1D Skills for Writing Learn to write an online pro le

W Capital letters and punctuation

I’m Carla and I’m from Italy

Kate Marks
1 SPEAKING AND LISTENING social network Teacher, International
College
a Ask and answer the questions.
Age: –
1 Do you use a social networking site?
2 Do you have a profile? Lives in London, UK
3 Which of the following information is on it?
Friends: 132 view
• your name • where you live Photos view
• your age • your job
about Kate >
• your nationality • things you like

b Look at Kate and Carla’s profiles and complete the

table with yes (✓), no (✗) or don’t know (DK). Carla Dimambro
Student, University
She’s … 20 years from Italian a teacher a student
of Milan
old London
Kate DK Age: 20

Carla ✓ Lives in Milan

From Genoa, Italy

c 1.36The people in the picture are on an English course.
Friends: 29 view
Listen and answer the questions.
Photos view
1 Is this the first or the last day of the course?
about Carla >
2 What city are they in?

d 1.36 Listen again. Complete the table.

e Work in groups of five or six. It’s your
Name Country One other thing we know first day at International College.
Student A: You’re the teacher.
Kate and Mike UK They’re .
The others: You’re one of the students in
Carla Italy She’s a . the picture.
Masato English is for his work. Say who you are and say one more thing.
Carmen She’s a of IT.
Orhan His is in London. I’m Masato.
My home town
Marisa Her is in London. is Kyoto.

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2 READING
a Read Kate and Carla’s profiles for the new course.
Underline any new information.

I’m Kate Marks. I’m from I’m Carla Dimambro. I’m Italian.
Wigan. It’s a small town near I’m from Genoa, but I study
Manchester in England. I live marketing at the University
in London and I’m a teacher of Milan. It’s my rst time in
at International College. I’m London and I’m very happy to
married and I have two small be here. Are other people new
children, a boy and a girl. to London?

I like languages, music and I like running, swimming

lms. and yoga.
back > back >

3 WRITING SKILLS 4 WRITING

Capital letters and punctuation
a Write a profile about you. Use the profiles in 2a to help
a Look at the profiles in 2a. Tick (✓) the words that you. Give this information:
have capital letters. • your name
1 first names of people • your nationality
2 last names of people • your home town
3 names of companies, schools, universities • your job
4 names of countries and nationalities • what you like
5 names of sports
6 names of towns or cities
b Swap profiles with another student and check the
7 all nouns
capital letters and punctuation.
8 all words at the start of a sentence
9 the word I Update your profile >

b I’m = I am. What are the full forms of these words? I’m
1 it’s 4 isn’t
2 she’s 5 aren’t
3 you’re add photo

c Correct the words. Add an apostrophe (’) to each word.

1 Im 4 hes
2 arent 5 were upload le take a photo

3 isnt 6 theyre I like

d Look at the commas (,) and full stops (.) in the online
profiles. Which do we use:
a at the end of a sentence? save
b after words in a list?

e Correct the sentences. Add capital letters and

punctuation (. , ’ ?).
i live in paris its amazing ➔ I live in Paris. It’s amazing.
1 im from shanghai its a big city in china
2 i like basketball old cars and jazz
3 im a french teacher in australia
4 this isnt my first time in london
5 are the teachers all from britain

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