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Introduction To Yourself Better

This document provides guidance on introducing yourself through key biographical details in 3 sentences or less. It suggests including your name, address, age, family details, birthday, jobs or career history, hobbies and interests, education level and background, and marital status. Examples are given for how to concisely present each of these common biographical categories to others. The goal is to help people represent themselves effectively in short introductory conversations or presentations.

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Introduction To Yourself Better

This document provides guidance on introducing yourself through key biographical details in 3 sentences or less. It suggests including your name, address, age, family details, birthday, jobs or career history, hobbies and interests, education level and background, and marital status. Examples are given for how to concisely present each of these common biographical categories to others. The goal is to help people represent themselves effectively in short introductory conversations or presentations.

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Julyeen Htut
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Introduction to

yourself better
Key Words
• Name

• Address

• Age

• Family

• Birthday

• Jobs

• Hobbies

• Education

• Marital Status

• Personality
Introduce Your Name
• My name is …
• I’m …
• My full/ first/ last name is …
• You can call me …/ My friends call me …/
Please call me …/ Everyone calls me …
• My nickname is …

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Introduce Your Address
• I live in ….
• I’m from …/ I come from …/ I’m originally
from …
• I live in … (name) street. On… (road)
• I live at … (Township/ Division/ state)
• I have lived in … for/ since …
• I grew up in …
• I’m … ( Nationality)
• I was born in …

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Introduce Your Age
• I’m … years old.
• I’m over/ almost / nearly …

Introduce Your Family


• There are … (number) people in my family. They are …
• There are … (number) of us in my family.
• 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.
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Introduce Your Birthday
• My birthday is on …

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Introduce Your Jobs
• I am a/ an …
• I work as a/ an …
• I work for (company) … as a/ an …
• I’m unemployed.
• I earn my living as a/ an …
• I am looking for a job.
• I’m retired.
• I would like to be a/ an …
• I have been working in … (city) for … years.

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Useful Jobs for self-introduction: teacher, nurse, manager, cleaner, policeman,

builder, engineer, businessman, firefighter, postman, doctor, architect, farmer, gardener,

rancher, …

Introduce Your Hobbies


• I am good at …
• My hobby is/ My hobbies are …

Hobbies – Free time activities for self-introduction.

• Reading, painting, drawing


• Playing computer games
• surfing the Internet
• Going to the cinema
• Playing with friends
• Chatting with best friends 8
• My favorite place are/is … (name)
• I sometimes go to … (places) because …

…………………………………………………………………

• there are many things to see and do


• This is one of the most beautiful places I have been
visited.
• I can relax there
• it’s relaxing/ popular/ nice/ …

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• My favorite color is …
• I don’t like/ dislike/ hate …
• My favorite food/ drink is …
• My favorite singer/ band is …
• My favorite day of the week is …
• I like/ love/ enjoy/ … (sports/ movies/ …/)
• My favorite sport is …

Movies: action movies, comedy, romance, horror, documentary, cartoons, …

Sports: volleyball, badminton, tennis, yoga, cycling, running, fishing, …

• In my free time, I like …


• I like … when I’m free.
• At weekends I sometimes go to … (places)
Introduce Your Education
• I’m a student at … (school).
• I study at …/ I am at …/ I go to … (school)
• I specialized in …
• My major is …

Why do you study English?


• I like it a lot
• I love it.
• I think it’s important
• I have to study for my work
• It’s very important and necessary
• I want to learn more about this language
• I love to improve my English skills
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Do you speak English?

I can speak English very well.

How long have you been learning English?

I’ve been learning English for / since …

Introduce Your Marital status

• I’m married/ single/ engaged/ divorced.


• I’m in a relationship
• I’m going through a divorce.

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Introduce Your Personality Traits

I am a … person
I’m an introvert/ extrovert

Character & Personality for self-introduction: brave, calm,


gentle, creative, hard-working, rude, unfriendly, unreliable, lazy,
insensitive, flexible, loyal, selfish, responsible, energetic,
independent, fearless, …

Others
• I have a … (pet)
• My best friend’s name is …
• I (don’t) have … (number) international friends.
• My dream is …

Pets : dog, puppy, parrot, rabbit, cat, goldfish, …


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Thank you!

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