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9.21.2017

GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER: ME IN TWELVE WORDS!

My students and I spent our first class today trying to get to know each other a little bit!! We learned a few things about each other, our lives, our families, our jobs.... 

Here is the "Me in 12 words" activity we did and enjoyed:


They did a great job finding out the right questions for the words above.

1. What's my name?
2. When was I born?
3. What time do I usually get up?
4. What´s my eldest son´s name?
5. When did I start teaching English at the school?
6. Which sport do I hate the most?
7. Where did I go on holiday last summer?
8. How many children do I have?
9. Where do I live?
10. What do I like doing at the weekends?
11. What colour is my car?
12. Do I like my job?

I would like my students to write their 12 KEY WORDS in the comments below. The rest of the class can just try to guess the questions!! Do you feel like playing the game again? 

This is your "YOU IN 12 WORDS" competition: Write your key words in the comments below!!

66 comments:

  1. L. Miguel
    Pontevedra
    Cycling
    Grey
    Reading, Writing and playing VideoGames
    Pizza
    1981
    Morgan Freeman
    Two days ago
    Granada
    No, i don´t Smoke
    Medieval Fantasy

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    1. Hi Miguel,

      I´m going to try the questions for you, just as an example of what people have to do: 1. What´s your name? 2. Where are you from? 3. What´s your favourite hobby? 4. What´s your favourite colour? 5. What do you like doing in your free time? 6. What´s your favourite food? 7. When were you born? 8. Who´s your favourite actor? 9. When did you start your English language course? 10. What´s your favourite place to visit? 11. Do you smoke? 12. What kind of books do you like reading?

      Do you think my questions are right? They are very easy!!But more students can try!!

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    2. 1. What’s your name? 2. Where do you live? 3. What is your favourite sport? 4. What is the colour of you car? 5. What do you like doing in your free time? 6. What is you favourite food? 7. When did you start your studies? 8. What is you favourite actor? 9. When did you cried for the last time? 10. What is your favourite city? 11. Do you smoke? 12. What is your favourite game?

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    3. Great Paula! You almost get a full score.
      The only one incorrect question is number ten. And i must confess that one is a litle bit confusing, because Granada doesn´t refer to the city´s name.^^

      Susii you made it very well so, however, i have to say i´m a litle concern about the 7th question...how old you think i am? ^^´

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    4. 1- What´s your name?
      2- Where do you live?
      3- What´s your favourite hobby?
      4- What´s your favourite colour?
      5- What do you like doing in your free time?
      6- What´s your favourite food?
      7- When were you born?
      8- Who´s your idol?
      9- When was the last time you went to the cinema?
      10- Where you would like to travel?
      11- Do you smoke?
      12- What kind of movies do you like seeing?

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    5. Hi Miguel.

      1.What´s your name?
      2.Where are you from?
      3.What´s your favourite sport?
      4.What´s your favourite colour?
      5.What do you like doing in your free time?
      6.What your favourite italian food?
      7.When were you born?
      8.Who´s your favourite celebrity?
      9.When did you travel last time?
      10.Where are your parents from?
      11.Do you smoke?
      12.What´s your favourite game?

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    6. Hi!! Miguel must be very happy. I think you all did a great job with the questions. Just a few comments:

      Susi: 4. What colour is your car? 8. Who is your favourite actor? 9. When did you last CRY?

      Porfi: Excellent questions!! Well-done

      Olalla: Nice job! just check number 6. What´s your favourite Italian food? and number 9. When did you last travel?

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  2. 1. Susi 2. Production
    3. Red 4. 20 August
    5. Madrid 6. Theatre
    7. Pontevedra 8. I haven´t got
    9. Juan 10. Beetroot
    11. Sign language 12. Sleep

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    1. Hi Susi, thanks a lot for participating. Let´s wait for your classmates to make the questions. Now you can try asking the questions for Miguel above. Good luck!!!

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    2. Here are mi questions for you Susii.

      1_ What is your name?
      2_ What is your profession´s area?
      3_ What is your favourite colour?
      4_ When is your birthday?
      5_ Where were you born?
      6_ What is your favourite hobby?
      7_ Where do you live presently?
      8_ Do you have any children?
      9_ What is your boyfriend´s name?
      10_ What vegetable do you hate de most? (I confess, i didn´t Know what was a Beetroot ^^´)
      11_ Besides english, what other languages are you studying right now?
      12_ What do you hate to do in your free time?

