How to Describe Yourself in English 🙂 (Also 10 Things You Might Not Know About Me!)

- Hi, Bob the Canadian here.

In this English lesson,

I'm going to help you learn how to talk about yourself

in English and I'm going to do that by talking about myself.

I know this seems a little bit funny

but what I'm going to do

is I'm going to share over 10 things about me,

10 things about my life

that I've never told any of you before

in a previous English lesson

and as I do that, I will put the sentences on the screen

so that you can see model sentences that you can use

when you want to talk about yourself in English.

(calm music)

Well, hey, welcome to this English lesson

where you're going to learn how to talk about yourself

in English by listening to me talk about myself.

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just a little bit more English.

There are a few things that you might already know about me.

If you've watched any of my other English lessons,

you'll know that my favorite color is orange.

My favorite food is pizza.

You might even know that I eat a banana almost every day.

My favorite season is winter

and you might know that I speak two languages.

I speak English and I also speak French

but what you might not know about me

is that I'm afraid of heights.

When you talk about yourself in English,

sometimes you'll want to mention

the things that you are afraid of

and the way you do it is by saying I'm afraid

and then you mention the thing.

I'm afraid of heights.

I could also say I'm scared of heights.

I do not like climbing up to the top of tall things

like this silo.

So I'm afraid of heights.

You might be afraid of other things

then you would say things like I'm afraid of spiders

or I'm afraid of snakes or I'm afraid of mice.

I'm actually a little bit afraid of snakes.

The second thing you might not know about me

is that I'm a middle child.

I have an older brother and I have an older sister.

I have a younger brother and I have a younger sister.

I am the middle child.

When you describe yourself in English,

when you talk about yourself in English,

you'll want to be able to talk about your family.

Maybe you'll say things like I'm the oldest in my family

or I'm the youngest in my family

or I have two brothers and two sisters.

Either way, when you talk about yourself,

you'll want to be able to describe your family,

you'll want to be able to describe your siblings

and where you fall in the birth order.

A third thing you might not know about me

is that I don't really like American television shows.

I know, I'm sorry to all of the Americans who are watching.

I prefer television shows from Britain or from France.

I don't really like American television shows.

When you are talking about yourself in English,

you'll want to use the same structure that I just used.

When you mention something that you don't like,

you'll want to mention something that you do like.

It just makes your conversation more interesting.

So you might say things like this.

I don't like hotdogs, I prefer hamburgers

or I don't like pizza, I prefer lasagna.

I don't know who that would be though.

I think most people prefer pizza.

Anyways, when you are talking about yourself in English,

you'll often want to talk about things you don't like

but then immediately mention something that you do.

The fourth thing you might not know about me is this.

I was born in Canada

but my family is originally from Holland.

I am the son of immigrant parents.

My parents came from Holland many, many years ago.

When you talk about yourself in English,

you'll want to be able to talk a little bit

about your family history.

You'll want to be able to talk about where you were born

and you might say things like this.

I was born in Paris, France

and my family has lived there for hundreds of years

or you might have a story

that's a little more similar to mine.

You might say I was born

in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

and my family is originally from Italy.

So when you talk about yourself in English,

you'll wanna be able to talk a little bit

about your family history and where you originally came from

or if where you live now

is where your family has lived forever.

The fifth thing I wanted to share with you

is that I grew up out in the country.

When you are having a conversation in English

and you are talking about yourself,

sometimes people will ask, where did you grow up

and common answers to that question would be,

I grew up in the country, I grew up in the city.

You might even name the city that you grew up in.

So if someone says, where did you grow up,

you might say, oh, I grew up in Toronto

or I grew up out in the country or I grew up on a farm.

The sixth thing I wanted to share with you

is that I love technology.

I have always loved technology.

I remember when I was a kid when I was 10 or 11,

my parents bought a computer and I loved it

and ever since then, I have loved technology.

It is one of my favorite things in the whole world.

It's one of the reasons why I have a YouTube channel.

When you are talking about yourself in English,

you'll wanna talk about something that you love to do

or something that you love.

In fact, I'm kind of curious, what do you love to do?

What do you love in this world?

Let me know in the comments below.

I'm really curious.

I don't know if I'll have time to respond to them all

but I'll definitely read them all.

So I love technology.

What do you love?

Another thing you might not know about me

is that I drink coffee and I drink decaf coffee.

I usually have one mug of decaf coffee every morning

and I drink it from this mug

that my friend Miroslav sent to me.

I drink decaf coffee because years ago I had heart surgery

or a few years ago I had heart surgery

and they told me I'm not allowed to have caffeine anymore

and I used to love having caffeinated coffee.

It would really give me a surge of energy every morning

but right now I just drink decaf coffee every morning.

So again, I'm curious, what do you drink for breakfast?

Maybe you have a cup of tea.

Maybe you have a cup of orange juice.

Maybe you have a really yummy cup of coffee

that has caffeine in it

or maybe you're like me and you just have a cup of decaf.

Let me know in the comments below.

I'm curious.

The eighth thing that I wanted to share with you

is that I have never purchased a brand new vehicle.

I always buy used vehicles

that have very low kilometers on them.

I do this because A, new vehicles are very expensive

and I can't afford one

and B, I just think it's a better idea.

A vehicle like this is kind of ugly to look at

but because it was cheap

and it has very low kilometers on it,

it will be a very reliable vehicle for me for years to come.

So I've never bought a brand new vehicle.

There's no real English lesson for this segment.

Sorry about that but one other thing about me,

I've never bought a brand new vehicle.

When I was younger, I used to be a construction worker.

During the summers, I would work for my uncle.

I would go to university during the school year

and when I came home, I helped my uncle build houses.

I used to be a construction worker.

When you are talking about yourself in English,

it's cool to be able to talk about things

that you used to do.

I talked about a job that I used to have

and that is the sentence that you would use.

You would say I used to be a construction worker.

I used to go skiing.

I used to stay up late and get up really early

and it didn't have any effect on me

unlike today where I stayed up late.

Now I'm feeling really tired but yes,

when I was younger, I used to, oops.

I used to be a construction worker.

If someone was to ask me this question,

Bob, what is your favorite thing to do,

my answer would probably be this, I love reading.

My favorite thing to do

is to read a good science fiction novel.

When you talk about yourself in English,

you'll want to be able to talk about your hobbies.

So you'll say things like I like cooking

or if you really like cooking,

you might say, I love cooking.

You might say, I like gardening

or if you're like me, you might say, I love reading

but certainly when you are talking about yourself

in English,

you'll want to be able to talk about your hobbies

and which one you like the best.

I know all of you live in beautiful countries

but the country I really want to visit,

the country I really want to go and visit someday is France.

I really want to go to France.

I have spent so much time during my life

learning the French language.

I would love to visit the country of France.

Again, I apologize to all of you.

I know everyone has a beautiful country

and everyone would love it if I would come and visit

but if I had a chance, I would visit France.

By the way, let me know in the comments below,

if you could go on a trip this year,

what country would you go visit?

Well, hey, thank you so much

for watching this little English lesson

where I shared 10 or so things about myself

and I hope along the way

you were able to learn just a little bit more English.

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