- Pori Ayesha is a female Facebook member from Mirpur, Dhaka. She is a student at Dhaka Commerce College and does outsourcing work involving the internet. Her interests include music, movies, and adventure stories. She is a fan of Shah Rukh Khan and the James Bond series. She knows her strengths and weaknesses, which makes her confident. - The document provides instructions and activities for English language learners. It includes exercises where students fill out a Facebook profile, introduce each other, participate in interviews about themselves, match relationship terms, and complete grammar exercises using forms of "to be" in dialog. An autobiography writing activity is also included where students write about themselves.

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LESSON-1 KNOW THYSELF
FFF sent an e-mail to introduce Pori to Munna in text box
1.1.
Basic Information (Face book Wall)
Sex: Female
Birthday: May 7, 1993
Hometown: Mirpur, Dhaka
Relationship Status: Single
Interested In: Men & Women
Looking For: Friendship
Activity1:
Look at the email posted by FFF where he has introduced Pori as his fb friend in textbox 1.1.
Read it carefully with your partner. Now answer the following questions to your buddy:
 Who is Pori Ayesha? ...........................................................................................................
 What does she do? ............................................................................................................
 What’s her interest? ............................................................................................................
 What are her favorite Actors? ...............................................................................................
 What’s made her confident? .................................................................................................
Dear Munna, the pretty young lady in the picture is a
facebook member. Her name is Pori Ayesha. She hails from
Mirpur and is very friendly in nature.
She is a student of Dhaka Commerce College. She is
involved with internet in outsourcing. She has countless
interests from music to movies. She watches Drama serial
on T.V. When it comes to movies she is mad about King
Shah Rukh Khan. She likes James Bond Series for its action.
Pori loves to read adventure stories and she herself is
adventurous too. She knows her strengths and weaknesses
more than anyone else does. And that’s make her so
confident about herself. She is what she is. Take it or leave
it! She is available at pori.aysha@yahoo.com
Its’ me, FFF

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Activity 2: Pair works
Becoming a Face book member: Writing Task
Fill in the Form below to register yourself for a membership in Face book. Then swap your
worksheet with your partner.
Basic Information
Name:
Sex:
Birthday:
Hometown:
Parents’ Occupation:
Last Educational institute Attended.
(Name & Dist)
Personal Information:
Activities:
Interests:
Favorite Music:
Favorite TV Shows:
Favorite Movies:
Favorite Books:
About Me:
Activity 3: Pair work
Introducing Others: Spoken Drill
Now as you have already swapped your workbooks with your partners, take a quick look at the
information provided by your partner in the registration form. Now, introduce your partner to
others as you go through his or her profile that he/she has filled in. Everybody should try to
differ in manner and style to introduce his/her partner. You should try to cover as much
information about him/her as possible in a brief manner. Once you are finished exchange your
workbooks with your partner once again.

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Activity 4: Group work
Know thou self: Spoken drill
Form small groups of 5-7 people each. In each group 3 people would act as the panel of
Interviewers and others would act as the interviewees.
The Interviewers would ask question to each Interviewee one after another. Each interviewer can
ask 3/ 4 questions to a single interviewee. The Interviewee must reply to the questions with
credible information.
Each Interview should be completed within 4-5 minutes. Below are some clues for forming
questions which would be asked to the interviewees. The interviewees must give replies relevant
to the question asked.
1. Place of birth 7. Top or bottom class
2. Occupation of parents 8. How hard you worked
3. Place where you grew up 9. The games you played
4. Brothers / sisters 10. Your money situation
5. Family likeness and differences 11. How you spent your money
6. When you started school 12. Where you spent your holidays
Activity 5: Individual work
Now first match the words on the left with the correct relationship meaning on the right.
1. Nephew a. person I study with
2. Niece b. my father’s brother
3. Roommate c. person I live beside
4. Colleague d. my husband’s mother
5. Neighbor e. person I am engaged to marry
6. Fiancé f. my uncle’s daughter
7. Classmate g. my sister’s son
8. Cousin h. person I share my apartment with
9. Mother-in-law i. my father’s sister
10. Father-in-law j. person I work with
11. Uncle k. my brother’s daughter
12. Aunt l. my husband’s father

