Here are some phrases and sample sentences identifying people and things.

See also: Free-English-Study: Identifying People and Things

Click for Audio 1. This is Minnie Rivers.     That is Mr. Lewis. 2. Minnie is a writer.     Mr. Lewis is a barber.     Gail is an artist.     He is a photographer.     She is a secretary.     He's a dentist.     She's a doctor. 3. I am a computer programmer.     I'm a businessman.     I'm a businesswoman. I'm not a mechanic. 4. We are writers.     They are engineers.     You are a student.     You are students. 5. This is an apple.     This is a banana.     That is an orange.     That is not a tomato.     It is a telephone.     It's a horse.     It's not an airplane. For Conversation practice: Situations: Identifying people, things See also: Grammar: This, That, These, Those Vocabulary: People and Occupations, A-K Vocabulary: People and Occupations, L-Z Textbook: New Interchange Intro, Chapter 2

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