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    3. 1- What's your name?
      2- What's your profession?
      3- What's your favourite colour?
      4- When were you born?
      5- Where are you from?
      6- What's your favourite place?
      7- Where do you actually live?
      8- Do you have siblings?
      9- What's your boyfriend's name?
      10- What vegetable do you hate the most? (Miguel, I confess too, you are not the only one hahahaha)
      11- Are you studyng another lenguage?
      12- What do you like doing in your free time?

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    4. 1. what's your name?
      2. what's your profession?
      3. What's your favorite colour?
      4. when is your birthday?
      5. What's your favorite city?
      6. What's your favorite hobby?
      7. where do you live?
      8. do you have pets?
      9. what´s your brother´s name?
      10. what vegetable do you like? (I ask another question than my classmates because I like it hahaha)
      11. are you studying another language?
      12. what do you like to do at home?

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    5. Hi Susi!

      1.What´s your name?
      2.What do you study?
      3.What colour is your car?
      4.When´s your birthday?
      5.Where were you born?
      6.What´s your favourite hobby?
      7.where do you live?
      8.Have you got any pets?
      9.What´s your brother´s name?
      10.What vegetable do you like the most?
      11.What other language would you like learning?
      12.What do you like doing in your free time?

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    6. Hi Olalla!

      my comments to your questions are only 10. What vegetables...? 11. What other languages would you like to learn? Good job!

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    7. Hi! here are my corrections to:

      LUIS MIGUEL: 2 (make it simple) What´s your job? / What is your job connected with? 12. What do you hate DOING in your free time?
      PORFI: 2. what´s your job? 11. STUDYING (check spelling!!!)
      XENIA:2. What´s your job? 12. What do you like doing at home?

      You are all doing a great job but it looks as if you have problems with the verb LIKE. We need to check it in class.

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  3. 1-Porfi
    2-Pontevedra
    3-18
    4-8th January
    5-Electric blue
    6-Paris
    7-Agustín
    8-In Guildford
    9-The Vampire Diaries
    10-Sing,dance,draw and write lyrics
    11-Ian Somerhalder
    12-Demi Lovato

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    1. Hi Porfi, I try ask your questions.

      1:What is your name?
      2: Where do you life?
      3: What is your favorite number?
      4: When where you born?
      5: What colour does your car have?
      6: Where is your favorite city?
      7: What is your boyfriend,s name?
      8: Where did you go last holidays?
      9: What is you favorite serie/Show?
      10: What are your hobbies?
      11: What is your favorite actor?
      12: What is your favorite singer?

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    2. Hi Porfi!

      1.What´s your name?
      2.Where were you born?
      3.How old are you?
      4.When is your birthday?
      5.what´s your favourite colour?
      6.Where would you like traveling?
      7.What´s your father´s name?
      8.Where were your parents born?
      9.What´s your favourite serie?
      10.What do you like doing in your free time?
      11.What´s your favourite actor?
      12.What´s your favourite singer?

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    3. Hi Porfi!

      1. What's your name?
      2. Where do you live?
      3. How old are you?
      4. When is your birthday?
      5. What is your favourite color?
      6. When were you born?
      7. What's your father name?
      8. What's the city in which you would like live?
      9. What's the serie do you hate?
      10. What do you like doing in your free time?
      11. What's your favorurite actor?
      12. What's your favorurite celebrity?

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    4. Hi Susi,
      nice job. Just a few corrections:

      7. What´s your father's name?
      8. What´s the city where you would like to live?
      9. What series do you hate?
      11 and 12. Who is......?
      Nice job!

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    5. Hello Porfi. I´ll try only a few because i don´t want to repite myself.

      3_ How old are you
      8_ Where did you travel last summer?
      9_ What is your favourite saga?
      11_ Who´s your favourite actor?
      12_ Who´s the singer do you hate the most?

