Lesson Overview 

This A2 ESL lesson explores the topic “What Makes a Good Neighbour?”, helping students talk about neighbours, neighbourhood rules, everyday problems, and the qualities of a good neighbour using simple, natural English.

Learners explore what makes someone a good or bad neighbour, practise adjectives and adverbs of manner, and learn useful verbs for discussing common neighbourhood situations. They consider how to handle disagreements, respect other people’s space, and build positive relationships with the people living around them.

This lesson is ideal for A2 learners who want to develop their speaking and listening skills while practising useful vocabulary, grammar, and everyday language for discussing neighbours, relationships, and common problems.

1. Warm Up: Neighbourhood Rules
2. Neighbours: Good or Bad?
3. Neighbours: Adjectives
4. Grammar: Adverbs of Manner
5. What Would You Do?
6. Case Studies: Our Neighbours
7. Audio: Paul’s Neighbour
8. Picture Round: Neighbours

Homework

There is a homework task to supplement this A2 ESL lesson plan. Students develop their writing skills by answering questions about their neighbourhood, relationships with neighbours, and what makes a good place to live.

1. Writing Task: Questions