LEARNER’S NAME: DATE: ADULT CENTRE: This LAB was created by Denise Morel, Marisa Campanella, Clara Rantucci-Barone on behalf of Cosmo Della Rocca, Director of Adult Education and Vocational Services, EMSB ACTIVITY 1: Reading and Surveying Forms 1 FOCUS ON LANGUAGE: Capitalization and Abbreviations 8 FOCUS ON LANGUAGE: Writing and Saying Dates in English 14 FOCUS ON LANGUAGE: Saying Addresses 19 FOCUS ON LANGUAGE: Asking and Answering Questions about Personal Identity 24 ACTIVITY 2: Role-play 28 IMAGE CREDITS 33 ACTIVITY 1 READING AND SURVEYING FORMS In what situations do you fill out forms? • • • Registering for a course Applying for a gym membership Registering your child at camp • • • Most forms ask for your personal information. Look at some typical forms on the next three pages. 1 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 English Course Registration Form Please Print Name:________________________________________________________________ (first) (last) Mr. Title: Gender: M Mrs. Miss Ms. F Marital status: Married Single Divorced Separated Widowed Date of birth: ________________________________ (month) (day) (year) Address: _____________________________________________________________ (no.) (street) (city/town) (province) (postal code) E-mail Address: _______________________________________________________ Tel. No.: Home:__(________)_______________ Mobile:__( ________)___________ (area code) (area code) Citizenship status: Canadian Citizen Permanent Resident Student Visa Country of origin: _______________________ Mother tongue: _________________________ Other languages (besides English): _______________________________________ Signature: ________________________________ 2 Date: ____________________ LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 Gym Registration Form USE BLOCK LETTERS Surname: Forename: (no.) Address: (street) (province) (postal code) Home phone number: Work phone number: Contact number (in case of emergency): Gender: Male Female DOB: YYYY MM Weight: kilograms Height: centimeters DD Occupation: Signature: _______________________________ Date: _______________________ 3 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 CHILD INFORMATION Family name: _____________________ Given name: __________________ Age: ____ Sex: M F DOB: ___/____/___ Grade (in September): ______ yy / mm / dd HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION Household status: Single parent Dual parent Number of people in household: ___ Language spoken at home: English Other: ___________________ (specify) First parent/guardian Family name: ___________________ Given name: ___________________ Relationship to child: Father Mother Other __________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________ (no.) (street) (city/town) (province) (postal code) Phone: Home: ________________ Work: ________________ Cell: _________________ Second parent/guardian Family name: ___________________ Given name: ___________________ Relationship to child: Father Mother Other __________________ Address: Same as above or: _________________________________________________________________ (no.) (street) (city/town) (province) (postal code) Phone: Home: ________________ Work: ________________ Cell: _______________ EMERGENCY CONTACT (Other Than Above) Authorized to Pick Up Child Full name: __________________________________ Phone: _____________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________ (no.) (street) (city/town) (province) (postal code) Relationship to child: ______________________________ 4 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 EXERCISE 1: FIND THE TERM Refer to the three forms on the previous pages and find the answers to the following questions: 1. Two other terms for first name: _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 2. Two other terms for last name: _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 3. Two titles you can use to address a married woman: _______________ or _______________ 4. A shorter word for telephone: _____________________________________ 5. An abbreviation of the word telephone: _____________________________ 6. An abbreviation of the word number: _______________________________ 7. Another term for mobile phone: ____________________________________ 8. A home where there is only one parent (either a mother or a father): ______________________________________________household. 