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    6. Hi!! here are my corrections to:

      OLALLA: 6.Where would you like to travel? 11. What´s your favourite series? 11 and 11 must start with WHO!!
      MIGUEL:Check the spelling of the verb REPEAT!! 12. You´ve made it a little too difficult. Just say "Which singer do you hate the most?

      Nice job!!!

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    1. Hello Xenia,
      thanks a lot for participating. My comments to your questions are as follows:
      2. Where do you live? 8. Where did you go on your last holiday? 11 and 12 must start with WHO

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  5. 1. Xenia
    2. Pontevedra
    3. Personal trainer
    4. 39
    5. Barcelona
    6. More than hundred
    7. Grey and black
    8. Perla
    9. Kitesurf
    10. Igor
    11. 19
    12. Metallica

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    1. Hi Xenia!

      1.What´s your name?
      2.Where are you from?
      3.What´s your profession?
      4.How old are your mother?
      5.Where were your born?
      6.How many times did you go to the cinema?
      7.What´s your favourite colour?
      8.What´s your pet´s name?
      9.What do you like doing in your free time?
      10.What´s your boyfriend´s name?
      11.How old are you?
      12. What´s your favourite band?

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    2. Olalla, this time you have made a few more mistakes:

      3. What´s your job? 4. How old IS your mother? 6. How many times have you been to the cinema?

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    3. 1- What´s your name?
      2- Where do you live?
      3- What´s your job?
      4- What's your favourite number?
      5- Where you would like to travel?
      6- How many chapters your favourite series has?
      7- What colours does your car has?
      8- What's your pet's name?
      9- What do you like doing in your free time?
      10- Who's your favourite cartoon?
      11- How old are you?
      12. What's your favourite band?

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    4. Hi Xenia!

      1. What's your name?
      2. Where do you live?
      3. What's your dream job?
      4. How old are you?
      5. What is your favourite city in Spain?
      6. How many CD's have you got?
      7. What color is your car?
      8. What is your dog's name?
      9. What's your favourite sport?
      10. What's your father's name?
      11. How old is your boyfriend?
      12. What music do you hate?

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    5. Hello Xenia. A few question for you too:

      3_ What career are you studying?
      4_ How many minutes do you run everyday?
      6_ How many years do you hope to live?
      8_ What precious stone do you like the most?
      9_ What´s your favourite Sport?
      10_ Frankstein or Igor, Which one do you disgust the most?



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    6. Hello Xenia.
      1.What is your name?
      2.Where are you from?
      3.What is your job?
      4.How old are you?
      5.What is your favourite city?
      6.How old is your grandmother?
      7.What colour is your pet?
      8.What is your pet's name?
      9.What do you like to do in your free time?
      10.What is your son's name?
      11.How old is your son?
      12.What is your favourite band? (If I'm right, you have a great liking!)

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    7. Hi everyone!! these are my corrections to all of you:
      PORFI: 5. Wheere would you like to travel? 6. How many chapter does your favourite series have? 7. What colour is your car? 10. What´s your favourite cartoon?
      SUSI: Excellent work!! no mistakes this time!!!
      MIGUEL: Excellent work!! No mistakes this time!!
      CELIA: 9 What do you like doing in your free time?

      Great job!! Your grammar regarding questions is getting better and better.

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  6. 1.Celia
    2.Vilanova de Arousa
    3.Red
    4.Trumpet
    5.Netherlands
    6.Cats
    7.Spaguetti
    8.Manuel
    9.Going out with my friends
    10.Aerobic
    11.Football
    12.How I met your mother

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    1. Hi Celia!

      1.What´s your name?
      2.Where were you born?
      3.What´s your favourite colour?
      4.What instrument do you play?
      5.what´s your favourite country?
      6.What´s your favourite pet?
      7.What´s your favourite food?
      8.What´s your boyfriend´s name?
      9.What do you like doing in your free time?
      10.What´s your favourite sport?
      11.What sport do you hate the most?
      12.what´s your favourite serie?

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    2. Good job, Olalla! just remember that SERIES ends in S!

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    4. 1- What's your name?
      2- Where are you from?
      3- What´s your favourite colour?
      4- What instrument you would like to play?
      5- What country you would like to win Eurovision contest the following year?
      6- What animals do you like the most?
      7- What did you eat today?
      8- What's your brother´s name?
      9- What do you like doing in your free time?
      10- What sport do you practice?
      11- What's your favourite sport?
      12- What´s your favourite series/show?