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Activity6: Pair work
Look at the Dialogue first. Carefully notice the use of verb ‘to be’:
Dialogue 1:
This is the story about Linda and Brian. Read how they get to know each other in 10
edutaining lessons.
Brian: Hello, what are you doing here?
Linda: Hello, I am Linda! This is my younger sister, and we are waiting here for our friend
Carla. She is in the department store over there, and we are already tired. Who are you?
Brian: Oh, I am Brian. Yes, I am also waiting for a friend. He is in the department store, too.
Are you here often?
Linda: We are here every day. Hahaha.
Brian: Yes, the department store is very big! Hahaha.
Linda: Look! There she is.
Brian: My friend is there too! Hey, what are you doing tonight?
Linda: We are going to the cinema! And you?
Brian: First, we are drinking something and then … we do not know yet. My friend is here since
this morning. He is just on vacation here.
Linda: Are you also new here?
Brian: Yes, I am actually from Germany, and my friend is from Sweden. My father, however, is
British.
Linda: Oh, that is interesting. Unfortunately, I have to go. You are very nice.
Brian: Thanks! You are too! Maybe I will see you around!
Grammar 1: Personal Pronouns, Forms of “to be” – Present Tense:
Singular: Plural:
1. I am 1. We are
2. You are 2. You are
3. He is, she is, it is 3. They are

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Fill in the correct form of “to be”.
Brian: Hello, what ______ you doing here? Linda: Hello, I ____ Linda! This is my
younger sister and we ______ waiting here for our friend Carla. She ____ in the
department store over there and we ______ already tired. Who ______ you? Brian: Oh I
____ Brian. Yes, I ____ waiting for a friend. He ____ in the department store, too.
______ you here often? Linda: We ______ here every day. Hahaha. Brian: Yes, the
department store ____ very big! Hahaha. Linda: Look! There she ____ . Brian: My friend
____ there too! And what ______ you doing tonight? Linda: We _____ going to the
cinema! And you? Brian: First, we ______ drinking something and then … we do not
know yet. My friend ____ here since this morning. He ____ just on vacation here. Linda:
______ you also new here? Brian: Yes, I ____ actually from Germany and my friend
____ from Sweden. My father, however, ____ British. Linda: Oh, that _____ interesting.
Unfortunately, I have to go. You ______ very nice. Brian: Thanks! You ______ too!
Maybe I will see you around!
Fill in the correct personal pronoun
Brian: Hello, what are ______ doing here? Linda: Hello, __ am Linda! This is my
younger sister and ____ are waiting here for our friend Carla. ______ is in the department
store over there, and ____ are already tired. Who are ______ ? Brian: Oh, __ am Brian.
Yes, __ am also waiting for a friend. ____ is in the department store, too. Are ______
here often? Linda: ____ are here every day. Hahaha. Brian: Yes, the department store is
very big! Hahaha. Linda: Look! There ______ is. Brian: My friend is there too! And what
are ______ doing tonight? Linda: _____ are going to the cinema! And where are you?
Brian: First, ____ are drinking something and then … ____ do not know yet. My friend is
here since this morning. ____ is just on vacation here. Linda: Are ______ also new here?
Brian: Yes, ____ am actually from Germany and my friend is from Sweden. My father,
however, is British. Linda: Oh, that is interesting. Unfortunately, __ have to go. ______
are very nice. Brian: Thanks! ______ are too! Maybe __ will see you around!
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Activity7: Individual Task
Autobiography: Writing Task
Carefully read the following Autobiographies written by ESL learners studying at the
intermediate level. Then write a similar Autobiography of yourself in the work sheet.
Diletta
I was born in Florence, a very fine Italian city. My father is a businessman. He imports and
exports coral and everything which ladies love. My mother is a housewife. I grew up in Florence
with a brother, Leonard, who came from India, and a sister who is like me, but she's blond. My
sister and I are like our father, but I'm like my mother too. When I started school, I was in the
middle class and I didn't work very hard! My brother and I invented many games - one day we
were in the "Far West", another day we were mother and child..... Both my brother and my sister
are younger than me. When my sister was a little older,, we all played together. Our parents used
to give us all the money we needed, without exaggeration. We spent this on everything we
needed - cinema tickets, books, petrol for the motorcycle etc.
Hsiu-feng
I was born in a city in Taiwan called Taipei. My father was a restaurant manager and my mother
was a housewife. I started school in Taipei when I was six. I had two older sisters. They were
both very intelligent and were always in the top class. We used to play with the other children in
our street. We played baseball and rode bicycles in a field near our house. When I was eight, I
learned ballet and also started painting. My dream was to be a ballet dancer. My favourite times
were during the school holidays. In the summer, we visited my grandparents' house. They lived
near the seaside. They were friendly and interesting. I loved them and we all enjoyed our
summers there.
Sara
I was born in a small town called Recco, near Portafino. My father was a clerk in the bank where
he still works and my mother was and is a secretary. During my early childhood, my family
moved house four times. I started school in Recco when I was six. I was an only child - I don't

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have any brothers or sisters. I was usually in the middle class since I didn't study very hard. I
spent my money on sweets and ice-cream, but spent my holidays in the mountains.