Lesson 4: Your Hometown

DIALOGUE
In this lesson, your tutor will help you go over this topic: Your Hometown. First,
read the following dialogue out loud with your tutor, then switch roles and try
again.
Kevin and Dorothy are talking about her hometown.

Kevin: Dorothy, where is your hometown?

Dorothy: I am from Los Angeles, but I live in San Francisco now. Have
you been to LA?

Kevin: Of course. Why did you move from LA to SF?

Dorothy: I moved because I got a job in SF.

Kevin: I see. What is your hometown like?

Dorothy: It is in the suburbs just outside of LA. It’s a small town but
it is famous for its beach.

Kevin: That sounds very nice!

Dorothy: Let me know when you visit LA. You can stay at my place.

Kevin: Thanks! That’s very kind of you.

Dorothy: There isn’t much to show you around, but it will be fun
to hang out with you in a different city!

VOCABULARY
Go over the following vocabulary and expressions with your tutor. Read the
word/expression and definition out loud, and your tutor will go over anything you
do not understand. Practice creating a sentence or two to make sure you know
how to use the word/expression properly.
Vocabulary/ Expressions

Expression Definition Example

hometown the town where you I was born on the west coast, but
grew up Detroit is my hometown.

be from ~ to name one’s Kevin is from New York.

hometown or country

have been to visited (=a way to I have been to Rome, and it was
(city) form the perfect very beautiful.
tense of verbs)

move from A to B to go to a different I moved from Chicago to LA last

place to live year.

suburb a town or other area I grew up in a suburb of New York.

where people live in
houses near a larger
 city

be famous for ~ well-known for San Francisco is famous for the

Golden Gate Bridge.

someone’s place someone’s home I went to my parents’ place this

weekend.

that’s very – I didn’t expect a

kind of you farewell party; that’s very kind
of you to organize the event!

show give someone a quick Dorothy showed me around the

someone around tour of a place office.

hang out with spend time with Come hang out with my friends on
someone someone Saturday!

EXERCISE
Practice answering the following questions with your tutors. You can use the
sample answers to come up with your own answer.

1. Where are you from?

1. I am from San Francisco.
2. My hometown is about a 30-minute drive from the city of Chicago.
3. Your answer:_______________________________
2. Where do you live now?
1. I live in San Francisco.
2. I live in Orange County, a suburb of LA.
3. Your answer:_______________________________
3. Why did you move?
1. I moved to SF because I got a new job here.
2. I have stayed in the same town for my entire life.
3. Your answer:_______________________________
4. Describe your hometown.
1. My hometown is a small town outside of Paris.
2. Tokyo is a big city with many people. It is very metropolitan.
3. Your answer:_______________________________
5. What is it famous for?
1. New York is well-known for Statue of Liberty, among many other things.
2. Shanghai is famous for Oriental Pearl and the Bund.
3. Your answer:_______________________________

CONVERSATION
Use the following questions as a guideline to form an interesting conversation
with your tutor. Feel free to diverge from these suggestions if anything interesting
comes up.
1. Do you visit your hometown often?
2. Do you live in the same place where you were born?
3. Is your hometown a good place to live and work?
4. What do you like about your hometown the most?
5. Which places would you recommend for someone who’s visiting your hometown?