Unit 1- Personal

Information

ABC English Club

English Speaking Course

By Ben Tran

In this unit
Introducing yourself
Talking about you and your family;
describing people physically age, height,
hair

What job is right for you

Talking personalities and jobs

Getting Started

Reading & Speaking 1

Im Hector Mercado and Im almost
17 years old. Im from Mexico City,
Mexico. My favourite singer is
Whitney Spears. I would like to write
to e-friends from all over the world.
Please write to me. My email is
hectormex@efriends.com
Answer questions about this boy.

Practice 1 make
questions
Hi. My names Lin. I come from
China. Im 20 years old. Im a
student. I study Business
Administration at university. I live
with my friends in Shanghai. I dont
live with my family because I go to
Shanghai for studying.
My family lives in a small village in
Canton. My parents are both
teachers, they teach at a secondary
school. I have a younger brother.

Reading & Speaking 2

Make some questions about this

girl.

Vocabulary - email
1. At : (@)
2. Dash: (-)
3. Underscore: (_)
4. Dot: (.)
Say your email in English.

Practice 2 is or are
This 1)_____ a picture of my
e-friends, John and Carol.
They 2)______ English. They
3)_______ from London.
London 4)_____ the capital
city of England. Carol 5)____
sixteen. John and I 6)______ the
same age. We 7)_____ both
eighteen.

You talk!
Introduce yourself.
Talk about one of your friends.

Review: Name, Age, Job

Whats your name?
(Possessive adjectives: my, your, our, their,
his, her, its )

________________________________
How old are you?
(Subject pronouns: I, you, we, they, she, he,
it)

________________________________
Whats your job? Or What do you
do?
________________________________

Possessive Adjectives

Family members

Family Relationship
1. My mothers brother is my
___________.
2. My father is cousins ___________.
3. My uncles daughter is my
___________.
4. My aunt is my cousins ____________.
5. My nephews is my ___________.
6. My uncle is my mothers or
fathers __________.

Family Vocabulary 1
Your family members are also called yourrelatives. You have an
immediateornuclearfamily and anextendedfamily. Your
immediate family includes your father, mother and siblings. Your
extended family includes all of the people in your father and mother's
families.
Yoursiblingis your brother or sister. If you have 1 brother and 2
sisters, then you have 3 siblings. Yourparentis your father or
mother. Yourchildis your son or daughter. Yourspouseis your
husband or wife.
You may also have astepfamily. Your stepfamily includes people
who became part of your family due to changes in family life. These
changes may include death, divorce or separation. New partnerships
create new children. The new children and their relatives become part
of your blended family. Some people are born intoa stepfamily.
Note that spouses and step-relatives arerelatives by marriage.
They are notblood relatives. Your father and mother arerelated
by marriage. But your father and you are related by blood.

Family Vocabulary 2
One-parent / single parent family =
a family with only mother or father.
Siblings = brothers and sisters.
Household = all the people who live in
one house
To start a family = to have children
Fatherly / motherly = behaving like a
father or mother

Questions about family

What types of family do you have?
Do you live with your
grandparents? What do you think
about?
What do you and your family
usually do together?
What are you most proud of your
family?
Who is the troublemaker in your
family? What does he/she do that

My family 1
There are 3 people in my family; my
parents and me. My father is John.
Hes 54 years old. Hes a manager in
a clothes factory. My mother is
Mandy. Shes 53 years old. Shes a
housewife. She cooks very well.
I love my family.

My family 2
I come from a big family of 5
children, and I am the eldest son. My
father is ,Tom, 56 years old and hes
a teacher at a high school. He likes
his job very much, and he works very
hard. He spends 3 to 4 hours on
planning the lessons and doing
research at home after teaching at
school.
My mother is, Mary, 54 years old,
and shes a housewife. She just

My family 3
Complete the story about my family
2 with information of the siblings.
(create the person or people for this family)

Talking about your family

Use what youve learned and
introduce your family to class.

Pronunciation /i - e/ e/a

Describing people
1. A: So is your boss young?
B: Hes in his thirties, I guess, about 35.
2. A: Its quite long.
B: What color is it?
A: Its light brown. And its a little curly.
3. A: Hes not really tall, about 175 cm.
B: Oh, yeah. Thats not very tall.
4. A: He looks about 17.
B: No, hes older than that. Hes almost 25.
A: No, I dont believe it. He doesnt look that old.

Have-Has / Have got-Has

got
Have/Has
+I have a book.
She has a book.
- I dont have a book.
She doesnt have a
book.
? Do you have a book?
Yes, I do.
No, I dont.
Does she have a book?
Yes, she does.
No, she doesnt.

Have got/Has got

+I have got a book.
She has got a book.
- I havent got a book.
She hasnt got a book.
? Have you got a book?
Yes, I have.
No, I havent.
Has she got a book?
Yes, she has.
No, she hasnt.

What is he like?

Make the questions for height, hair,

appearance

Vocabulary

Age :
Height :
Hair :

Personality

Describe personalities
Using the adjectives on previous
page to talk about a person you
know.
(in about 2-3 sentences or more)

Vocabulary 1

Positive(P) or Negative(N)

Listening 2

Peoples Description
Describe a person you know;
appearance and personality
Useful Language:
The person I know is __________. Hes /
Shes _________.
He /She looks _________. Hes /Shes in his
_______.

Common Jobs / Careers

Teacher
Office worker / staf
Doctor / nurse
Tour guide
Flight attendant
Waiter / waitress
Actor / actress

Think of more jobs or careers that are

affected by peoples personalities.

Because
Because introduces a cause or reason
1. Id make a good journalist because
I love writing.
2. I wouldnt want to be a teacher
because Im too impatient.
3. I could be a teacher because Im
very creative.
4. I could never be a stockbroker
because Im not good at making
decisions quickly.

What job is for you?

You Talk
Your personal qualities and skills.

Speaking
1. Use all youve learned in this
lesson to talk about you (+
describe your appearance and
personalities).
2. Listen to your friend, take note,
then tell the people in class about
him or her.

Next lesson

Education and Work