Personal Characteristics (Osobní charakteristika)

Personal Characteristic Introduction (name/age/date and place of birth) Your family (parents, siblings - name/age/job) Your appearance (height/face/hair/eyes) Your good and bad qualities Your hobbies, free-time activities Your likes and dislikes

Personal Characteristic Your favourite clothes, accessories Kindergarten Elementary school – favourite subjects Studying at this school/subjects Your future job Your future life

What is your name, how old are you. When and where were you born What is your name, how old are you? When and where were you born? What do you do? Examples of answers: My name is Jan Novák, I am 17 years old and I was born on the 27th of January 1995 in Pardubice. I am a student of the second grade of the Secondary Automotive School Holice in the field Road transport/Autotronic.

Can you describe your family in short? Examples of answers I live with my family the village Horní Ředice. My mother´s name is Iva, she is 38 years old and she works as a shop-assistant.

Can you describe your family in short? My father´s name is Zdeněk, he is 42 years old and he works as a driver. I have got one older sister, her name is Míša and she studies at the University in Prague.

How would you describe yourself in short? What do you look like? Examples of answers: I am tall and slim, I have got oval face, short brown hair and blue eyes. I am of medium build, I have got long curly hair and I wear glasses.

What are you like? What qualities do you have? Examples of answers: I am friendly and optimistic, but sometimes I am rather lazy. I am hard-working and quiet, but sometimes I am a bit shy and stubborn. I am reliable and responsible, but I am also a bit talkative and quarrelsome.

What do you do in your free time. What are your hobbies What do you do in your free time? What are your hobbies? Do you have any weekend or summer jobs? Examples of answers: I like playing football and volleyball and I also repair my car in my free time. Every Saturday and during holidays I work in a tire-service. My hobbies are fishing and hanging out with friends. I sometimes help my father in his shop – he has a shop with spare parts.

What do you like? What don´t you like? Is anything you hate? Examples of answers: I like swimming and the sea, but I don´t like thundrestorms. And I hate spiders. I really like chocolate and ice-cream, I hate spinach.

What do you usually wear? Do you wear glasses/ any accessories? Examples of answers: I usually wear a t-shirt and a pair of jeans, and a sweatshirt in colder days. I wear glasses or sometimes contact lens. My typical accessory is piercing.

How and where did you spend your first years How and where did you spend your first years? Did you go to the kindergarten? Where did you attend the elementary school? Examples of answers: From the age of three to the age of six I went to the kindergarten and in the year 2001 I started to attend the elementary school in Ředice. I never went to kindergarten, I was at home with my mum and at the age of six I started my compulsory school attendance.

What were your favourite subjects and teachers What were your favourite subjects and teachers? When did you finish your elementary school? Examples of answers: My favourite subjects at elementary school were geography and physics, I didn’t like math, because our math teacher was very strict.

I finished elementary school at the age of fifteen, in the year 2010. What were your favourite subjects and teachers? When did you finish your elementary school? Examples of answers: My favourite teacher was our biology teacher; she was very funny and kind. I finished elementary school at the age of fifteen, in the year 2010.

Why did you decide to go study at the school in Holice? Examples of answers: I have been interested in cars and motorcycles since childhood. I visited this school with my parents at „The Open Doors“ and I liked it here very much. My choice was easy– I live not far from school and I am interested in cars very much. My parents helped me with the choice.

Why did you decide to go study at the school in Holice? Examples of answers: The first reason was that I am interested in cars; the second one was that this school has a very good reputation. At the basic school I was interested in technical subjects and I had good marks. I would like to work in automobile (automotive) industry.

When did you start studying here at this school When did you start studying here at this school? Did you have any problems in the beginning? Examples of answers: I started to study at this school in the year 2010 and at the beginning I had a lot of problems with maths. The most difficult subject for me was technical drawing. The biggest problem for me was that I wasn’t used to learn.

Subject at our school Czech languague Technical drawing English languague Engineering Math Electrical engineering Physics Parts of machines Road vehicles P.E. Measurement checks ICT Mechanics Practical training Economics Citizenship

What are your favourite subjects here What are your favourite subjects here? Are there any subjects that you don’t like much? Examples of answers: I like technical subjects and PE, but I don´t like English – it is too difficult for me. I like Czech and English language, but I don´t like mathematics and I hate computers – our teacher is very demanding.

What would you like to do in the future? Examples of answers: After graduation I would like to study at a technical university. After graduation I would like to travel and visit the biggest European cities.

What would you like to do in the future? Examples of answers: In the future I would like to find a job abroad and earn a lot of money. I would like to live in a big city – there are more job opportunities there.

What would you like to do in the future? Examples of answers: I would like to live in a village, life in the village is more peaceful (quieter, calmer) and there is beautiful nature there. I would like to find a nice and good woman (wife), build a house in a village and have two children – a daughter and a son. I would like to find an interesting and well-paid job in automotive industry.

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