SELF INTRODUCTION
Introduce Yourself : Name
Question: What’s your name?
Answers:
* My name is …/ I’m …
* My full/ first/ last name is …
* You can call me …/ They call me …/ Please call me …/ Everyone calls me …
* My nick name is …
Self Introduction: Country
Questions:
Where are you from? / Where do you come from?
Where were you born?
Answers:
* I’m from … / I hail from … / I come from … / My hometown is …
/ I’m originally from … (country)
* I’m … (nationality)
* I was born in …
Introduce Yourself: Address
Question: Where do you live?/ What’s your address?
Answers:
* I live in … / My address is … (city)
* I live on … (name) street.
* I live at …
* I spent most of my life in …
* I have lived in … for/ since …
* I grew up in …
Self Introduction: Age
Question: How old are you?
Answers:
* I’m … years old.
* I’m …
* I’m over/ almost/ nearly …
* I am around your age.
* I’m in my early twenties/ late thirties.
Introduce Yourself: Family
Questions:
* How many people are there in your family?
* Who do you live with?/ With whom do you live?
* Do you have any sibling?
Answers:
* There are … (number) people in my family.
* They are … There are … (number) of us in my family.
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* My family has … (number) people.
* I live with my … I am the only child.
* I don’t have any siblings.
* I have … brothers and … (number) sister.
Self Introduction: Birthday/ Phone number
Questions:
What is your date of birth?/ When is your birthday?
What is your phone number?
Answers:
* My birthday is on …
* My phone number is …
Introduce Yourself: Jobs
Questions:
What do you do?/ What do you do for living?/ What’s your job?/ What sort of work do you do?/
What line of work are you in?
What did you want to be when you grew up?
Answers :
* I am a/ an …
* I work as a/ an …
* I work for (company) … as a/ an …
* I’m unemployed./ I am out of work./ I have been made redundant./ I am between jobs.
* I earn my living as a/ an …
* I am looking for a job. / I am looking for work.
* I’m retired.
* I would like to be a/ an …/ I want to be a/ an …
* I used to work as a/ an … at … (places)
* I just started as … in the … department.
* I work in/at a … (places)
* I have been working in … (city) for … years.
Useful jobs for self introduction: teacher, nurse, secretary, manager, cleaner, policeman, builder,
engineer, businessman, fire fighter, postman, doctor, architect, farmer, …
Useful places: bank, factory, supermarket, museum, hospital, shop, gallery, …