9. H3X 2B1 is an example of a Canadian _______________________________ 10. Another term for first language (the first language a person learns at home as a child): _________________________________________________________ 5 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 EXERCIE 2: FILL OUT THE FORM Fill out the form below for Mary Lawson. Personal information about Mary Lawson is provided at the bottom of the page, but it is in mixed-up order. You must find the information that matches the heading in order to fill out the form correctly. LIBRARY VOLUNTEER Please Print Family Name: ____________________Given Name: ________________________ Gender: M F Marital status: Married Title: Mr. Single Mrs. Divorced Miss Ms. Separated Widowed DOB: ________ / ____ /____ Age:____________ yyyy mm dd Address: ______________________________ ________ __________________ (no. and street) (apt.) (city/town) _____________________ _______________ (province) (postal code) Tel. no.: _______________________ E-mail: _____________________________ Citizenship: Canadian Other _____________________________ (specify) Occupation: ______________________________ Language(s) spoken: __________________________________ Days available (circle as many as apply): M T W T F S S Signature: _____________________________ Information about Mary Lawson: - 350 Dunbar St., #212 - mlaws@go.ca - Canadian - Ms. - Secretary - Mary - free on Monday and Wednesday - Mary Lawson - Montreal - Quebec - Divorced - 35 - English, French - 514-555-1313 - 1980/06/25 - Female - Lawson - H4X 1P3 6 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 EXERCISE 3: CROSSWORD PUZZLE Use the clues to complete the puzzle. If an answer has more than one word, separate the words by a blank space. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Created on TheTeachersCorner.net Crossword Maker: http://worksheets.theteacherscorner.net/make-your-own/crossword/ Across Down 4. Capital letters are also called _____ letters 1. Marital status of someone 5. Given name (2 words) 7. The first three digits of a telephone number (indicating a particular region of a country) 8. How old a person is 9. DOB (abbreviation of …: 3 words) 10. A woman (not a man) 11. A person's complete name: first name + last name (and maybe middle name) 12. Job 15. A person's name, when it is signed personally 16. Marital status of someone who has never been married 17. Title of any woman, whether single, married or divorced whose husband/wife has died 2. Place of birth (3 words) 3. Family name (2 words) 6. A person's sexual identity (male or female) 13. Where someone lives (number, street, city, province) 14. Title of a married woman 7 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 CAPITALIZATION AND ABBREVIATIONS CAPITALIZATION USED ON FORMS When you fill out a form, many of the words you use must begin with a capital letter. Review the following rules and examples: CAPITALIZATION RULES EXAMPLES Capitalize the names of people (first name, last name, and middle name(s) John Doe; Peter Allan Jeffries; Mr. and Mrs. Smith; Suzanne Capitalize titles Mr. Smith; Mrs. Smith; Miss Smith; Ms. Smith Capitalize the names of streets (including the words “street”, “avenue” or “road” and “east” or “west”) that come after the name. Victoria Ave.; Decarie Boul.; Queen Mary Rd.; Sherbrooke St. W.; Capitalize the names of cities, towns, provinces, states Montreal; Paris; Quebec; Ontario; New York, Vermont Capitalize the names of countries and nationalities Canada/Canadian; Russia/Russian; the United States/American; China/Chinese Capitalize the letters in postal codes H2X 3R1 Capitalize the names of languages English, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Pakistani, Columbian Capitalize the days of the week Monday; Wednesday; Saturday Capitalize the months of the year January; April; July; October; December Reminder: Abbreviations (see below) of all the words above are also capitalized. 8 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 COMMON ABBREVIATIONS USED ON FORMS Abbreviation: A shortened form of a word, in writing (it does not exist in speech). The abbreviation is often, but not always, followed by a period. For example, Ave. is an abbreviation of Avenue. I. ADDRESSES Study the abbreviations below and on the next page. They are used when filling out a form or addressing an envelope or a postcard. Written Oral (How you write it on a (How you say it) form or envelope) St.* = Street St.* = Saint Sherbrooke St. Sherbrooke Street St. Catherine St. Saint Catherine Street Ave. = Avenue Parc Ave. Parc Avenue Rd. = Road Queen Mary Rd. Queen Mary Road Decarie Blvd. Decarie Boulevard St. Joseph Blvd. Saint Joseph Boulevard Blvd. = Boulevard E. = East Sherbrooke St. E. Sherbrooke Street East W. = West Sherbrooke St. W. Sherbrooke Street West Apt. = Apartment Apt. 21 Apartment twenty-one MTL/Mtl. = Montreal MTL or Mtl. Montreal QC/Que. = Quebec QC or Que. Quebec *St. can stand for Saint or Street. If it comes before the name, it stands for Saint. If it comes after the name, it stands for Street. For example: Before Name After Written: St. Catherine St. Oral: Saint Catherine Street How do you say the name of the street below? • St. Marc St. _________________________________________ Reminder: Don’t forget to capitalize addresses, including the abbreviations. 