getting to know each other
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Some basic questions and answers which students can use to find out about each other in an introductory English class.TRANSCRIPT
Getting to Know Each Other
NAME
• What’s your name?• My name’s _____.• What’s your first name?• What’s your surname?• What’s your family name?• How do you spell it?
DATE OF BIRTH
• When were you born?• I was born in 1963.• I was born on the tenth of May, 1963.• What’s your date of birth? (official)• The twenty-second of August, 1959.
AGE
• How old are you?• I’m thirty-two.• What’s your age?• Forty-five.
PLACE OF BIRTH
• Where were you born?• I was born in Plymouth.• I was born in England.
FAMILY SITUATION
• Are you married or single?• Do you have any children?• I’ve got two girls and a boy.• How many children do you have?• How old are your children?• They’re five and three.• What are their names?
JOB
• What’s your job?• I’m an accountant.• Where do you work?• I work for EDF.• What do you do for a living?• I’m unemployed.
COUNTRIES VISITED
• Which countries have you visited?• Which countries have you been to?• I’ve been to Italy, Spain, and Germany.
LANGUAGES
• Which languages do you speak?• How many languages can you speak?• My native language is French but I can also
speak English and a little Spanish.
LEISURE ACTIVITIES
• How do you spend your free time?• I go to the gym two or three times a week.• I play football at the weekends.• I read a lot.• Do you have any hobbies?• I collect stamps.• I’m a keen photographer.
LIKES
• What do you like?• What do you like doing?• I like listening to music.• I love pizza.
DISLIKES
• What don’t you like?• Is there anything you don’t like (doing)?• I don’t like washing the dishes.• I can’t stand dogs.• I hate Mondays.
PETS
• Have you got any pets?• Do you have any pets?• I’ve got a cat and a dog.• Just some tropical fish.• No, I haven’t.
FAVOURITE MOVIE OR BOOK
• Have you got a favourite movie or book?• Do you have a favourite movie or book?• What’s your favourite movie or book?• My favourite movie is Titanic.• My favourite book is
Gone With The Wind.
AMBITION
• What’s your greatest ambition in life?• What would you most like to achieve?• I want to find a well-paid job in marketing.• I’d like to climb
Mount Everest.• I’m not ambitious.