Learn the Top 10 English Lines you Need for Introducing Yourself
Hi everybody! My name is Alisha and
welcome back to top words today’s topic
is 10 lines you need for introducing
yourself. So let’s go!
Hello. It’s nice to meet you.
Hello. It’s nice to meet you. You can only
use this the first time that you meet
someone if you say this to somebody
after you have met them already, you’re
going to seem either A) like you’ve
completely forgotten meeting them or B)
like you are a very strange person for
saying it’s nice to meet you again. So
when you use this the first time you can
shake hands with someone and say
Hello. It’s nice to meet you.
My name is…
the next phrase is my name is blah blah blah.
my case my name is Alisha. You can use
this again when you’re introducing
yourself, or if you need to re-introduce
yourself, you can use this pattern when
you meet somebody at a party, for example,
you can say my name is… My name is
Barbara. My name is Stevens. You can
shorten this you can say my name’s.
My name’s blah blah blah.
I’m from…
after you said your name after you shaking
hands you can say, I’m from US. I’m from
Japan. I’m from Turkey. I’m from your mom’s house.
I’m from a cave in southern Europe.
I’m from your country, or I’m from your
city. I’m from the future!
I live in…
I live in blah, blah, blah.
You can use your city, you can use your country, you can
use even maybe if you live near a
certain station you can use the name of
the station, where you live. So for
example, I live in America, it’s fine.
I live in Los Angeles, is fine. I live in
New York, is fine. So your neighborhood is
fine. If someone says where do you live
and you say I live in an apartment… What?
So please use your, the region or the
location where you live, not the type of
place where you live.
I’m a…
if you hear the question “what do you do?” It’s asking
about your job. In English people don’t
say “what is your job”, that’s not the
question that we asked. Instead the
question is “what do you do” and the
correct response to that is I’m a…
or I’m an… blah blah blah, followed by
your job title. So if someone says what
do you do? you can say, I’m a teacher. What do you do?
I’m an engineer. What do you do?
I’m a donut - shop - tester.
I’m … years old.
When someone asks “how old are you?”
You can say I’m blah blah blah
years old. Don’t forget the S
at the end of this. If you like, you can
shorten this phrase to just “I’m (plus your age).”
So I’m 65. I’m 13. Whatever. I’m this many. Sometimes children will say that “how
old are you?” I’m this many! Kind of cute.
First time you meet someone who might
not ask how old are you. If it’s in a
friendly case and a party after you’ve
spoken to the person a little bit, it’s
ok, but just trying to be sensitive to
the context, try to be sensitive to the
people around you. And if you sense that
maybe there’s a very large age gap
between you, might be better not to ask
the question at all.
I enjoy…
Many of my students say “what is your hobby?” but
that’s not something that native
speakers will say. No native speaker say
“what is your hobby?” Instead, we ask
“what do you like to do?” or “what do you do in
your free time?” It’s a much more natural
question then “what’s your hobby”. The
answer to this then is I enjoy or I like
plus a noun phrase. so for example “what
do you like to do?” I like listening to
music, or I enjoy listening to music. “What
do you do in your free time?” I like
watching movies. “what do you do in your
free time?” I like baking cakes. “What do
you do in your free time?” I enjoy tap dancing.
“What do you do in your free time?”
I enjoy making new friends.
One of my hobbies is…
One of my hobbies is blah, blah,
blah. With this one, it’s probably better
to use a short, easily, easy-to-understand
hobby. If you’re explaining a hobby
people are going to expect that it’s
going to be something that they know
about, like photography, or cooking, or
dancing, or swimming, or whatever. So try
to pick something that will allow you to
continue the conversation. That’s why
movies, or cooking
or books, or, you know, sports, are good thing to share.
One of my hobbies is snowboarding.
I’ve been learning English for…
if you are learning English, if you’re studying
English, you can use this expression. If
someone asks you “how long have you been
studying English?” you can say, I’ve been
studying English for amount of time, or
I’ve been learning english, or I’ve been
practicing English, or I’ve been speaking
English for a certain amount of time.
I’ve been studying English since
elementary school is also OK to use. I’ve
been studying English since I was in
college just be careful “for” is used for
a length of time, and “since” is used for a
specific point in time at which you
started something. So you can try and mix
it up and use a few different
expressions there. So, I’ve been learning
English for a long time, I’m still
learning English, you shouldn’t do that too. Ok!
I’m learning English at EnglishClass10 1.com
This probably could be used in response to “where did you learn English?” or “where are you studying
English?” or “how are you studying English?”
You can respond with I’m learning
English at EnglishClass101.com, or
I’m learning English at my school, I’m
learning English at my private teachers
house, for example. So a little bit of
grammar in this sentence, why do we use
the progressive tense I’m learning
English? If you say “I’m learning” it
sounds like you’re still continuing your
studies; if you say “I learned English” at
EnglishClass101.com it sounds
like you’re finished. I like you you’re
finished studying, there’s nothing else
for you to study, so you’re done.
So it’s much much more natural to actually
use the progressive “I’m learning” or “I’m
studying” when you’re talking about your
studies when you’re talking about your
hobbies, that is to say I learned or I
studied and and and and so those are 10
lines that you need to introduce
yourself and they help give the other
person a little bit of information and
carry the conversation forward. So
please try them, go crazy with them, make
them your own. Thanks very much for
joining us for this episode of Top Words
We’ll see you again soon. Bye!
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