1 Reading
a Dmitri is on an English course in Cambridge. Read his fact file on the language school website and tick (✓) the correct answers.
1 Which country is Dmitri from?
a Poland
b Turkey
c Greece
d Russia
2 Which town is Dmitri from?
a Cambridge
b Moscow
c St Petersburg
d Lomonosov
FACT FILE
Name: Dmitri Bolshov
Age: 20
Nationality: Russian
Lives in: Moscow
Hometown: St Petersburg
Job/Occupation: Student, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Likes: languages, music, running
Personal profile
This is Dmitri Bolshov. He’s 20 years old and he’s Russian. He’s from St Petersburg, but he studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University. It’s his first time in the UK and he’s on an English course in Cambridge with a big group of friends from Moscow. He’s very happy to be in Cambridge. He likes languages, music and running.
b Read Dmitri’s personal profile. Are the sentences true or false?
1 Dmitri’s 20 years old.
2 Dmitri studies in St Petersburg.
3 Dmitri’s in Britain with friends from Moscow.
4 Dmitri’s on a computer course in Cambridge.
5 Dmitri likes listening to music.
Answer
a 1 d 2 c
b True: 1, 3, 5; False: 2, 4
2 Writing Skills – Capital letters and punctuation
Correct the personal profile about Carlos. Add capital letters and punctuation (. , ’).
Personal profile
This is 15 carlos ferreira hes 35 years old and hes portuguese hes from porto but he studies languages at the university of lisbon hes on a spanish course in madrid this isnt his first time in spain hes very happy to be in madrid he likes languages the cinema and jazz
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Answer
This is Carlos Ferreira. He’s 35 years old and he’s Portuguese. He’s from Porto, but he studies languages at the University of Lisbon. He’s on a Spanish course in Madrid. This isn’t his first time in Spain. He’s very happy to be in Madrid. He likes languages, the cinema and jazz.
3 Writing
a Complete the fact file with information about someone you know. He/She can be a friend or someone famous.
FACT FILE
Name:
Age:
Nationality:
Lives in:
Hometown:
Job/Occupation:
Likes:
b Use the information in the fact file to write a personal profile about this person. Remember to use capital letters and punctuation in the correct places.
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He/She likes ………………………………………….
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