3. HOW DO YOU SAY…
• Con 16 años, mi padre se mudó a Madrid At the age of/When he was 16, he
moved to M.
• Estaba sordo desde los 25. He was deaf since he was 16.
• Estudió biología/tiene la carrera de biología.
He studied biology at university
He graduated in biology
He has a degree in biology
• Se casó con su novia.
He married his girlfriend.
To marry someone I married my best friend
To get married I got married in a castle. I got married in 2005.
To be married to someone I am married to a great man
4. • Por aquel entonces… vs. en este momento…
PAST PRESENT
In those days
At the time
Back then
At that time
In that moment
These days
At present
Currently
Nowadays
5. THINGS TO IMPROVE
• Are we playing a guessing name? Say who you are
writing about!!
• It’s a biography. Follow a chronological order!
• Use new vocab seen in class: bring somebody up,
raise a child, grow up, used to…
• Don’t say very, use –ly adverbs instead: extremely,
highly, really, absolutely…
6. THINGS TO IMPROVE
• Are we playing a guessing name? Say who you are
writing about!!
• It’s a biography. Follow a chronological order!
• Use new vocab seen in class: bring somebody up,
raise a child, grow up, used to…
• Don’t say very, use –ly adverbs instead: extremely,
highly, really, absolutely…