9 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 II. TITLES Title Example Used for … Pronunciation Mr. Mr. Smith A man (married or single) “Mister” Mrs. Mrs. Smith A married woman “Missus” Miss Miss Smith An unmarried woman “Miss” Ms. Ms. Smith A woman (married or single) “Miz” Reminder: Titles always begin with a capital letter III. MONTHS OF THE YEAR When you fill in your date of birth or when you write the date next to your signature, you may use an abbreviation for the month. You may also use all numbers: see Focus on Language: Writing Dates.) Note that months with four letters or fewer are not abbreviated. Month Abbreviation Month Abbreviation January Jan. July (not abbreviated) February Feb. August Aug. March Mar. September Sept. April Apr. October Oct. May (not abbreviated) November Nov. June (not abbreviated) December Dec. IV. DAYS OF THE WEEK When you write the current date next to your signature, you may wish to include the day of the week. Below are the abbreviations for the seven days of the week in English: Sunday Sun. Monday Mon. Tuesday Tue./Tues. Wednesday Wed. Saturday Sat. Thursday Th./Thur./Thurs. Sunday Sun. Friday Fri. Reminder: The names of months and days of the week are always capitalized. 10 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 IV. OTHER COMMON ABBREVIATIONS ON FORMS Some forms may also include the following abbreviations: Abbreviation Stands for … DOB: Date of birth Tel.: Telephone No.: Number (e.g. telephone number, street number) M: Male (a man) F: Female (a woman) Figure 1: htpp://daynews.com/cartoon-of-the-day/2013/01/abbreviation-10345 (Artist: Jason Polintan) 11 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 EXERCISE: CORRECT THE ERRORS The form below has been filled out, but it contains several errors in capitalization and use of abbreviations. Find the errors and make the corrections on the blank form on the next page. Form with Errors Audition Registration Form Please Print Family Name: delgado Given Name: Gender: M F Title: Mr. DOB: vito_________ Mrs. Miss Ms. september 28, 1989 Address: 2062 madison avenue (no. and street) Tel. No.: 514-555-0101 Citizenship: First language: Quebec h2y 3w8____ (province) (postal code) E-mail: delgatov@home.com canadian Country of origin: Occupation: montreal (city/town) chile________ auto mechanic_____ spanish_______ Other languages: __english, french____________ Type of act/talent: Song Dance Skit Other: ______________ Playing an instrument (type) _____________ Solo act Group act Experience as a performer: Yes Signature: No. of participants _____ No Vito Delgado Date: _wednesday, october 28, 2015 12 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 CORRECTED FORM Audition Registration Form Please Print Family Name: ___________________________ Given Name: __________________ Gender: M F Title: Mr. Mrs. Miss Ms. DOB: __________________________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________________ (no. and street) (city/town) (province) (postal code) Tel. No.: 514-555-0101 E-mail: delgatov@home.com Citizenship: __________________________ Country of origin: ____________________________ Occupation: ___auto mechanic___________ First language: ______________________ Other languages: _________________________________ Type of act/talent: Song Dance Skit Other: ________________ Playing an instrument (type) _____________ Solo act Group act Experience as a performer: Yes Signature: No. of participants ________ No Vito Delgado Date: ______________________________ 13 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 WRITING AND SAYING DATES IN ENGLISH WRITING DATES ON A FORM On a form, you may have to write your date of birth, or you may have to write the current date next to your signature. There are two basic ways to do this: 1. You can use a combination of letters and numbers; or 2. You can use only numbers. METHOD 1: USING A COMBINATION OF LETTERS AND NUMBERS • • • • Dec. 14, 1968 Apr. 18, 2011 Sept. 30, 2015 July 23, 1995 EXAMPLES Order: Month Day Year Rule: Abbrev. (Cap. + period) Number + comma Number (all 4 digits) Dec. 14, 1968 Apr. 18, 2011 Sept. 30, 2015 July* 23, 1995 Examples: *Months with fewer than 5 letters are not abbreviated. 