2. Hi, my name is Maria!
I like to listen to metal music
I dress in black color and i love to
wear tight clothes, with metal studs
and war memorabilla.
Do i like satanic and death-related
simbols? I do like them, but it does not
mean I practice satanism, they just
represent my stance against religion.
Don’t I feel bad when someone called
me satanic? I really do not feel bad
about.
3. You are a hoolligan. You like soccer, you
like to go to the stadium and you love to
cheer your favorite team. You like to sing
chants, to jump and to tease the other
team’s followers.
Do you like to fight and harm other
people because they belong to a different
team? You do not, because you don’t go
to fight to the stadium but to enjoy the
game.
4. She belongs to the hip hop
sub culture. She listens to
rap music and she likes to
wear expensive and showy
jewelry.
Does she likes breakdance?
She does, but she doesn’t
practice it
He sings rap, he always
carries his stereo
everywhere, he likes to
participate in rap battles
and to create urban music.
Doesn’t he feel tired of it?
Of course he doesn’t,
because he loves it.
An stereo is the device
he uses to listen to
music out loud. It
requires batteries.
Does it run out of
power often? It does,
but it is a part of his
culture.
5. We are punks! We live and listen to punk music! We do not like
governments and oppressive laws, and we believe in the
anarchy! Do we fight against the state? We do, but in a pacific
way. We just criticize what is wrong.
6. You are gamers. You enjoy to talk
about videogames and technology.
You play to videogames at least
once per day. You love to control a
character in a fairytail like world
and you love to have fun with your
friends through videogames.
Do you think people see you as
immature ? Maybe, but we don’t
care because this is what we like
and we do not bother anybody in
a really way.
7. They are hipsters. They dress
with classic clothing and they
listen to indie music. They feel a
love for the analog technology
and they dislike the mainstream
topics.
Do they spend a lot of money on
their outfits and accessories?
They probably do, but to know
this you need to ask them
directly.
8. Activity
In the descriptions of every urban tribe, you can find how to speak in simple
present tense with every personal pronoun (I, you, he, she, it, we, they),
according to your findings, answer the next questions:
• According to Maria, the metaller girl, how do you speak in simple present in
first person (I)?
• According to the hooligan, how do you speak in simple present when using the
first person you?
• According to the rapper girl and boy, how do you speak in simple present in
third person (He, she and it)?
• According to the punks, how do you speak in simple present using the plural
we?
• According to the gamers, how do you speak in simple present using the plutal
you?
• According to the Hipsters, how do you spean in simple present when using the
plural they?
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