All About Yourself

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All About Yourself

• Topic 1 Introducing yourself
• Topic 2 Your Family
• Part I. Your Parents
• Part 2. Your Brothers and Sisters
• Topic 3 Your Pet
• Topic 4 Your Best Friend

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Topic 1 Introducing yourself

• Suggested answers
• 1. My name is Amy Wang. / I'm John Lee.
• 2. I live in Taipei. / I live in the suburbs. / I
  live downtown ??. / I live in the eastern part ??
  of Taiwan.
• 3. San-min Road. / Hoping East Road
• 4. No. I would prefer to ??live in the city. / I
  like to live in the city because there is more to
  do there.
• 5. I was born in 1985. / I was born on the
  morning of September 22, 1983.
• 6. My birthday is on January 12.

• Thought Questions
• 1. What's your name?
• 2. Where do you live?
• 3. What street do you live on?
• 4. Do you like to live in the country?
• 5. Where were you born?
• 6. When is your birthday?

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Activities About Me

• Reading
• My name is Jack Chen. I live in Tainan, Taiwan. I
  am 16 years old. I was born in 1984. My birthday
  is on December 18. I like living in a city
  because there are many fun places to visit.
  However, I would still much rather ?? live in the
  countryside ??, because it is much cleaner and
  quieter ??.
• Writing
• Write a short paragraph ?? about yourself.

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Topic 2 Your Family

• Thought Questions
• 1. How many people are there in your family?
• 2. What are the names of your brothers and
  sisters?
• 3. Do you spend a lot of time with your family?
• 4. What do you do when you get together?
• 5. How often do you go out together7
• 6. Do your parents help with your homework?

• Suggested answers
• 1. There are five people in my family.
• 2. My parents, my brother, my sister, and me.
• 3. Yes, I do.
• 4. We watch TV after dinner./ We talk about work,
  school, and our free time.
• 5. Not very often, because my parents are very
  busy./ We sometimes eat out on weekends.
• 6. No. My mom says that we have to do our
  homework by ourselves ?? .

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Part I. Your Parents

• Suggested answers
• 1 . He's in his late thirties./ She is in her
  early thirties.
• 2. He is all engineer. / He is a businessman.
• 3. He teaches in a college./ She works in a
  hospital.
• 4. He drives to work./She goes to work on her
  motorbike.
• 5. He works five days a week.
• 6. It depends ???. Usually, he works from 9 to 5.

• Thought Questions
• 1 . How old is your father/mother?
• 2. What does your father/mother do for a living
  ???
• 3. Where does he/she vvork?
• 4. How does he/she go to work?
• 5. How many days a week does he/she work?
• 6. Does he/she have to work night shifts ???

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Activities

• Writing
• Write a short paragraph describing your parents.
• Reading My Mom and Dad
• I live at home with my parents. My dad is a
  policeman. He is in his late forties. My mom is
  in her early forties, and she is a high school
  teacher. My parents are very nice people. They
  are about me very much.

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Part II. Your Brothers and Sisters

• Thought Questions
• 1. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
• 2. How old is your brother? How old is your
  sister?
• 3. What school do they go to?
• 4. How often do you go out with your brother and
  sister?
• 5. Where do you usually like to go?
• 6. What do you do in the park?
• 7. Do you get angry when your brother or sister
  annoys you?

• Suggested answers
• 1. Yes. I have one brother and one sister.
• 2. My brother is 12 years old. My sister is five.
• 3. My brother goes to primary school./ My sister
  is in kindergarten.
• 4. Quite often.
• 5. We often go downtown. We like to go to
  McDonald's.
• 6. We play ball. We also play hide-and-seek. /
  We like to sit on the swings.
• 7. No. I think it's okay.

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Activities

• Writing
• Write a short paragraph describing your brother
  or sister
• Reading--My Brother
• I have one brother. His name is Steve. He is only
  ten years old. He is in the fourth grade in
  elementary school. He likes to watch cartoons ??
  on TV, and he likes to read comic books. He often
  likes to annoy ? me when r am studying.
  Nevertheless ??, I really enjoy spending time
  with my brother.

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Topic 3 Your Pet

• Suggested answers
• 1. I have a pet dog. / I have a parrot.?? /I have
  a hound dog. / I have a goldfish.??
• 2. He's two years old.
• 3. He's black and white.
• 4. Every afternoon when I get home from school.
• 5. I like to run with him in the open field ??./
  I like to play fetch ??? with my dog.
• 6. I usually feed ? him dog food, chicken, and
  bones.
• 7. Come! Sit! Heel! ?? "Roll over!

• Thought Questions
• 1. What kind of pet do you have?
• 2. How old is your pet dog?
• 3. What color is your dog?
• 4. When do you usually take your dog out?
• 5. What do you like to do with your dog?
• 6. What does your dog like to eat?
• 7. What commands ?? does your dog know?

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Activities

• Writing
• Write a short paragraph describing your pet
• Reading--My Pet Dog
• I have a pet dog. His name is Spot. Ive had ??
  Spot for over five years. He is a very loyal ???
  friend. Spot likes to sleep in his little
  doghouse in the backyard ??. He is an outdoor dog
  -- he only comes in the house when he wants
  something to eat. Spot loves to eat beef, and I
  often feed him bones from the plate?? at
  dinnertime. Every day after school, I like to
  take my dog out to play in the field.

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Topic 4 Your Best Friend

• Thought Questions
• 1. Who is your best friend?
• 2. Where does he live?
• 3. How long have you known him?
• 4. Do you study in the same school?
• 5. What do you usually do together?
• 6. What are his hobbies ???
• 7. Does he do well at school?

• Suggested answers
• 1. Mark Lee is my best friend.
• 2. He lives in another town./We live in the same
  town./He is my neighbor.
• 3. I have known him since I was ten.
• 4. Yes, we do.
• 5. We do homework together after school every
  day.
• 6. He likes collecting ??stamps and fishing.
• 7. Yes, he does very well.

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Activities

• Writing
• Write a short paragraph describing your best
  friend.
• Reading
• My best friend's name is Eric Li. He is the same
  age as me. I have known Eric ever since we were
  babies because our parents have been friends for
  many years. Eric does not go to the same school
  as I do, but we still hang out with each other
  after school and on weekends. We often like to go
  to the arcade or see movies together. I'm very
  lucky to have a friend like Eric.