Reading and Writing Portfolio 3

Reading learner profiles

Writing connecting words (1): and, but,
All about me because; a learner profile
Review Present Simple
1 The website www.makefriendsinenglish.com is for English learners from
around the world. Read about Valentina. Fill in column A in the table.

A B C
name 1 Valentina Sandri 9 Mario Santos
town/city and country 2 Bologna, Italy 10

job/study 3 11

age 4 12

day(s) of English classes 5 13

married or single 6 14

family/relationships 7 Gianluca (boyfriend) 15

free time 8 16

www.makefriendsinenglish.com HELP WITH WRITING

Connecting words (1): and, but, because
learner profile 2 a Look at these sentences. Notice how we use and,
but and because.

Valentina positive positive

I study law. I’m in my second year.
Sandri I study law and I’m in my second year.
Hello, my name’s Valentina negative positive
and I’m 23 years old. I live
I’m not married. I’ve got a boyfriend.
in Bologna, a beautiful town
in the north of Italy. I’m a I’m not married, but I’ve got a boyfriend.
student at Bologna University. what you do why you do it
I study law and I’m in my
I study English. I need it for my course.
second year. I also study English because I need it for my
I study English because I need it for my course.
course. I go to English classes on Wednesdays and Fridays.
I’m in Elementary level and I like my classes very much. b Read Valentina’s learner profile again. Underline all
I’m not married, but I’ve got a boyfriend. His name’s the examples of and, but and because.
Gianluca and he’s a restaurant manager. I don’t see him TIP • In sentences with but, the negative verb can come first
a lot in the week because the restaurant is open in the or second: I don’t speak French, but I speak German.
evenings, but we always go out on Sundays. In my free = I speak German, but I don’t speak French.
time I read a lot and visit friends. I don’t watch TV very
often, but I go to the cinema every Friday.
I want to write to people who study English and live in a
different country to me.

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3 Write these sentences with and, but or because. 5 I want to learn English. I need it for my job.

1 I do a lot of sport. I go to the cinema.

I do a lot of sport and I go to the cinema.

2 I don’t have breakfast. I have a big lunch. 6 They finish work at 5 p.m. They get home at 6 p.m.

3 I get up early in the week. I start work at 6.30 a.m. 7 We don’t go out a lot. We have three children.

4 We don’t go to the cinema. We watch a lot of TV. 8 I don’t live with my parents. I phone them every day.

4 a Read about Mario. Fill in column B in the table in 1.

www.makefriendsinenglish.com

learner profile

Mario Santos
Hi, my name’s Mario. I’m 31 years old 1 and live in Curitiba, in Brazil. I’m a teacher
2 I teach history and music. I study English on Saturday mornings
3 I’m in the Elementary class. My classes are great, 4
I don’t always do my homework!
I’m married 5 my wife’s name is Julia. We’ve got two children,
Luciana and Adriano. Luciana’s three 6 Adriano’s five. I don’t go out
in the week 7 I want to be at home with my family. In my free time I
watch TV 8 visit friends. I never go to the cinema, 9
I sometimes go to concerts at the weekends. I want to write to an English student
in another country.

b Fill in the gaps in Mario’s learner profile with and, but or because.

5 a Fill in column C in the table in 1 for you.

b Write your learner profile for the website.

● Use the information about you in the table in 1.
● Use and, but and because.
● Use capital letters and punctuation.
Tick the things you can do in English in the
● Read and check for mistakes. Reading and Writing Progress Portfolio, p88.
● Give your profile to your teacher next class.

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