FT: Personal description

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
Here’s an example:

personal-description-6-728

Good luck!

6. Free time

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:

free time

How about a bit of practice?
http://www.agendaweb.org/exercises/vocabulary/hobbies/free-time-activities-1
http://www.agendaweb.org/exercises/vocabulary/hobbies/free-time-activities-2
http://www.agendaweb.org/exercises/vocabulary/hobbies/activities-1
http://www.agendaweb.org/exercises/vocabulary/hobbies/activities-2
http://www.agendaweb.org/exercises/vocabulary/hobbies/activities-3
A bit more?
http://wikisaber.es/Contenidos/LObjects/bb1/act1k/act1k.html
http://enjoyenglish.free.fr/english/primaire/concentration/outdoor1/outdoor1_.html
http://www.1-language.com/memorymatchelem/play/memori1.swf

Let’s review!

If you think you know everything about the subject, why don’t you try to complete these exercises?
http://www.ceipjuanherreraalcausa.es/Recursosdidacticos/QUINTO/datos/07_Footstep/datos/unit3/UNIT_03.htm

 

5. I have got…

Hi, kids! As we are working on a thematic unit about OURSELVES, this video by Maple leaf learning is a good way to review vocabulary.

As you could see, the following structure is really useful to describe ourselves:
Positive
Negative
I have got
I haven’t got

 

Here are two examples from the animal world:

animals-physical-description-4-638animals-physical-description-2-638

 

 

2. My Daily Routines

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

Not lost at all?

Check your knowledge here: Daily Routine game 

 

1. Talking about ourselves

To begin with, how about some introductions?
Not sure how to start?
This video might be a cool ice-breaker.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhWV4fzchq4[/youtube]

Did you enjoy the song?
Click on the audio to listen to it as much as you like.
CEO_HI_res_logo_480x480  Cambridge English Online Ltd.