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    5. Hi Celia!

      1. What's your name?
      2. Where do you live?
      3. What color is your bedroom?
      4. What instrument do you play?
      5. Where are you from?
      6. What is your favourite animal?
      7. What food do you hate?
      8. What's your boyfriend's name?
      9. What do you like do in your free time?
      10. What is your favourite sport?
      11. What sport do you practice?
      12. What's your favourite series?

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    6. Hi!
      here are my corrections to
      PORFI: 3. What instrument would you like to play? 5 (great imagination but too difficult a question) What is the country that you would like to be the winner of the next Eurovision song contest?
      SUSI: 9. What do you like doing in your free time?

      Great job!

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  7. 1.Olalla
    2.Pontevedra
    3.26th September
    4.Architect
    5.Roma
    6.Drawn and design
    7.Saleswoman
    8.4
    9.A Coruña
    10.Game of thrones
    11.Black
    12.Italian food

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    1. What's your name?
      Where do you live?
      When's your birthdate?
      What' are you studying for?
      What's your favourite city?
      What are your hobbies?
      What es your job?
      How many brothers or sisters do you have?
      What's your favourite TV serial?
      What colour is your hair?
      What food you love the most?

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    2. Hi Martin, thanks for participating. Just a few problems with vocabulary: birthdayt and series!!!! I imagine "es" was a problem with your keyboard!
      Nice job!

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    3. 1- What's your name?
      2- Where do you live?
      3- When were you born?
      4- What are you studyng for?
      5- Where would you like to travel?
      6- What do you like doing in your free time?
      7- What's your job?
      8- What's your favourite number?
      9- Where are you from?
      10- What's your favourite series/show?
      11- What colour does your car has?
      12- What kind of food do you like the most?

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    4. Hi Olalla!

      1. What's your name?
      2. Where are you from?
      3. When is your birthday?
      4. What's studies do you have?
      5. What's your favourite city in the world?
      6. What do you like do in your free time?
      7. What's your job?
      8. How many pets have you got?
      9. What's city where you would like to live?
      10. What's your favourite series?
      11. What color do you hate?
      12. What type food is your favourite?

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    5. Hi! My correctionsn to
      PORFI:4. STUDYING (Check spelling)11. What colour is your car? sounds better.
      SUSI:6. What do you like doing in your free time? 9. Which city would you like to live in?
      Great job!

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  8. 1 Martin
    2 February
    3 Adriana and Angela
    4 Physics
    5 In the Mouth of Madness
    6 Judo
    7 Chocolate
    8 Learning to dance
    9 Marc
    10 1.73
    11 Teacher
    12 Yes, I do

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    1. 1- What's your name?
      2- What month were you born in?
      3- What are your sister's names?
      4- What are you studyng?
      5- What's your favourite horror film?
      6- What sport do you practice?
      7- What's your favourite sweet?
      8- What are you doing in your free time?
      9- Who's your favourite Moto GP runner?
      10- How tall are you?
      11- What you would like to be in a future?
      12- Do you believe you can get what you propose to you?

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    2. Hi Martin!

      1. What's your name?
      2. What's your favourite month?
      3. What are your daughters name?
      4. What was you favourite subject in high school?
      5. What's your favourite series?
      6. What's sport do you practice?
      7. What's your favourite food?
      8. What do you would like learn?
      9. What's your uncle's name?
      10. How tall are you?
      11. What's your job?
      12. Do you like your job?

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    3. Hi Martin!

      1. What's your name?
      2. What month is your birthday?
      3. What are your best friends' names?
      4. What are you studying?
      5. What's your favourite book?
      6. What's your favourite sport?
      7. What's your favourite sweet?
      8. What do you do in your free time?
      9. What's your brother's name?
      10. How tall are you?
      11. What would you like to work?
      12. Do you like see films?

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    4. Hi! my comments to
      PORFI:4. STUDYING (Check spelling)8. What do you do in your free time? 12. Do you believe you can get anything you want?
      SUSI:3. What are your daughters´ names? (I´m afraid Martin is too young for that!)6. What sport do you practise? 8. What would you like to learn?
      CELIA: 11. Where would you like to work? 12. do you like seeing films?
      Great job!

