learn’. They ask and answer questions, watch a video excerpt (00:22–01:22) about what people want to learn and review the contraction ‘wanna’. Students explore the ‘would like to’ structure and role-play a host suggesting activities to a guest.

WARM-UP AND GRAMMAR POINT

This lesson focuses on practising ‘want’ and ‘would like’ and starts with a warm-up. Students complete the gaps in sentences about things they want (e.g. I want a new…) so that they are true for them. After that, they match the halves of sentences (e.g. He’s tired. He wants to go to bed.). Then, students identify the marker between ‘want’ or ‘learn’ and the following verb. Moving on, they add the missing word ‘to’ in sentences. Following that, students write three questions with the verb ‘want’. They use the sentence starter ‘Do you want to…?’ and verb ideas. Afterwards, students work in pairs. They take turns asking their questions from the previous task. After each answer, the interviewer asks a follow-up question using question beginnings (e.g. What do you want to…?). Students continue until all questions are covered.

GRAMMAR PRACTICE AND ROLE-PLAY

In this part of the lesson, students engage in practising ‘want’ and ‘would like’. They watch part of a video where people say what they want to learn. Students tick the things they mention. They then read about the contraction ‘wanna’. Next, students watch part of the video and say how many times the speakers say ‘wanna’. After that, they watch part of the video and complete the gaps in sentences with ‘like’. Moving on, students learn the usage, structure and short form of ‘would like to’. Afterwards, they examine questions with ‘would like to’ and put words in the correct order to create answers. Finally, students work in pairs. Student B is Student A’s guest. Using pictures, Student A suggests activities starting with ‘Would you like to…?’. Student B responds with ‘Yes, I’d like…’ and adds further details. Then, they swap roles.

HOMEWORK/REVISION

This lesson also includes an additional task that you can use as homework or revision. In the task, students engage in practising ‘want’ and ‘would like’ and complete the gaps in sentences. You can print it and hand it out to your students. It’s also included in the e-lesson plan.

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