Asking for and giving personal information

Basic Personal Information Questions

Let's review how to ask for personal information and how to answer properly.👩

Learning tips:

• To answer questions 1 to 3 you can say two different ways: My ______ is ______ or It's _______.

What's your name? 

My name is Gracia. / It's Gracia.

• Be careful not to ask for second names when referring to middle names. Second name in English means SURNAMES (Last names).

• To answer question 4 you can either say "I'm ____ years old." or "I'm ____ ."

I am 38 years old.✅

I'm 38.✅

I have 38 years old. ✖

I am 38 years. ✖

• To answer question 5 you should say your occupation and before you say it, you must insert the indefinite article (A/an):

What do you do? 

I am an EFL facilitator.

What does you father do?

He is an accountant.

What does Marlene do?

She is a receptionist.

What does your niece do?

She is a high-school student.

• To answer question 6 you have to keep in mind the use of the prepositions in and at:

Use at followed by the name of the company.

Where do you work?

I work at Big Hit.

Use in followed by a department, specific building, business, industry, or field of work.

Where do you work?

I work in an entertainment company.

• To answer question 9 do not forget to say numbers individually and say 0  as oh.

What's your contact number? 

It's 7668-0923. (It's seven six six eight oh nine two three.)

• To answer question 10 you have to learn the basic punctuation marks used.

What's your email address?

It's teachergraciacastillo@gmail.com  (teachergraciacastillo at gmail dot com)

Practice

Try asking for and giving information with a friend by filling out a form. Do it through WA or any real time meeting platform to make it fun!😉