14 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 METHOD 2: USING ONLY NUMBERS In this method, the date is written in numbers only. The month is converted to a number. For example: • • • • January = 1 (or 01) February = 2 (or 02) March = 3 (or 03) December = 12 A date has many possibilities; it depends on the order. See some of the options below. Example: Sept. 8, 2012 Method 1: Letters and numbers Sept. 8, 2012 Method 2: Numeric Dates YearMonthDay (Y – M – D) MonthDayYear (M – D – Y) DayMonthYear (D – M – Y) • 2012-9-8 • 9-8-2012 • 8-9-2012 • 2012-09-08 • 09-08-2012 • 08-09-2012 • 12/9/8 • 9/8/12 • 8/9/12 When you use Method 2, it is important to know what the order is. Most forms tell you what order to use by writing the letters Y, M and D for Year, Month and Day under the lines. Look at the following examples for Sept. 8, 2012: • 2012 / YYYY 09 / MM 08 DD • 8/ D 9/ M 12 YY • 09 / MM 09 / 2012 DD YYYY 15 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 EXERCISE 1 Write the following dates, using only numbers (Method 2), in the order indicated. 1. Dec. 21, 1998 __________ / ________ /_______ YYYY MM DD 2. Nov. 15, 2008 __________ - ________ - _______ M D YY 3. Jan. 2, 1975 DD 4. Mar. 18, 2013 MM YYYY __________ / ________ / _______ YY MM DD EXERCISE 2 Write out the date in letters and numbers, using correct spelling, capitalization and punctuation. 1. 08 / 06 / 03 YY MM DD _______________________________________________ 2. 8 / 6 / 03 D M YY _______________________________________________ 3. 08 / 06 / 2003 _______________________________________________ MM DD YYYY 16 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 The date today is… SAYING DATES ORALLY When we are speaking, we never say the month in numbers. (We would not say, “I was born on 09-21-2000”, but rather “I was born on September 21st, 2000”.) We say the date the same way as we write it according to Method 1, except that we use ordinal numbers (first, second, third, fourth, etc.) instead of cardinal numbers (one, two, three four) for the day. Compare the following examples of the written and oral forms: WRITTEN: How we write the date ORAL: How we say the date (Cardinal numbers) (Ordinal numbers) Jan. 1, 2000 January first, two thousand Jan. 2, 2000 January second, two thousand Jan. 3, 2000 January third, two thousand Jan. 4, 2000 January fourth, two thousand Jan. 5, 2000 January fifth, two thousand Jan. 16, 2000 January sixteenth, two thousand Jan. 20, 2000 January twentieth, two thousand Jan. 21, 2000 January twenty-first, two thousand Jan. 22, 2000 January twenty-second, two thousand ETC. ETC 17 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 How do we say the year? Study the following examples. Notice that after the year 2000, there is more than one way to say the year. Before 2000 Written 1997 Oral • Nineteen ninety-seven Between 2000-2009 Written 2000 Oral • Two thousand From 2010 - Oral Written 2010 • • • • 1975 • Nineteen seventy-five 2004 • • Two thousand and four Two thousand four 2012 • • • 1850 • Eighteen fifty 2008 • • Two thousand and eight Two thousand eight 2015 • • 18 I was born in… Two thousand and ten Two thousand ten Twenty ten Two thousand and twelve Two thousand twelve Twenty twelve Two thousand and fifteen Two thousand fifteen Twenty fifteen LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 SAYING ADDRESSES I. HOW TO SAY HOUSE AND APARTMENT NUMBERS When you are giving your address to someone orally (e.g. on the telephone, in a taxi), there are different ways to say the house number (or the apartment number), depending on the number of digits in the address. What is a digit? A digit is one of the 10 symbols (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) that make up a number. Every number has one or more digits. For example, the numbers 8, 29, 351, and 1471 all have a different number of digits. Look at the table below: My address is… Number 1 digit 8 2 digits 3 digits 4 digits 8 29 2, 9 351 3, 5, 1 1470 1, 4, 7, 0 Study the table on the following page. It shows you the different ways to say addresses in English, depending on how many digits are in the address. The same rules apply to both house addresses (e.g. 720 Clarke St.) and apartment numbers (e.g. Apt. 516). 19 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 TABLE: HOW DO I SAY IT? 1 AND 2 DIGIT NUMBERS I digit • 8 EXACT HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS Exact hundreds Clarke St. • (eight) • Apt. 3 800 Clarke St. 3 DIGIT NUMBERS Option 1: Say each digit as a single number. • (eight hundred) • (three) 2300 Clarke St. 5600 Clarke St. Option 1: Say each digit as a single number. • 862 Clarke St. • (fifty-six hundred) 5 3 0 Clarke St. • (five three oh*) • 502 Clarke St.