DESCRIBING HOMETOWN (LISTENING-SPEAKING)_PART 1

DESCRIBING HOMETOWN (LISTENING-SPEAKING)_PART 1

I PUTU WIRYA SUTA

WELCOME TO OUR ENGLISH CLASS

Here, you are going to learn about how to describe your hometown. So, learn the following questions and try to answer them based on your hometown things.

Here are some key questions you have to know in talking about hometown

In this example, I'm going to answer the questions related to my hometown, Nusa Penida. Let's check them out!

Question 1: What’s your hometown? or Where are you from?

Answer: Nusa Penida is my hometown. It is a district located in the southern part of Bali Island.

Question 2: Is it a big city? or Is it a nice place to live?

Answer: It is a small island with slightly more than 1 million people. Actually it is super exciting to live there since we can have interesting activities to do on our vacations.

Question 3: Do a lot of tourists come to visit?

Answer: Yes, they do. Since the local government developed my hometown as a tourism destination, a lot of foreign tourists as well as domestic visitors come to explore the beauty of Nusa Penida island.

Question 4: What’s it like? Can you describe a bit about it?

Answer: It has a breathtaking view of picturesque landscapes with rolling hills and wonderful beaches. Since the increase of tourism in my hometown, several tourism destinations like beaches are opened and a lot of tourists come to visit. There are two small other islands on the west, they are Nusa Lembongan and Ceningan. These two small islands were known as tourism destinations far ago before the main island, Nusa Penida was declared as the other destinations.

Question 5: How far is it from Sanur?

Answer: It takes you for about 15-30 minutes across the sea by speed boat or by traditional sea transportation called jukung. And you can also go there from Padang Bay harbor by Roro ship which travels twice a day.

Question 6: What’s it famous for?

Answer: My hometown is famous for the temples as spiritual destinations and some beaches like Klingking beach, Broken beach, and many others.

Question 7: What’s the weather like?

Answer: As a part of a tropical area, you will feel a bit hot along the day for it’s surrounded by the sea.

Question 8: What can we do there?

Answer: We can do many things in my hometown, such as swimming in the sea, sunbathing on the white sands and also having spiritual field trip to some temples located on Nusa Penida island.

Question 9: What do you like the most about your hometown?

Answer: I do like my hometown. I like the hospitality of people in my hometown. Also, everyone was willing to give others a hand when they needed help.

Alright, that's an example of questioning and answering things related to hometown.

Now, let's move on to the conversation example about hometown. See the video, pay attention to what the man is asking and what the woman is saying to answer, telling about her hometown. Practice to imitate the conversation with your partner.

LET'S PRACTICE!

Now, it's your turn to answer those questions based on your hometown things!

QUESTION 1

What’s your hometown?

QUESTION 2

Is it a big city? And, Is it a nice place to live?

QUESTION 3

Do a lot of tourists come to visit?

QUESTION 4

What’s it like?

QUESTION 5

How far is it from the nearest airport?

QUESTION 6

What’s it famous for?

QUESTION 7

What’s the weather like?

QUESTION 8

What interesting activities can we do there?

QUESTION 9

What do you like the most about your hometown?

WOW. THAT'S SUPER INCREDIBLE!

Keep practicing and break a leg!

This is the end of the session.

See you on the next lesson.