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Warm-up

Welcome

Hi! My name is John. This material

includes useful information about

how to create your profi le in a blog. To

create this profi le, you need to cover

the following topics :

Greetings

Introducing oneself expressions

Marital status

Present simple with verb “be”

Subject pronouns: “I”

Occupations

Articles: a/an, the

John: I have a blog. Now it is time to add some content to this blog. What

information do I need?

John: Well, I suppose people need to know my full name.

John: «Hello, friends! My name is John Robinson».

John: Now what? Oh, yes! My age.

John: «I am 51 years old. »

John: Probably, my marital status is also important.

John: «I am married ».

John: I think I need to include something more. Sure! My occupation and my

nationality.

John: «I am a journalist and I am from San Andrés. I am Colombian. »


Hello, friends! My name is John Robinson. I’m 50 years old. I’m

married. I’m a journalist and I’m from San Andrés. I’m Colombian.

John: This is all about my basic personal information. I

hope it is enough.

Read and listen to the following examples of blog profi les.

Welcome to my blog!

• My name is Sara Pasolini and I am Italian. I am 20 years old. I am a university student

and I am single. Follow me on my personal site at: http://sarapasolini.com.

Warm-up

My Blog!

Let´s get inside


• Hi, everyone! This is my blog. My name is Oscar Patterson. I am an American architect.

I am 45 years old and I am divorced.

• Welcome to my blog! I am a Brazilian teacher. My name´s Layla Pinto. I am 27 years

old and I am single. Follow me on Twitter @layla56.

• Hello. My name is Ivan Yermakov. I am a Russian mailman. I am married and I am 36

years old.

It is time to learn how to start a conversation, how to introduce yourself and how

to fi nish a conversation.

Greetings

Introduce yourself

Farewells

Useful expressions

Let’s get inside

Let’s talk


Let’s talk

Greetings Example 1

Sara Pasolini: Hi, Layla!

Layla Pinto: Hi, Sara!

Example 2

Layla Pinto: How are you?

Sara Pasolini: How are you?

Example 3

Sara Pasolini: Hi, Layla! How are you?Layla Pinto: Hi, Sara! Very good. And you?

Sara Pasolini: Very good!

Example 1

Ivan Yermakov: Hello, Oscar!

Oscar Patterson: Hello, Ivan!

Example 2

Oscar Patterson: Good morning!

Ivan Yermakov: Good morning!

Example 3

Ivan Yermakov: Good afternoon!

Oscar Patterson: Good afternoon!

Example 4

Ivan Yermakov: Good afternoon!

Oscar Patterson: Good afternoon!

Informal

Greetings

Formal

Greetings


Introduce yourselfMy name is John Robinson.

I am 51 years old

I am married.

I am a Journalist.

I am from San Andres. I am Colombian.

Introduce yourself

My name is Camila Young.

I am 24 years old

I am single.

I am a nurse.

I am from New York. I am American.

Farewells

Bye! Goodbye! See you

later! Take care!

Let’s talk


Useful ExpressionsAnne: Nice to meet you.

Matt: Nice to meet you too.

Anne: Where are you from?

Matt: I’m from New York City. I am American.

Introduce yourself

My name is Camila Young.

I am 24 years old

I am single.

I am a nurse.

I am from New York. I am American.

Marital status: The marital status is the civil status of each individual.

Married

Example: What is Max’s marital status?

Max is married.

Single

Example: Are you married?

No, I am not. I am single.

Let´s analyze

Let’s analyze

Learning important

concepts


Let’s analyze

Separated

Example: What is your marital status?

I am divorced

Divorced

Example: Are your married?

No, I don´t. I am divorced.

Widowed


I am widowed.

Widower


I am widower.

Subject pronouns “I”: Use the subject “I” to talk about yourself.

I am from San Andres.

I am married.

I am 51 years old

Learning important

concepts


Present simple with be: Use this structure to describe yourself (age, profession,

marital status, etc).

The structure is: subject + be + complement.

I am a teacher.

I am married.

Listen to de audio and organize the next words into sentences.

I am 51 years old.

I am from San Andrés.

I am single.

I am Colombian.

Articles “a” and “an”: We use “a” and “an” for singular and countable nouns. We

use “an” if the noun begin with a vowel sound and “a” if the noun begin with a

consonant sound.

I am a fi reman.

I am an architect.

I am a Judge.

I am an actress.

Learning important

concepts

Learning important

concepts

Let’s analyze


Occupations: This section refers to jobs and professions.

I am a journalist.

I am a teacher.

Occupations

Fireman

Nurse

Doctor

Architect

Singer

Psychologist

Teacher

Mailman

Judge

Journalist

Actress

Chef

WaiterI

Learning important

concepts

Let’s analyze


Credits

CreditsPedagogical Direction

Paul Cifuentes

Carlos Javier Amaya

Direction of Art

César Páez

ICT Leadership

Yeison Ospina

Quality management

Juan Carlos Rojas

Script Composition

Lina Patricia Vaquiro Rondón

Licenciada en Inglés

Centro de Gestión de Mercados, Logística y Tecnologías de la Información

Regional Distrito Capital

Content Support

Georgette Christopher Taján

Desarrollo de Unidad de Aprendizaje

Centro de Formación Turística Gente de Mar y Servicios

Regional San Andrés

Multimedia Development

Cesar Paez

Harry Zamudio

Edmundo Watts

Diana Duque

Carolina Gomez

Urlieson Léon

Voices

Equipo Regional San Andrés

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