Welcome to our English classes! Let’s get to know each other .

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Let’s read the texts and match them with pictures

1.Hi, my name is Lucy Spalding and it is great to meet you all. I am really excited to see so many people. I am 24 years old and am an only child. I come from Liverpool, which is in England . My mother is a teacher and my father works in an office. I finished a degree in Marketing last year . I want to move to London to find work .

2.Hello, it is nice to see you all. I’m Elaine. I come from Cardiff and it is great to be here to meet you all . I am 42 years old. I am married to my husband, Richard, and have two children. One son called Andrew who is 18 years old and one daughter who is 16 years old and called Tracy. I work in a supermarket and my husband is a police office. My son wants to study computing at university and my daughter wants to become a singer.

Questions to Text 1

• Where does Lucy come from?
• How old is Lucy?
• Is Lucy married?
• Does Lucy have any siblings?
• What did Lucy study?

Questions to Text 2

• Where does Elaine come from?
• How old is Elaine?
• What is her husband’s name?
• What do Elaine’s children want to study?

We use the verb be to talk about:

• Who we are: I‘m Steven, and this is Isabella. And this is my daughter, Alicia.
• Age: I‘m 24 years old, and my father is 50. 
• Job: I‘m a teacher, and my wife is a doctor. 
• Nationality: Alex is from Ireland, and Sonia is from Spain.
• Feelings: I‘m scared. She is very tired. 
• Colour: Our dog is black. His eyes are blue.
• Prices: It‘s seven pounds. This T-shirt is twenty dollars.  
• The weather: It‘s sunny today. It is very cold this morning. 
• The time: What time is it? It‘s ten past four. 
• Descriptions in general: He is very short and thin. The cars are old and cheap.