Writing About Yourself

When you go for a job, the employer will ask lots of questions about you. He or she wants to know if you will be a good person to employ. He or she wants to know about your exams, your experience doing other jobs, about your hobbies and interests, and about what sports you are good at.

TASKS

1. Write four paragraphs about yourself. Make sure you talk about these things:

2. Check your spelling.

3. Put your name, form and the date on the page.

4. Print it out.


HELPFUL WORDS TO USE

Exams

Next year I will take ..... GSCEs in.....

I am good at ....

My best subject is ......

EnglishMathsDramaPE
ArtHumanitiesScienceFrench


Work Experience

I have never worked.

I worked for ..... months at.......

My job was to ......

I liked working because

I didn't like working because.....


Hobbies and Interests

I like .... very much because.......

I am good at ........

Every week I .....

I do my hobby .... hours every week.

fixing carslistening to musiccollecting .... riding bike
meeting friendscookingmaking ..... helping others


Sports

My favourite sport is...... because

I play in a team .....

I support ..... football club.

footballbasketballrunningathletics
rugbyswimmingnetballhockey


Languages

I can speak .... languages.

I speak .....

I think it is good to speak several languages because ....


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