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  10. 1. Xeila
    2. May
    3. Autumn
    4. Two
    5. Withe and violet
    6. Violoncello
    7. Biology
    8. Game of Thrones
    9. Sophie and Ron
    10. Cheescake
    11. Norway
    12. Yes, I do

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    1. Hi Xeila!
      1.What is your name?
      2.What month were are you born in?
      3.What is your favourite season?
      4.What is your favourite number?
      5.What are your favourites colours?
      6.What instrument do you play?
      7.What is your favourite science?
      8.What is your favourite TV program?
      9.What are your cousin's name?
      10.What is your favourite dessert?
      11.Which country would you most like to visit?
      12.Do you love English?

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    2. Hi Xeila!

      1. What's you name?
      2. In what month were you born?
      3. What is your favourite season?
      4. How many pets have you got?
      5. What color is your bedroom?
      6. What instrument do you play?
      7. What was you favourite subject in high school?
      8. What's your favourite series?
      9. What's your parents name?
      10. What's your favourite dessert?
      11. What's the city where you would like to live?
      12. Do you like dancing?

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    3. Hi! here are my corrections to:
      CELIA: 5. favourite has no plural!!!
      SUSI: 7. AT high school

      Excellent work! Practice makes perfect!

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    4. Hi Xeila.
      1. What`s your name?
      2. In was month were you born?
      3. Whart`s your favourite season?
      4. How many cars are in your house?
      5. What are your favourite colours?
      6. What instrument do you play?
      7. What is the subject you most hate?
      8. What is your favourite TV serie?
      9. What are your sibling´s names?
      10.What is your favourite cake?
      11.Where city did you go the last summer?
      12.Do you like english?

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  11. I'm sorry, I wrote "2.What month were are you born in?" and I want to say "2.What month were you born in?".

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  12. 1. Beatriz
    2. Pontevedra
    3. April
    4. 08:00 am
    5. Javier
    6. Football
    7. San Andrés de Xeve
    8. English
    9. Yellow
    10. Work
    11. Go shopping
    12. Nina

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    1. 1- What's your name?
      2- Where are you from?
      3- When were you born?
      4- What time do you get up?
      5- What's your boyfriend's name?
      6- What's your favourite sport?
      7- Where do you live?
      8- Which language are you studying this year?
      9- What's your favourite colour?
      10- When you are not studying, what do you do?
      11- What do you like doing in your free time?
      12- Who's your favourite actor or actress of The Vampire Diaries?

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    2. Hi Porfi! Excellent job!! Well-done!!!

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  13. Hi Bea!

    1. What's your name?
    2. Where do you live?
    3. In what month were you born?
    4. What time do you wake up?
    5. What is your brother's name?
    6. What's sport do you hate?
    7. Where do you live?
    8. What do you studying right now?
    9. What's you favorite color?
    10. What are you doing presently?
    11. What do you hate?
    12. What's your cat's name?

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    1. Hi Susi!
      You are doing a great job! Here are my commments to your questions:

      6. What (you don´t need *'s* 8. What are you studying right now? (be careful with the presents in English!)

      Thanks for your hard work!

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  14. 1. Laura
    2. Caldas de Reis
    3. 28
    4. 17th June
    5. 1
    6. History of art and Restoration of cultural heritage
    7. Matisse
    8. Roma and Camboya
    9. Modern family
    10. Mexican food

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    1. 1- What's your name?
      2- Where are you from?
      3- How old are you?
      4- When were you born?
      5- Have you got any children?
      6- What are you studying?
      7- Who's your favourite artist?
      8- Where would you like to travel?
      9- What's your favourite series/show?
      10- What kind of food do you like?

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  15. It's never too late to join:

    1. Alexánder.
    2. 27.
    3. Cycling.
    4. Spaguetti.
    5. The dark knight.
    6. Motorbikes.
    7. Australia.
    8. With pinneaple.
    9. Matte Black.
    10. Ac/Dc.
    11. Vigo.
    12. Panda.

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    1. Hi Alexander, I hope it´s not too late for people to join in again and make the right questions

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