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Where are you from?
Textbook: p. 9
GoalIntroduce yourself: name, age, where you are from and your hobbies; plural forms.
New words
where from · qayerdanlive · yashamoqcity · shaharcountry · mamlakat
Explanation
To say where we come from we use “I’m from + place”: “I’m from Termez.” Question: “Where are you from?” For where we live: “I live in a village / in Samarkand.” At the start of a letter to a friend we introduce ourselves: “Hello! My name’s Rustam. I’m 11. I live in Bukhara. My hobbies are chess and swimming.” Remember: hobby – hobbies (y → ies), subject – subjects (+s). Talking about sports and subjects: “My favourite sports are football and tennis.”
Worked examples
Hi! My name’s Nigora. I’m 10. I’m from Uzbekistan. I live in a small town near Fergana. My hobbies are reading and dancing. My favourite subject is English.
— Where are you from? — I’m from Khiva. And you? — I’m from Nukus. We live in different cities.
Class activity
“Pen friend”: each pupil introduces an imaginary child (“I’m Tom, I’m from London”). The class asks one question: “Where are you from?”, “What’s your hobby?”.
Practice
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Ask where someone is from.
Where are you from?
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Write the plural: hobby → ?
hobbies
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Say in English: “I live in Samarkand.”
I live in Samarkand.
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Why is the plural of hobby “hobbies”, not “hobbys”?
When a word ends in consonant + y, y changes to ies.