📋 Lesson Contents
🗣️ Speaking: Introducing Yourself (A1)
Saying where you are from and what you do is the first real step in English. Try it now!
🗣️ SPEAKING CHALLENGE
10-step challenge 🐈⬛☕
🎓 A Word from Prof. Meow Meow
Note: the simulator checks only for the key grammar structures. The Prof. looks at whether you can build the sentence correctly: if the foundations are solid, you get the reward. The goal here is to unlock your spoken fluency, not dictionary perfection!
1. The Basics: The Verb To Be ⚡
In English, introducing yourself is almost all about the verb to be (I am / I’m). The golden rule: don’t translate word for word from your own language, especially expressions with the verb have.
- ✅ Age: I am 20 years old. (In English you “are” an age, you don’t “have” it. Forget the verb have!)
- ✅ Name: I am Marco / My name is Marco. (Don’t say “I call myself Marco”.)
2. The Most Common Mistakes 🗝️
Here is a summary of the fixed structures to memorise, so you avoid big mistakes when you talk about where you are from or what you do.
Identity, Age and Job 🆔
| What you want to say 💬 | Correct ✅ | Common mistake ❌ |
|---|---|---|
| Name | My name’s… / I’m… | I call… |
| Età | I am… years old | I have… years |
| Job | I am a/an… [job] | I do the… / I make the… |
Origin and Home 🗺️
| What you want to say 💬 | Correct ✅ | Common mistake ❌ |
|---|---|---|
| Country of origin | I’m from… | I’m [Country] (It means: “I am the whole country”) |
| City where you live | I live in… | I live at… |
| Replying to a greeting | Nice to meet you too | Nice to meet (Without ‘you’ it is incomplete) |