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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.

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
  • 15 parts to scroll through
  • 4 quick checks
  • Marked quiz at the end
  • Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses

Words to know

answerquestionsfamiliartopicsphrases

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Me presento: introducing yourself

An English teaching video on this topic from Book Time with Mel📚. Watch it, then scroll down for the lesson.

In a nutshell

Ask and answer questions and take part in short role plays on familiar topics

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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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Learn

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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Quick check

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Quick check

Which verb is used for age in Spanish?

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Quick check

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Quick check

What does ¿Cómo te llamas? mean?

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Reset break

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Pause

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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.

Stop here for now
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Learning cycle

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Part 2 · Tú and usted

A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.

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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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Quick check

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Quick check

Which is the formal way to ask someone's name?

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Quick check

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Quick check

Why does Savannah write 'inglesa'?

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Explore the idea

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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.

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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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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. 1. Which verb is used for age in Spanish?

  2. 2. What does ¿Cómo te llamas? mean?

  3. 3. Which is the formal way to ask someone's name?

  4. 4. Why does Savannah write 'inglesa'?

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Luna: 0 out of 4 on the practice checks. Only if you feel up to it — one more?

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Do the work

Your written work for this lesson

This is the part you'd do in your book at school. Pick the pieces below, write here or on paper, and photograph anything you draw or work out.

Extract

Une journée à Lyon

Samedi matin, je me lève à sept heures et demie. Je prends le petit déjeuner avec ma sœur — du pain, du beurre et un chocolat chaud. Ensuite, nous prenons le bus jusqu'au centre-ville.

J'aime beaucoup Lyon parce qu'il y a un grand marché près du fleuve. Ma sœur préfère les magasins, mais moi, je préfère le marché : c'est moins cher et c'est plus intéressant. À midi, nous mangeons un sandwich au parc.

L'après-midi, il commence à pleuvoir, alors nous rentrons à la maison en tram. Le soir, je fais mes devoirs et je regarde un film avec mes parents.

Original text written for Good Learning Co.

Reading questions

  1. In English, say what the writer does in the morning, at midday and in the evening.
  2. Find the phrases that give an opinion and a reason, and copy them out.
  3. Write 8–10 sentences about your own Saturday, using at least three phrases from the text.

  • Written practice

    Writing

    Write the sentences out in the language, then translate them back into English.

    8–10 sentences

  • Vocabulary page

    Working out

    Copy the new words, cover them, and test yourself. Note the ones you keep missing.

    15 words

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