My pen pal

Many people use internet to meet people,

they exchange e-mail adresses to make friendship with people from other
countries.

1. Read the next pieces of information about differente people from different countries and try
to answer the questions below.

Hi there, my name is Hi, my name is Ted. I'm

Oscar and I'm from from Edinburgh,
Montevideo, Uruguay. Scotland. I'm 15 years
I'm 14 years old and I old and I live with my
live with my parents and my two
How are you? My name grandparents. I usually brothers. I always play
is Elena, I'm 16 years go to the movies, and Hello, my name is computers games and
old and I live in Sydney, sometimes I like Francesca. I'm 17 years use social networks
Australia. I live with my painting in the afternoon old and I live in Rome, before the school
mom and my two Italy. I live with my
sisters. We often go family: my mom and
swimming and running dad, and my 3 sisters
in the weekend and 2 brothers. We
mornings really love go fishing
and camping at the
weekend

 Which person:

...has a big family? __________________________________________

...likes to be outdoors? _______________________________________

...has hobbies related to technology? ____________________________

...likes art activities? ________________________________________

...practices sports? ___________________________________

 2. Work with a partner and discuss the following questions:

What do you think about each person?

Any of them has similar interests as yours?

Which person would you like to meet and why?

3 .Look the following e-mails sent by two pen pals

Dear Ana, Dear Andres,

I'm very happy to meet you, I really love
to meet people from different countries and
different cultures.
First of all I want to introduce myself. My name is
Andres, I'm 17 years old and I'm from Valparaiso,
Chile. I live with my family in a very big house.
I'm studying in the secondary school.
I always play football with my friends in the
afternoon. My house is next to the beach, so I
usually go swimming on weekend mornings.
Valparaiso is a very beautiful city, the weather
here is very nice! This city has a lot of hills,
around 40! Houses are located on the hills, my
house is on Cerro Baron, which is a hill next to
the beach.
What about you? What things do you like to do?
Can you give me information about your city?
I would like you to come and visit this city, you
can stay at my home.
Now I have to go to the school, I'm late!
Hope to hear from you soon.
Love,
Andres
I appreciate that you want to know
about me, I like to meet people from other
countries too.
Well, I'm 16 years old and I'm studying in the
secondary school too. I'm from Quebec , Canada.
I live with my family in a big house too. I have
two brothers and two sisters.
I like to do different things. For example, I always
go to my music classes in the afternoon, I play the
piano and the guitar. I usually go to the movies
too, I really love it!
This city is very cold and is difficult to practice
sports outside. Also, it's not very common to go
the beach, you can get a cold! But, this city is very
beautiful too, here are a lot of museum and parks
that you can visit.
Valparaiso sounds great, can you give more
information?
Do you like music? Do you play any instrument?
What about your family, can you tell me about
them?
Hope to hear from you soon.
Cheers,
Ana
 4. Answer the following questions about interests and lifestyle of this two
pen pals.

1. What sport does Andres play? 4. What instruments does Ana play?
a. Tennis a. Bass and piano
b. Basketball c. Piano and guitar
c. Football d. Guitar and drums

2. How many brothers and sisters does Ana have? 5. Who lives in a cold place?
a. One brother and two sisters a. Ana
b. Two brothers and two sisters b. Andres
c. Two brothers and one sister c. Both

3. Who lives next to the beach? 6. What activity does Ana like too?
a. Ana a. Swimming
b. Andres b. Watching movies
c. Both c. Painting

5. Follow the steps below to make contact with a pen pal...

Step 1:
Fill in your personal details

Name:
Age:
Country, city:
Step 2:
Fill in the following worksheet your personal information

Remember the information you write

is going to be shared with your pen pal.

All About Me?

1. My favorite color is _____________________________

2. My favorite type of music is _____________________________

3. My favorite sport is _____________________________

4. My favorite website is _____________________________

5. My favorite TV show is _____________________________

6. My favorite book or author is _____________________________

7. My favorite animal is _____________________________

8. My favorite season is _____________________________

9. My birthday is on _____________________________

10. Three words that describe me are: _____________________________

_____________________________

_____________________________

11. Others_____________________________________________________
Step 3:

In order to get a good interaction you have to share information

about you and make some questions to your pen pal too.

Fill in the worksheet the things you want your pen pal knows about you and write questions
you want to know about him/her.

My Pen Pal and Me

Write 3 Things I Want My Pen Pal to Know About Me

Favorite things (book, food, TV show, sport, video game), your hometown, your birthday, your family, your
characteristics that make you unique.

_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Write 3 Things I Want to Know About My Pen Pal
Favorite things (book, food, TV show, sport, video game), your hometown, your birthday, your family, your
characteristics that make you unique.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

Other Questions
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Step 4:

Now it's time you write the e-mail you will send to your pen pal.

1. First look the following structure of an e-mail before you start writing one.
2. Fill in the example below with some information about you.

Dear __________,

I'm very happy to meet you, I

really love to meet people from different
countries!
My name is __________ , I'm ____ years old
and I live in Valparaiso, Chile.

I live with __________________in

______________. I really love this city. I
usually _________________, I'm very good!
I study at ___________________, and we
start classes at _________________, I'm
always sleepy! In the afternoon I sometimes
_________________ .

What about you? Tell me what is your daily

routine? What are the things you always do in
your free time?

Now I have to go to the school, I'm late!

Hope to hear from you soon.

Love,

______________
 Here you can find some expressions in writing an e-mail.
You can use them to write to your pen pal.

Opening: Asking for information:

- It's nice to hear from you - Can you tell me a little more about …
- How are you? - I want to know …
- I'm writing to let you know... - Please tell about …
- I hear you're looking for a pen pal - What about ...
- Thanks for your e-mail
- Hope you're well
- How are things
Introducing yourself: Final comments:
- My name is … - Hope to hear from you soon
- I live in … - Thanks again for...
- I'm … years old - Let me know if you need anything else
- Well, that's all for now...
- Write back soon
Talking about you: Signing off:
- Let me tell you about my family... - Lots of love
- I like to... - All the best
- I love... - Love
- I enjoy... - Best wishes
- Take care

What do you think you would do in that country?

3. Choose one of the following countries. Imagine you are from the country you chose and write a brief
e-mail containing personal information. Share with a partner.

Greece Russia Japan Cameroon

Step 5

Now you know how to write your own e-mail.

1. Write an e-mail with your personal interests or tell something you

think is interesting about you.
2. Upload it to http://www.epals.com/
3. Choose a person or wait for somebody makes contact with you.