Me presento: introducing yourself
Six sentences will get you through almost any first conversation in Spanish. This lesson builds them and then makes them yours.
Part of your national curriculum
- Speaking: Ask and answer questions and take part in short role plays on familiar topics
Lesson overview
What you'll learn in this lesson
Ask and answer questions and take part in short role plays on familiar topics
Key learning points
- • The core phrases
- • Asking back
- • Tú and usted
This lesson at a glance
- 20 minutes
- 19 parts to scroll through
- 4 quick checks
- Marked quiz at the end
- Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses
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Me presento: introducing yourself
Six sentences will get you through almost any first conversation in Spanish. This lesson builds them and then makes them yours.
In a nutshell
Ask and answer questions and take part in short role plays on familiar topics
Learning cycle
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Learning cycle 1 of 2
Part 1 · The core phrases
A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.
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The core phrases
Me llamo Savannah — my name is Savannah. Tengo trece años — I am thirteen (Spanish uses tener, to have, for age, not ser). Soy de Inglaterra — I am from England. Vivo en Bristol — I live in Bristol. Hablo inglés y un poco de español.
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Asking back
¿Cómo te llamas? ¿Cuántos años tienes? ¿De dónde eres? ¿Dónde vives? Note the opening question mark ¿ — Spanish opens as well as closes a question, which tells a reader the intonation before they start the sentence.
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Part 2 · Tú and usted
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Tú and usted
Tú is informal, for people your own age and family. Usted is formal, for adults you do not know, and it takes the same verb ending as él/ella: ¿Cómo se llama usted? Getting this right is a politeness signal, not a grammar detail.
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
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Worked example
Model: a short introduction
Hola, me llamo Savannah y tengo trece años. Soy inglesa y vivo en Bristol con mi familia. Me encantan los animales, sobre todo los leopardos. Estudio español porque quiero viajar por Sudamérica. — Notice 'inglesa' with an -a because Savannah is female, and 'me encantan' plural because 'los animales' is plural.
Challenge round
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Game · Sort it
Which of these are true?
Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.
True
Not true
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Challenge round
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Game · Recall cards
Which reply best answers 'Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire le week-end ?'
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Mastery quiz
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Marked quiz
End of lesson quiz: Me presento: introducing yourself
4 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.
1. Which reply best answers 'Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire le week-end ?'
2. How do you say 'My name is...' in French?
3. Which verb does French use to say your age?
4. What does 'Comme ci, comme ça' mean?
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Ask and answer questions and take part in short role plays on familiar topics