FUNCTION: How to Introduce Yourself in
English | Self Introduction
Introduce Yourself: Name
Question: What’s your name?
Answers:
§ My name is …/ I’m …
§ My full/ first/ last name is …
§ You can call me …/ They call me …/ Please call me …/ Everyone calls me …
§ My nick name is …
Self Introduction: Country
Questions:
Where are you from?/ Where do you come from?
Where were you born?
Answers:
§ I’m from …/ I hail from …/ I come from …/ My hometown is …/ I’m originally from
… (country)
§ I’m … (nationality)
§ I was born in …
Introduce Yourself: Address
Question: Where do you live?/ What’s your address?
Answers:
§ I live in … / My address is … (city)
§ I live on … (name) street
§ I spent most of my life in …
§ I have lived in … for/ since …
§ I grew up in …
Self Introduction: Age
Question: How old are you?
Answers:
§ I’m … years old.
§ I’m …
§ I’m over/ almost/ nearly …
§ I am around your age.
§ I’m in my early twenties/ late thirties
Introduce Yourself: Family
Questions:
How many people are there in your family?
Who do you live with?/ With whom do you live?
Do you have any sibling?
Answers:
§ 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.
Self Introduction: Birthday/ Phone number
Questions:
What is your date of birth?/ When is your birthday?
What is your phone number?
Answers:
§ My birthday is on …
§ My phone number is …
Introduce Yourself: Jobs
Questions:
What do you do?/ What do you do for living?/ What’s your job?/ What sort of work
do you do?/ What line of work are you in?
What did you want to be when you grew up?
Answers:
§ I am a/ an …
§ I work as a/ an …
§ I work for (company) … as a/ an …
§ I’m unemployed./ I am out of work./ I have been made redundant./ I am between jobs.
Useful jobs for self introduction: teacher, nurse, secretary, manager, cleaner,
policeman, builder, engineer, businessman, fire fighter, postman, doctor, architect,
farmer, …
Self Introduction: Hobbies
Questions:
What’s your hobby?/ What do you like?/ What do you like to do?/ What’s your
favorite … ?
Answers:
§ I like/ love/ enjoy/ … (sports/ movies/ …/)
§ I am interested in …
§ I am good at …
§ My hobby is …/ I am interesting in …
Introduce Yourself: Education
Questions:
Where do you study?
What do you study? / What is your major?
Answers:
§ I’m a student at … (school)
§ I study at …/ I am at …/ I go to … (school)
§ I study … (majors)
§ My major is …
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