English for Catholics of Other Languages

Personal identification

Vocabulary and phrases

My name is Father Michael.  I'm thirty nine years old.  I live in England.  I was born in Wales in 1967.  I have two brothers, James and Thomas and one sister called Jane.  I have been a priest for 9 years.  I work in the Diocese of Middlesbrough.  I speak English and a little French.

My name is ... I'm ..... years old. I live in ....                Manchester                the Vatican City                England                Spain                the Ukraine                the United Kingdom                the Czech Republic I have = I have got ..                a brother = 1                a sister = 1                2,3,4..brothers                2,3,4..sisters My sister/brother is called ... I work in ...                 the Diocese of...                 the Parish of...                 the church                 the hospital                 the school I speak ...                English                Spanish                German                Latin                Greek I am = I'm I was born....         in 1967         in November         on the 1st of January 1967 I have been a priest for...years.

Questions: ask and answer What is your name?                         My name is ... How old are you?                              I am ... years old. Where do you live?                           I live in ... Do you have any brothers or sisters?             Yes, I have ...                                                                                 No, I don't. What is your sister called?             She is called ... What is your brother called?          He is called ... Where do you work?                        I work in ... Do you speak [English]?                Yes, I do / No, I don't                                                             Yes, a little. When were you born?                    I was born ... How long have you been a ....?    I have been a ... for ...[years]

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1 - 10: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. 11-20: eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen,           sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty. 21: twenty-one, 30: thirty, 39: thirty-nine, 46: fourty-six 1967: (19) nineteen (67) sixty-seven = nineteen sixty-seven 2006: (2000) two thousand (6) and six I am a ... priest / nun / bishop / nurse / doctor / teacher. I am the ... parish priest / bishop of Barcelona / the Pope.

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