Talking Cultures

Writing a Class Biography

Work in groups and write 10 questions. Use the prompts. Write 2 questions for each prompt.
HOBBIES FAMILIY FOOD HOME SCHOOL FRIENDS HOLIDAYS FAVORITES DISLIKES FUTURE 1 2 1 2 1. What is your favorite type of food? 2 1 2

Speaking

You are now going to interview another student in your class. Make notes of the answers to your questions:

Listening: Listen about my friend Helen. Can

you find six differences between the notes and your teachers information?
Tennis and swimming tennis twice a week brother 9 years old- Adam Sister 16 years old Becca Father office favourite food chicken and onions Lives near school flat likes school favourite subject English Best friends - Sam and Mike cinema or play card games Holiday visited grandmother grandmother village boring holiday Favourites are hip-hop and funny films hates helping mum hates shopping future-work in a bank live in city with cat

Writing :Look at the information below about my friend Helen:

I am going to tell you about Helen. She is in my class at school. Her hobbies are playing tennis and swimming and she goes swimming twice a week. She has a younger brother called Adam and an older sister called Becky. Adam is 9 years old and Becky is 16 years old. Her father is an office worker. Her favourite food is chicken and she hates onions. She lives in a flat near to the school. She likes school and her favourite subject is English. Her two best friends are Sam and Mike. Sometimes they go to the cinema or play computer games. Last holiday she went to visit her grandmother. Her grandmother lives in a village and it was very boring! She loves hip-hop music and watching romantic films. She hates helping her mum and going shopping. In the future she wants to work in a bank and live in a house in the city with her cat.

Using your notes from the interview write a similar profile of your partner:
A profile of ______________ by ____________: __________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ______________________.