WRITING: A PROFILE

1. Read the writing task and the two personal profiles. Have the writers:
- Included all the information?
- Written the correct number of words?

Writing task
Write a personal profile of 80-100 words for an Internet chatroom. Call
your profile The real me. Include:
An introduction with your name, hometown, age and brief
information about your school and family.
Information about hobbies, interests and sports.
A description of your personality.

The real me by Martin

My name is Martin and Im from London. Im 16 years old and Im in year 11 at Parkfield
school.

Ive got lots of hobbies and interests. I love playing chess and computer games with my
brother. I also do a lot of sport I particularly enjoy swimming and karate. Im also
interested in photography.

Im quite an ambitious person. I want to go to university and then get a job in web design. I
think Im quite hard-working, too. Ive probably got a few faults. I think Im slightly
impatient and maybe a little intolerant too.

The real me by Sarah

My name is Sarah. Im 17 and I go to Greenhill School. Im in year 12. I live with my parents
and my brother Jake.

My hobbies are fashion and listening to music. Im not very keen on sport, but I play
volleyball at school.

Im not at all a shy person. Im quite confident and I prefer talking to other confident
people. I think Im kind and very loyal to my friends.

2. Answer the questions for each person.

1 How old are they?
2 What year are they in at school?
3 Which sports do they like?
4 What other hobbies and interests do they have?
5 What other personality adjectives do they use to describe themselves?
 3. Underline all the modifying verbs in the profiles. Translate them.

4. Look at the modifying adverbs in the personal profiles. Underline the correct words
in the rules below.
1 Modifying adverbs usually go before / after the adjective.
2 The modifying adverbs quite and not at al go before /after a/an when there is a noun.

5. Put the modifying adverb in brackets in the correct place.

1 Im pessimistic. (slightly)
2 My best friend is confident. (really)
3 Hes an impatient person. (not at all)
4 Im a student at a big school. (quite)
5 I find English difficult. (quite)
6 Im sometimes shy. (a bit)

6. Read Toms profile. Match 1-3 with paragraphs A-C.

1 personality
2 hobbies and interests
3 introduction, with personal information

A Im Tom and Im 16 years old. Im at Saint Marys School. Im in year 12. I live with my mum
and dad and two sisters.

B My hobbies are playing the guitar and going out with my friends. Im also interested in
fashion. Im not very keen on sport, but I sometimes go ice-skating.

C I think Im quite confident and my friends say Im very ambitious. I get on well with funny
people.

7. Underline phrases in Toms profile with a similar meaning to the ones below.
1 I go to.school 4 I like
2 My names 5 Im quite a .person
3 I believe 6 I dont really like

8. Put the lines of Mandys profile in the correct order.

- Harry and I go to Hillcrest School.
- I live with my parents and my older brother, Harry.
- My names Mandy. 1
- Im 16 years old and Im from Hastings.
- As for sport, I play hockey at school.
- Ive got lots of hobbies and interests. 5
- I also enjoy dancing.
 - I like drawing and I spend a lot of time reading.
- Im quite talkative. 9
- Im very lazy.
- Ive probably got one big fault.
- In fact I really love chatting on the phone with my friends.

9. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1 ambitious / am / I / not at all
2 is / Kate / mean / a bit
3 my / is / very / best / loyal / friend
4 tolerant / person / Henry / a / quite / is
5 Toby / slightly / shy / is
6 Impatient / my brother / quite / is

10. Write four true sentences using the phrases below. Use nouns (people or things) or
ing forms.

Im not very keen on... I really enjoy

I quite like. Im very interested in

11. Write a personal profile of a friend or family member. Write 70-80 words and include
this information:
An introduction with your name, hometown, age, and brief information about your
school and family.
Information about hobbies, interests and sports.
A description of your personality.