Getting to know you

1.1 Answer the questions

Where were you born?
How old are you?
Are you married?
Why are you learning English?
When did you start learning English?
How often do you have English classes?
1.2 What do the following words mean?
o past
o present
o future
1.3 Listen to Anton Kristoff. Where does he come from? Say one thing you can remember about his
present, past, and future.
Anton Kristoff from Toronto, Canada
present

past

future

Present
Hi! I`m Anton. I _________________ from Canada, but at the moment I ____________________ here in
New York. I ____________________ as a bike messenger. I really _________________ New York, it`s the
center of the universe and it`s very cosmopolitan. I __________________ friends from all over the world. I
________________ about $100 a day in this job. That`s good money. I ________________ money for my
education.
Past
I ______________ in Toronto, but my parents are from Bulgaria. They _______________ to Canada thirty
years ago. When they first ________________ , they ___________________ any English. They worry
about me. Last month, I ___________________ a bad accident on my bike, but I`m fine now.
Future
Next September, I _______________ home to Toronto and I ___________________ for a Master`s degree,
and then I hope to get a good job.