** Exact thousands • 79 Clarke St. (seventy-nine) • Apt. 24 (twenty-four) • 5000 Clarke St. (five thousand) Option 2: Say the first digit as a single number and group the last two digits together as a number *** • 495 • 862 • Apt. 5945 Clarke St. (fifty-nine forty-five) • Clarke St. (eight sixty-two) 7 9 0 9 Clarke St. Option 2: Group the first two digits and the last two digits together as numbers. Clarke St. (four ninety-five) 4 6 3 0 Clarke St. (seven nine oh* nine) • • 2 0 2 1 Clarke St. (four six three oh*) (five oh* two) 2 digits Clarke St. (two oh* two one) (eight six two) • 5945 (five nine four five) (four nine five) • (twenty-three hundred) • 4 9 5 Clarke St. 4 DIGIT NUMBERS 2021 Clarke St. (twenty twenty-one) • 320 4630 Clarke St. (forty-six thirty) (three twenty) Exception:**** • 7909 Clarke St. (seventy-nine oh* nine) * When saying addresses, the digit 0 (zero) is pronounced orally as the letter O (oh). ** When the middle digit is 0, you must use Option 1. *** Option 2 cannot be used if the middle digit is zero (0). **** If the third digit is zero (0), you can only group the first two digits together; the last two digits are spoken individually. 20 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 II. HOW TO ASK FOR AND GIVE AN ADDRESS What’s your address? How do you ask for an address in English? How do you give an address? Ask for an address Give an address What is/What’s the address of … The address is … / It’s … - St. Joseph’s Oratory? The Atwater Market? City Hall? What is/What’s your address? - 3800 Queen Mary Rd. 138 Atwater Ave. 275 Notre Dame St. E. My address is … / It’s ... III. PRACTICE ASKING FOR AND GIVING ADDRESSES Sherbrooke Street and St. Catherine Street are two major streets in Montreal. You can find many schools, stores and entertainment venues on these two streets. Below are some examples. You will have to find their addresses. Schools Sherbrooke St. • • • St. Catherine St. • Stores Entertainment Dawson College McGill University Concordia University (Loyola Campus) Westmount High School • The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts The Botanical Gardens • Place des Arts • The Metropolis • • • • • Ogilvy’s Department Store The Apple Store The Eaton Centre The Bay 21 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 WORKSHEET FOR PARTNER A Ask your partner for the street addresses that are missing on your list and write them in the blank spaces. Answer your partner’s questions. Westmount High School The Eaton Centre 1350 St. Catherine St. W. 705 St. Catherine St. W. Dawson College The Bay Place des Arts McGill University 845 Sherbrooke St. W. Concordia University The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 1380 Sherbrooke St. W. The Botanical Gardens Ogilvy’s Department Store 1307 St. Catherine St. The Apple Store The Metropolis Concert Hall 59 St. Catherine St. E. 22 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 WORKSHEET FOR PARTNER B Ask your partner for the street addresses that are missing on your list and write them in the blank spaces. Answer your partner’s questions. Westmount High School The Eaton Centre Dawson College The Bay 3040 Sherbrooke St. W. 585 St. Catherine St. W. McGill University Place des Arts 175 St. Catherine St. W. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Concordia University 7141 Sherbrooke St. W. Ogilvy’s Department Store The Botanical Gardens 4101 Sherbrooke St. E. The Metropolis Concert Hall The Apple Store 1321 St. Catherine St. W. 23 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 ASKING AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT PERSONAL IDENTITY Sometimes, instead of filling out a form yourself, a secretary asks you questions and fills out the form for you on a computer. You need to be able to understand the questions and answer them orally. NAME QUESTIONS POSSIBLE RESPONSES your name? / your full name? your first name? your last name? What is Can you tell me Jonathan Morrison. Jonathan. Morrison. your brother’s name? his name? It’s Patrick Morrison. Sarah. Blake. your wife’s first name? her maiden name? ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER, DATE OF BIRTH QUESTIONS POSSIBLE RESPONSES your address? your brother’s address? / his address? your sister’s address? / her address? What is Can you tell me your telephone number? your brother’s/his telephone number? 215 Forest Drive. Granby. 5023 Maple Grove, Toronto. 35 Hardwood Road, Ottawa. It’s 514-555-3333. 416-555-0001. March 13th, 1990. June 21st, 1985. your date of birth? your sister’s/her date of birth? 