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Jhon´s profile

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Hi! My name is John. This material

Welcome includes useful information about
how to create your profile in a blog. To
create this profile, you need to cover
the following topics :

Greetings

Introducing oneself expressions

Marital status

Present simple with verb “be”

Subject pronouns: “I”

Occupations

Articles: a/an, the

John: I have a blog. Now it is time to add some content to this blog. What
information do I need?

John: Well, I suppose people need to know my full name.

John: «Hello, friends! My name is John Robinson».

John: Now what? Oh, yes! My age.

John: «I am 51 years old. »

John: Probably, my marital status is also important.

John: «I am married ».

John: I think I need to include something more. Sure! My occupation and my

nationality.

John: «I am a journalist and I am from San Andrés. I am Colombian. »

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My Blog!
Hello, friends! My name is John
Robinson. I’m 50 years old. I’m
married. I’m a journalist and I’m from
San Andrés. I’m Colombian.

John: This is all about my basic personal information. I

hope it is enough.

Let´s get inside

Read and listen to the following examples of blog profiles.

Welcome to my blog!

• My name is Sara Pasolini and I am Italian. I am 20 years old. I am a university student

and I am single. Follow me on my personal site at: http://sarapasolini.com.

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• Hi, everyone! This is my blog. My name is Oscar Patterson. I am an American architect.

I am 45 years old and I am divorced.

• Welcome to my blog! I am a Brazilian teacher. My name´s Layla Pinto. I am 27 years

old and I am single. Follow me on Twitter @layla56.

• Hello. My name is Ivan Yermakov. I am a Russian mailman. I am married and I am 36

years old.

Let’s talk
It is time to learn how to start a conversation, how to introduce yourself and how
to finish a conversation.

Greetings

Introduce yourself

Farewells

Useful expressions

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Greetings
Informal
Example 1 Greetings
Sara Pasolini: Hi, Layla!
Layla Pinto: Hi, Sara!

Example 2

Layla Pinto: How are you?

Sara Pasolini: How are you?

Example 3
Sara Pasolini: Hi, Layla! How are you?
Layla Pinto: Hi, Sara! Very good. And you?
Sara Pasolini: Very good!

Example 1

Formal Ivan Yermakov: Hello, Oscar!

Oscar Patterson: Hello, Ivan!
Greetings
Example 2
Oscar Patterson: Good morning!
Ivan Yermakov: Good morning!

Example 3

Ivan Yermakov: Good afternoon!

Oscar Patterson: Good afternoon!

Example 4

Ivan Yermakov: Good afternoon!

Oscar Patterson: Good afternoon!

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Introduce yourself
My name is John Robinson.

I am 51 years old

I am married.

I am a Journalist.

I am from San Andres. I am Colombian.

Introduce yourself

My name is Camila Young.

I am 24 years old

I am single.

I am a nurse.

I am from New York. I am American.

Farewells
See you Take care!
Bye! Goodbye!
later!

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Useful Expressions
Anne: Nice to meet you.

Matt: Nice to meet you too.

Anne: Where are you from?

Matt: I’m from New York City. I am American.

Introduce yourself

My name is Camila Young.

I am 24 years old

I am single.

I am a nurse.

I am from New York. I am American.

Let´s analyze
Marital status: The marital status is the civil status of each individual.

Married

Example: What is Max’s marital status?

Learning important

concepts Max is married.

Single

Example: Are you married?

No, I am not. I am single.

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Separated

Example: What is your marital status?

I am divorced

Divorced

Example: Are your married?

No, I don´t. I am divorced.

Widowed

Example: What is your marital status?

I am widowed.

Widower

Example: What is your marital status?

I am widower.

Learning important Subject pronouns “I”: Use the subject “I” to talk about yourself.

concepts I am from San Andres.

I am married.

I am 51 years old

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Learning important Present simple with be: Use this structure to describe yourself (age, profession,

concepts marital status, etc).

The structure is: subject + be + complement.

I am a teacher.

I am married.

Listen to de audio and organize the next words into sentences.

I am 51 years old.

I am from San Andrés.

I am single.

I am Colombian.

Learning important Articles “a” and “an”: We use “a” and “an” for singular and countable nouns. We

concepts use “an” if the noun begin with a vowel sound and “a” if the noun begin with a

consonant sound.

I am a fireman.

I am an architect.

I am a Judge.

I am an actress.

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Learning important Occupations: This section refers to jobs and professions.

concepts
I am a journalist.

I am a teacher.

Occupations

Fireman
Nurse
Doctor
Architect
Singer
Psychologist
Teacher
Mailman
Judge
Journalist
Actress
Chef
WaiterI

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Credits
Pedagogical Direction

Paul Cifuentes
Carlos Javier Amaya

Direction of Art
César Páez

ICT Leadership
Yeison Ospina

Quality management
Juan Carlos Rojas

Script Composition
Lina Patricia Vaquiro Rondón
Licenciada en Inglés
Centro de Gestión de Mercados, Logística y Tecnologías de la Información
Regional Distrito Capital

Content Support
Georgette Christopher Taján
Desarrollo de Unidad de Aprendizaje
Centro de Formación Turística Gente de Mar y Servicios
Regional San Andrés

Multimedia Development
Cesar Paez
Harry Zamudio
Edmundo Watts
Diana Duque
Carolina Gomez
Urlieson Léon

Voices
Equipo Regional San Andrés

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