HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF?

NAME:
DATE:
DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE IN THE PHOTOS? WHO ARE THEY? WHERE ARE THEY FROM? WHAT DO
THEY DO?
1. Match the name with the photo.

Muhammad Ali ______ Paulo Coelho ______ Manu Chao ______

J.K. Rowling ______ Buffy Sainte-Marie ______ Aung San Suu Kyi ______

2. Who do you think said (or sang) these things? Match them with the people in the photos.

1. “I’m not a queen, I’m a woman.”

2. “I like planes, I like you. I like traveling, I like you.”
3. “I was a bit of a coward when I was small.”
4. “When I’m dancing. I don’t think about anything else.”
5. “I really don’t believe in magic.”
6. “I am the greatest.”

3. Look at the sentences in exercise 2 again. Rewrite the parts in bold so they are true or false for you.
1. I’m not a vegetarian, I’m an omnivore!
 2. I am not a king, I am a man.
3. I am no longer a coward because I grew up.
4. I'm the smallest.
5. I do believe in magic.
EXPLORER ON LINE: Which two lines in exercise 2 come from songs? _____ and ______
Find out the titles of the songs: ____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

4. GUESS. Complete the quotations below with these phrases. Which quotation comes from a song?

an education superheroes story money an uneventful and safe life

a great big baked potato

1 My idea of heaven is ……………………… and someone to share it with. - Oprah Winfrey

2 All I want is ………………….. . - Malala Yousafzai

3 We don't necessarily need ………………………... We need superhuman beings. – Kevin

Spacey

4 My life is a …………….. . I wanted more people to have a better ………… . - Bill Clinton

5 I don't care too much for ……………………… .- John Lennon / Paul McCartney

6 I don't want ………………….. . - Isabel Allende

Quotation ………. comes from Can't Buy Me Love by The Beatles.

5. Write three of the statements in exercise 4 so they true for you.

Example: All I want is to speak English well.
1. I want to learn English and go to the US and earn a lot of money.
2. I would like to have a quiet and safe life with my family.
3. I want to have a great story to tell after a while.

6. THINK. Make five metaphors about yourself. You can use the ideas in the box or your own ideas
 animal book city drink instrument item of clothing kind of movie
kind of transportation painting piece of furniture piece of music sport

If I were an animal, I’d be an octopus!

1._____________________________________________________________________________
2._____________________________________________________________________________
3._____________________________________________________________________________
4._____________________________________________________________________________
5._____________________________________________________________________________

HOMEWORK FOR THE NEXT THURSDAY (May 20th. 2021)

1. Create a Power Point presentation like the teacher’s
- Use your statements in exercise 3 to introduce yourself for your presentation
- Use your statements in exercise 6 with metaphors about yourself for your presentation