We’ve been practising different ways of talking about ourselves over the past sessions. Writing a complete personal description is not an easy task but now you have enough knowledge and practice to do it.
This final task consists of the following:
You need to write a personal description and post it in the blog as a comment on this article. It has to include the following statements:
Your name
Your age
Place of birth
Details about your family
A physical description
Your hobbies
Free time means the same as leisure time.
It’s the time when you are not at work or school and usually have no other obligations to fulfil. You can decide on how to spend the time you have free.
Here is a chart of 12 things you can do in your free time:
Another important aspect of describing ourselves is describing our clothes. Look at this image and learn a useful set of vocabulary contained in it. Then, check your knowledge with the following activities.
A fun way of learning is singing. What are you wearing?
Here are some key phrases that are useful in order to explain your day to another person.
I wake up at …
I get up at …
I have a shower and get dressed.
I brush my teeth and hair.
I pack my bag.
I have lunch at…
I have dinner at…
I go to bed at…
There are lots of different types of English constructions used to describe a day, including many phrasal verbs like: ‘tidy up’, ‘wash up’, and ‘get up’. There are also lots of sentences with supporting verbs such as: “I have lunch”, or “I get dressed”, rather than “I lunch”. Notice the range of ways of telling the time too. See if you can describe your day using the same language forms.
Still a bit lost?
Download this PDF which includes some extra help: Daily-routines
English can sometimes be like a tongue twister.
Hopefully this Blog will help you untangle your tongue and mind, giving you some fun ways to improve your English.
