🔤 English from Zero (ESL) · Lesson 2 of 8
First words
Animals, family and things at home.
Family
| mom / mother | your mother |
|---|---|
| dad / father | your father |
| brother / sister | a boy / girl with the same parents |
| grandma / grandpa | your parents’ parents |
| baby | a very young child |
Animals
| dog | 🐶 |
|---|---|
| cat | 🐱 |
| bird | 🐦 |
| fish | 🐟 |
| horse | 🐴 |
| cow | 🐮 |
At home
| door / window | you open them |
|---|---|
| table / chair | you eat and sit |
| bed | you sleep in it |
| kitchen / bathroom | rooms in a home |
| cup / plate | for drinking and eating |
a and an
Use “a” before a consonant sound and “an” before a vowel sound: a dog, a cat, an apple, an egg. More than one: add -s — dogs, cats, apples.
Tip
💡 Put sticky notes with English words on things at home: “door”, “table”, “fridge”. You will read them 20 times a day.
✏️ Practice: your turn
- Label 10 things at home with sticky notes
- Draw your family and write the English word under each person
- Say: a dog, a cat, an apple, an egg
- Make plurals: one cat — two cats
🧠 Quick quiz
Answer all 4 questions correctly to mark this lesson as done.
0 of 4 correct
All lessons in English from Zero (ESL)
- 🔠 1. Letters and soundsThe name of a letter vs. the sound it makes
- 🐶 2. First wordsAnimals, family and things at home
- 🎨 3. Colors and numbersTen colors and numbers 1–20
- 👋 4. Hello! How are you?Introduce yourself and answer simple questions
- ❤️ 5. I like, I have, I canThree sentence patterns for talking about yourself
- 📖 6. First readingThree-letter words and sight words
- 🏠 7. Everyday EnglishMorning, food and play: English at home and around town
- 🚀 8. What’s nextA plan to keep learning, by age