Exercise 1B, page 5 - English File Studetn's book, pre-intermediate, Oxford

5 SPEAKING & WRITING

a Think of a single person you know well – a family member or friend. Look at the form below and prepare to give this information about him or her.

Do you know somebody who is looking for a partner? Help him/her to find one!

b Work in pairs. A describe your person to B. B listen and ask for more information. Do you know anybody who would be a good partner for this person? Then swap roles.

(His name's Mario, and he's single. He's about 30 years old.

c W p.113 Writing Describing yourself Write your profile.

1 DESCRIBING YOURSELF

a Read Charlie's profile and answer the questions.

1 What's Charlie's real name?

2 Where's he from?

3 What does he do?

4 Who does he live with?

5 What does he look like?

6 What's he like?

7 What does he do in his free time?

b Read the profile again. The computer has found ten mistakes. They are grammar, punctuation, or spelling mistakes. Can you correct them?

c Write the topic of the paragraphs in the correct column in the chart. Then add the highlighted phrases from the profile for each paragraph.

hobbies and interests, name, age, nationality, personality, physical appearance, work/study, family

1 Hi. My name's Charlie. Well, it's really Carlos but everyone calls me Charlie. 1I have 21 years old. I'm Mexican, and I live in Guadalajara.

2 I'm going to tell you about myself. I'm at university. I'm 2studing physics. I'm in my last year and I really like it. I live with my parents in a flat in the centre. I have a dog, a schnauzer – his name is Towser.

3 As you can see from the 3foto, I have black hair and 4browns eyes. My father always says I have a big nose, but I don't think so. I think it's a Roman nose!

4 I think I'm a positive person. My 5freinds say I'm funny and it's true, I like making people laugh. But I 6can to be serious too when I need to be!

5 7dont have 8many free time 9becuase when I'm not in class I have to do projects or write reports. But when I can, I like watching TV series, especially science fiction series and comedies. I watch them in 10english with subtitles. I also like playing computer games like World of Warcraft and Starcraft.

d Plan your profile. Add notes to My information.

e Write your profile. Use your notes and the phrases to help you.

f Check your profile for mistakes (grammar, punctuation, and spelling).