✅ Formula 21: Person Monologue
Talk about a good cook.
Talk about a famous person you’d like to meet.
Talk about an animal you find interesting.
Talk about a person who looked after you as a child.
Talk about a teacher you know.
Talk about a neighbor you have or have had.
Talk about a person you enjoy spending time with.
Talk about one of your friends.
Talk about an old person you know who lives near you.
For STAGE l of a person monologue, you must: Say who they are and how you know them.
Cấu trúc:
- Use words or phrases for relatives, occupations and social positions correctly.
My grandfather was a good man because …
A family friend once told me …
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Examples:
I would like to talk about my nephew, who is a plumber like me.
I really admire Daniel Craig, who is an excellent actor and has recently become a huge movie star.
My grandparents were both surgeons during the war. - Use relative clauses with “who” cottectly.
David, who was my best friend at school, often played football in the local park.
There are two main types of relative clause, defining and non-defining. Look at the examples below.
Non-defining relative clause
My mother, who working as a waitress/or many years, thoroughly dislikes politics.
Her good friend Daniel, who became a very succesiful businessman, had suggested to her once that she study computer programming.
Defining relative clause
The woman who lived next door to us when I was a child was extremely ugly.
The movie star who starred in the film Titanic has become hugely successful. - Use the past continuous and past simple to say how you met somebody.
When I was studying at university, my teacher told me …
The past continuous is used together with the past simple to talk about a longer action that was happening when a single or shorter action happened.
The structure of the past continuous is: be + verb-ing
I was walking …
They were talking on the phone.
When or while is often used to link the past continuous and past simple, as in the following examples:
When I was studying at university, my teacher told me to spend more time researching my subject.
While my brother was visiting Vietnam, he lost his passport, wallet, and credit cards.
We met when we were working together at the same company.
I first talked to my girlfriend when I asked her the time while we were waiting for the bus.
For STAGE 2 of a person monologue, you must: Say what they are like and what they do.
Cấu trúc:
- Use adjectives of personality accurately.
My mother is a very conservative woman.
He is quite humorous and open-minded.
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Examples
He is a very extroverted person, and really likes to be the centre of attention.
She seems like a very vivacious and self-assured woman, though she’s perhaps quite abrupt if you make her angry.
My girlfriend really has two sides to her personality; when she’s happy she can be open-minded, thoughtful and really supportive, but when she’s in a bad mood she can be really irritable and selfish. - Use adverb of frequency to talk about past/present behavior.
My grandfather was always busy when I was young.
My nephew often likes me to read him a story before he goes to bed.
Refresh your memory of useful adverbs of frequency by looking at the table below.- constantly
- frequently
- regularly
- typically
- commonIy
- often
- sometimes
- occasionally
- rarely always
- usually
- generally
- never every now and again
- from time to time
- seldom
- hardly ever
- almost never
Times +time period
once a day
twice a week
three times a month
five times a year
Every+ time
every morning
every evening
every day at 6 p.m.
every week
every month
every birthday
every summer vacation
Examples:
My friend Omar has to wash five times a day, every day.
My grandmother would regularly go to the temple to pray and offer gifts.
Every summer vacation, my father would think of a special trip for us to go on.
- Use the past continuous, past simple or past perfect to tell anecdotes.
We were taking the bus to another city when there was a big crash.
He had lived in India for many years, so when he returned he looked very different.
You should remember how to use the past continuous and past simple from the last lesson, where you learnt to talk about how you met somebody. This is very useful for telling anecdotes.
Examples:
The teacher was getting really angry, but David didn’t realise and continued making stupid jokes.
I was travelling on a bus in Laos when there was a loud crash and the bus started shaking all over the road.
You can also use the past perfect and past simple to tell anecdotes.
The structure of the past perfect is: had+ past participle
I had eaten a huge dinner.
They bad decided that they would …
The past perfect action happened before the past simple action, as in the following
examples:
Last Christmas, I had eaten a huge dinner at my mother’s house and then my girlfriend’s mother made me eat another enormous meal.
They had decided that they would visit some historical sites, but on the bus on the way they were robbed.
For STAGE 3 of a person monologue, you must: Say what they have achieved and how they have influenced you.
Cấu trúc:
- Use the third conditional accurately to express the importance of somebody to you.
If I hadn’t met her, I would never have….
I would have made a huge mistake if she hadn’t …
Let’s look at how the third conditional is constructed:
If + had(n’t) + past participle + would(n’t) have + past participle
If it hadn’t been for her, I would never have studied nursing.
would(n’t) have + past participle + if + had(n’t) + past participle
I wouldn’t have studied a Master’s degree in Roman History if I hadn’t met Dr. Shotter.
