Personal Introductions

ESL Activity Sheet

Welcome to the Personal Introductions Activity Sheet! This activity sheet is

designed to help you practise introducing yourself to others in a fun and relaxed
way. By the end of this, you’ll be ready to share your introduction with the class.
Let’s get to know each other better and have some fun along the way!

Activity 1: Warm-up Questions

In partners, brainstorm the following questions:
1. Why is it important to introduce yourself properly to others?

2. How long should a personal introduction be?

3. What information do you think we should share when we introduce ourselves?

4. What information do you think we shouldn’t share when we introduce ourselves?

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Activity 2: Personal Introduction Example

Sandy is introducing herself to her classmates at a short course that she is studying. Read her personal
introduction below:

My name is Sandy Banes. I am from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. I studied Law at Harvard University. I now work
as a teacher, teaching other people law. My hobbies are swimming and running. My favourite food is pizza.
My favourite thing to do in my free time is watching action movies. My favourite animal is a cat. My favourite
colour is blue. There are five people in my family.

Part 1: Decide if these sentences are true or false. T F

1. Sandy told them where she was from.

2. She enjoys cycling.

3. Sandy likes to eat cake.

4. Her favourite animal is a cat.

5. She told us what job her parents do.

6. There are three people in her family.

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When we introduce ourselves, we do not want to talk for too long or give too much information. Instead,
we should focus on the important things.

We use the present tense for most of our personal information. We can use the past tense for things that
happened in the past too, like what we studied.

Kyle also had to introduce himself to the class. Read his introduction below:

My name is Kyle Anderson. I am from Melbourne in Australia. I studied Engineering at the University
of Sydney. I now work as an architect, designing buildings. My hobbies are surfing and cycling. My
favourite food is sushi. My favourite thing to do in my free time is playing video games. My favourite
animal is a dog. My favourite colour is green. There are four people in my family.

Part 2: From the personal introduction above, answer the following:

1. What is the person's name?

2. Where is this person from?

3. What did this person study?

4. What job does this person have?

5. What are his hobbies?

6. What is his favourite food?

7. What is his favourite colour?

8. How many people are there in his family?

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Activity 3: Prepare Your Introduction - Brainstorming

When you introduce yourself to others, you can focus on telling people the following things:

1. Your name 5. What your hobbies are

2. Where you are from 6. What your favourite food is

3. What you are studying / studied 7. What you do at the weekend

4. What your job is

Here is some useful vocabulary you can use for each point:
Places:

United States of America Africa Europe Oceania Asia

in the city by the sea in the countryside

Think of some others and write them below:

Things People Study:

teaching engineering medicine law

Think of some others and write them below:

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Jobs:

teacher doctor lawyer nurse dentist

engineer actor actress waiter waitress driver

Think of some others and write them below:

Hobbies:

swimming running painting baking drawing cycling

surfing

Think of some others and write them below:

Food:

soup pizza ice cream cake sandwiches chocolate

Think of some others and write them below:

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Answer the questions below about yourself in simple sentences.

1. What is your name?

2. Where are you from?

3. What did you study / are you studying?

4. What is your job?

5. What are your hobbies?

6. What is your favourite food?

7. What do you do at the weekend?

Bonus questions to include:

8. What is your favourite animal?

9. What is your favourite colour?

10. How many people are there in your family?

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Activity 4: Personal Introduction Builder!

Get ready to introduce yourself to the class! You can use the template below to help yourself.

My name is… I am from… I studied / am studying… at… I work as a… My hobbies are… My favourite food is…
My favourite thing to do at the weekend is… My favourite animal is… My favourite colour is… There are…
people in my family.

Write your personal introduction in the space below:

Do a quick check to see if you have done the following:

• Have you used simple sentences?

• Have you written in the present tense?

• Have you used any past tense sentences for things that you did?

• Have you included all the basic information from the questions above?

Activity 5: Share your Introduction

Now that you have written out your personal introduction, take turns to read it out to the rest of the class.

Disclaimer: This resource has been made for the purpose of teaching English language learners. We know that students can be learning English in many different places, in many different ways and at any age,
so we try to keep these resources as general as possible.
There are many acronyms associated with English language teaching. These include (but are not limited to) ELT, TEFL, EFL, ELL, EAL and ESOL. While the term ESL may not fully represent the linguistic
backgrounds of all students, it is the most widely recognised term for English language teaching globally. Therefore, we use the term ‘ESL’ in the names of our resources to make them easy to find but they are
suitable for any student learning to speak English.

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Answers
Activity 2
Part 1:
1. True 4. True

2. False 5. False

3. False 6. False

Part 2:
1. Kyle Anderson

2. Melbourne, Australia

3. Engineering

4. Architect

5. Surfing and cycling

6. Sushi

7. Green

8. Four

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