24 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 AGE, MARITAL STATUS, OCCUPATION QUESTIONS POSSIBLE RESPONSES your age? your sister’s/her age? What is Can you tell me 25 (years old). 30 (years old). I’m He’s She’s your marital status? your brother’s/his marital status? your occupation? your wife’s occupation? married. divorced. a teacher. unemployed. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, FIRST LANGUAGE QUESTIONS POSSIBLE RESPONSES Russia. Poland. your country of origin / place of birth? your wife’s/her country of origin? What is Can you tell me your first language / mother tongue / native language? It’s Russian. Polish. Polish. your son’s/his first language? your wife’s native language? 25 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 Can you spell your first and last name for me, please? QUESTIONS How do you spell Can you spell POSSIBLE RESPONSES your name? your first name? your last name? your wife’s maiden name? the name of your street? Etc. It’s N-A-T-H-A-N-I-A-L P-E-D-E-R-S-O-N S-H-E-R-B-R-O-O-K-E Etc. My name is Carl Brown. That’s C-A-R-L B-R-O-W-N. The questions above are questions you will hear during a formal, impersonal interview (e.g. when registering at a medical clinic, signing up for a course, obtaining a library card, etc.). In informal situations (e.g. meeting people in a social situation), the style of language will be different: it will be less formal. 26 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 COMPARE FORMAL AND INFORMAL LANGUAGE FORMAL LANGUAGE INFORMAL LANGUAGE DATE OF BIRTH: Q: What is your date of birth? A: It’s March 25th, 1985. Q: When were you born? A: I was born on March 25th, 1985. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Q: What is your country of Q: Where were you born? origin? A: I was born in Russia. A: It’s Russia. AGE: Q: What is your age? A: I’m 25. / I’m 25 years old. Q: How old are you? A: I’m 25. / I’m 25 years old. OCCUPATION: Q: What is your occupation? A: I’m a teacher. Q: What do you do? A: I’m a teacher. FORMAL INFORMAL “Good morning. How are you, Sir?” “Hey, Pal. How you doing?” 27 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 ACTIVITY 2: ROLE-PLAY APPLYING FOR A LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP Scenario - You are at the front desk of your local library. You are applying for a library card. The receptionist is filling out a form for you on the computer, so that you can receive a library card. Roles Role of Receptionist: Fill out the form for the applicant by asking questions (e.g. What is your name? What is your address?). Role of Applicant: Listen to the receptionist’s questions and answer them. (As an applicant, you can use your own personal information, or you can make it up.) Find a partner. Together, you will do two (2) role-plays. The scenario is the same, but you will change roles with your partner. Role-Play 1 Role-Play 2 Partner A = Applicant Partner B = Receptionist Partner A = Receptionist Partner B = Applicant Two application forms are provided on the next two pages, one for each roleplay. 28 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 ROLE-PLAY 1 APPLICATION FORM FOR PARTNER “A” TO BE FILLED OUT BY PARTNER B Last Name: ______________________ First Name: ________________________ Gender: M Marital status: Married F Single Divorced DOB: ___________ / _______ /______ yyyy mm dd Separated Widowed Age:____________ Address: __________________________ ________ __________________ (no. and street) (apt.) (city/town) _____________________ ______________________ (province) (postal code) Phone: Home: _______________________ Mobile: __________________________ E-mail: ____________________________________________ Occupation: ______________________________ 29 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 ROLE-PLAY 2 APPLICATION FORM FOR PARTNER “B” TO BE FILLED OUT BY PARTNER A Last Name: ______________________ First Name: ________________________ Gender: M Marital status: Married F Single Divorced DOB: ___________ / _______ /______ yyyy mm dd Separated Widowed Age:____________ Address: __________________________ ________ __________________ (no. and street) (apt.) (city/town) _____________________ ______________________ (province) (postal code) Phone: Home: _______________________ Mobile: __________________________ E-mail: ____________________________________________ Occupation: ______________________________ 30 LAB Personal Identification LITERACY: Courses ENG B121-4, ENG B122-4, ENG B123-4 Image Credits All the images used in this LAB respect copyright laws be it though a Creative Commons attribution license or according to the terms and conditions specified by their respective sources. 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