Both constructions are possible for each third conditional sentence and mean exactly the same thing.
The third conditional is used to talk about:
Things that did not happen in the past
If my teacher hadn’t been so relaxed, I’m sure I would bave studied harder. (My teacher was too relaxed, so I didn’t study hard enough.)
If he had won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics, he would’ve been even more famous.
(He didn’t win the gold medal, so he didn’t become more famous.)
if my grandmother hadn’t looked after me as a child, a babysitter would have. (My grandmother did look after me, so a babysitter didn’t.)
Things that might not have happened – this explains why the opposite things happened
If Bill Gates hadn’t been so ambitious, he wouldn’t have been so successful.
(Bill Gates was very ambitious, and this is why he has been so successful.)
If my niece hadn’t been so lazy at school, she wouldn’t have failed all her exams.
(My niece was lazy, and this is why she failed all her exams.)
Pandas probably wouldn’t have survived if they hadn’t been officially protected. (Pandas did survive because they were officially protected.) - Use the present perfect to talk about changes and achievements.
He has taught me to always put others first.
My grandfather has bad a great influence on my life.
When giving a monologue about a person, it’s a good idea to talk about the changes or achievements that person has made. For this, you need to use the present perfect.
Remember the structure of the present perfect is: have / has + past participle
My grandfather has bad a great influence on my life.
She has become one of the most famous actresses in the world.
My nephew has helped me to see that family is the most important thing. - Use phrases of achievement’s to talk about the person’s accomplistments.
She fought for everything she achieved.
He had a lucky break at the age of 30, then rose to fame quickly.
Look at the following phrases of achievements:
Working hard
through sheer hard work
to struggle for / to do something
to strive for something
to fight for something
to have the determination to do something
to stand up for something I somebody
to show perseverance
Examples:
She struggled to get where she is now – she deserves to be so famous!
He fought for everything he has achieved-I admire him greatly!
Success
to have the will to succeed
to have a desire for success
to climb the ladder of success
to have a long and brilliant career
to earn the respect of somebody
to get a lucky break
Examples:
Slowly but surely, she climbed tbe ladder of success and finally reached the top position.
He suffered many hardships but nevertheless had a long and brilliant career.
Talent
to have a gift for doing something
to have an outstanding talent for doing something
to develop his / her talent for doing something I as a(n).
For example:
My brother-in-law has really developed bis talent as an actor; in recent years he has often appeared in professional plays.
For STAGE 4 of a person monologue, you must: Say why they are special and how you feel about them.
Cấu trúc:
- Use expressions of admiration correctly.
I love her because …
I will always admire him because …
When giving a monologue about a person, you should use expressions of admiration to say why the person is special, or why you admire them.
Here are some more expressions:
I love her because …
Everyone respects wise and peaceful leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi.
My niece really appreciates what my parents did for her.
I look up to her because …
I will always admire him for …
His colleagues all think highly of my stepbrother and his work.
I feel proud of my mother’s achievements.
She is special to me because …
I truly hold in high regard people such as President Obama who …
Many movie enthusiasts consider him to be the best actor of his generation. - Use expressions of imitation accurately.
I want to be Iike him when I am a grandfather.
l hope I am as succeseful as he has been.
When we talk about people who are special or important to us, we often express the feeling that we want to be the same as them in some way.
Let’s look at how to say I hope … :
I hope I am as + adjective + as + person
I hope I will be as + adjective + as + person
Examples:
I hope I am as successful as Bill Gates.
I hope I will be as successful as Bill Gates.
I bope I am as happy as my next-door neighbour when I am old.
I hope I will be as kind a teacher as Mrs. Capp.
Here are some more expressions of imitation:
I would love to be Iike my mother.
I would like to be as well respected as my grandfather.
I want to be like my neighbour Doris when I’m older. - Use role model expressions correctly.
She has always been my hero.
He was a great role model for the younger generation.
Let’s look at some more expressions for describing role models:
mentor
Ringo was his mentor for the first year he lived away from home.
fine example
Rita sets a fine example for the rest of the team – she works so well.
hero
Paul McCartney was my hero for many years. I really admire him.
pop icon
John Lennon became a big pop icon. He was all over the media.
idol
George Harrison, who became quite religious for a while, was my idol when I was a child- I really looked up to him.
charismatic leader
Charles Manson, who was imprisoned for the murder of Sharon Tate, was a crazy charismatic leader during the 1960s.
visionary
Some say that the Beatles were not only a talented rock band, but that they were visionaries for their generation.
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