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About my family

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About my family

From: kellycali@ainrofilac.eg

To: yoko@idkwyl.ptm

Subject: My family

 

Dear Yoko

Let me tell you about my family. I live with my mum, my dad and my big sister. We live in California. My mum’s name is Carmen. She’s Mexican and she speaks English and Spanish. She’s a Spanish teacher. She’s short and slim, she’s got long, brown hair and brown eyes. My dad’s name is David. He’s American. He’s tall and a little fat! He’s got short brown hair and blue eyes. He works in a bank. My sister Shania is 14 and she loves listening to music. She listens to music all the time! She’s got long brown hair and green eyes, like me. I’ve got long hair too. We’ve got a pet dog, Brandy. He’s black and white and very friendly.

Write soon and tell me about your family.

Love

Kelly

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Submitted by IANPAUL on Mon, 06/22/2020 - 19:40

My family has a 4 members: Dad, mom, my little brother and my. We live in Mexico, My mom is is of medium height and and is very responsible, She is a nurse. My dad is tall and hard working,his job is systems technician. My brother is younger than me, and right now he is in the process of going to primary school.

Submitted by Raichenko on Mon, 06/22/2020 - 10:56

Hello everybody! Let me tell you about my family. I live with my mom, my dad and my big sister. My mom's name is Inna. She's Russian and she works as an administrator in a hospital. She has short, blond hair. she's not tall and she has small brown eyes. By the way she wears glasses and loves to read books My father's name's Max. He's very tall. He is bald with freckles and blue eyes. He works in a police. My big sis's name is Sasha. She's very tall like a dad. She has shoulder length brown hair and brown eyes. She is a 4th year College student. And my name is Jenni. I'm very tall too( like my dad again) I have shoulder length brown hair. And my eyes are brown and green. I have a snub nose. And I don't look like my family at all except for my height/ Thank u Bye)
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Submitted by Racha on Fri, 05/29/2020 - 20:58

I live with my mum , my dad , my 4 sisters and my brother .We live in Algeria , my mum name is fouziya . She is Algerian . She is tall and litlle fat . She is got short brown hair and brown eyes . My dad s name is Djamal . He is Algeria .He is tall and slim . He is got short brown hair and brown eyes . He works a dealer . My brother Mouhamed is 11 and short brown hair and brown eyes . Like me .

Submitted by ICAN on Fri, 05/22/2020 - 14:02

Hi! Let me tell you about my family. I live with my dad and my mum. I don't have a sister and a brother. I am the first child and last child in my family. My mum's Indonesian. She has big eyes, brown eyes, and short hair. The color of her hair is black. She is tall. She is a kind person. My dad's Indonesian too. He has black eyes, short hair, and a slim body. He is a very funny person, in my view. I love them very much. I think I can't live without them. They're always my happiness.

Submitted by KevinGH17 on Thu, 06/04/2020 - 04:08

Hi, my name is Kevin I'm 16 years old and I will talk about my family. I live with my mum, my dad, my big sister and my little brother. We live in Huixquilucan. My mum's name is Estela. She's Mexican. She's short and slim, she's got long black hair and brown eyes. My dad's name is Gerardo. He’s tall and slim. He's got short brown hair and brown eyes. He works in a printing house. My sister Mitzi is 19 and she likes drawing. She's got short brown hair and brown eyes. My brother Gael is 12 and loves playing with the console of videogames. He's got short brown hair and brown eyes. I've got short brown hair too. We've got a pet dog, Luna. She's black and very friendly.

Submitted by Hardi on Sun, 04/05/2020 - 14:58

Let me tell you about my dear family. I live with my dad , my mom and my big brother. My dad is 60 . he's got short white hair. He's got borwn eyes. my mom is 50 years. she is a house wife. she's got long dark hair. Her name's mom is Maryma. My brother is 15 . He loves listening to music . He listens music all the time . l love them most .

Submitted by rain_ran_r on Sat, 03/28/2020 - 18:54

Hello, Let me introduce my family. I live in Michigan with my mom and dad, and I'm the only child in my family. My parents both have black hair, so did I. My mom likes to plant flowers around my house, and my dad is very good at cooking. We don't have any pets in my house, so I wish to have a pet cat, and my parents wish to have a pet dog, but unluckily, I'm afraid to the dogs.

Submitted by wesleysart on Thu, 03/26/2020 - 22:06

Hi, my name's Wesley I live with my parents and my sister. my mother's name is Elaine and my father's name is Silvino, my sister's is Leticia she is 12. my father is a engineer and my mother is a nurse. we're Brazilians and we have a dog.

Submitted by Boundlessdrop on Mon, 03/02/2020 - 19:41

Hi Let me tell you something about my family. I live in urmia in Iran I live with my dad,mum and my little sister My mum and dad are teachers. I go to high school and I am so interested in learning english . Best wishes Shabnam

Submitted by Wisewolf on Sun, 03/01/2020 - 15:49

Hi! My Name is Adriel. Mi family is a big one. It's conformed by many members. I live with my mom, my dad, my three sisters, my two uncles and cousin, and my grandma. My mom is a very good fisioterapist, she's short and a little fat. She have long, red hair and brown eyes. My dad is an agronomist, he's a little more taller than my mom. He have short, yellow hair and brown eyes. My older sister name is Lorena, She's a accountant in a audit enterprise. She have short, black hair and a very strange eyes color, they look like a combination of honey and grass. My two other sisters are younger than me. The older of two of them named Anabella, she have short, brown hair and brown eyes. The younger namend Angie, she have long, yellow hair and brown eyes. All of us live in Paraguay.

Submitted by joycean on Wed, 02/12/2020 - 10:23

Hi my name is Joy. I have family and there is 4 members. I'm from Indonesia. My dad and my mother works as food vendors then my brother is a student at the University one of Indonesia country and this time i'm waiting for exam in April. I hope I can do my best for the exam.

Submitted by Ethan on Wed, 01/29/2020 - 17:18

Hello, my name is Angel We have 3 in my family. My mom's name is Susana, she works in an office in the center of the city. My sister's name is Liz, she works in another city. She is short with long black hair. And I live in Puno, so I study in Puno.

Submitted by Elife on Wed, 01/22/2020 - 00:01

Hello Let me tell you about my family. My family has 5 members - mum, dad, brother, sister and me. We live in Peru. My mum’s short and slim, she’s got long, black hair and brown eyes. My dad’s a good person. He’s tall and a little slim! He’s got short black hair and black eyes. He is 57 years old. My brother is engineer and he loves watching movie. My small sister is a student. She listens to music and loves doing crafts. I’m an engineer too. We’ve got two pet dog, both are naughty.
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Submitted by JoModerator on Thu, 01/23/2020 - 08:09

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Thanks for your comments on LearnEnglish Teens. This website is specially for teenagers aged 13-17 years old but it sounds like you could be older than that. You are welcome to keep on using LearnEnglish Teens but if you are over 17, please do NOT post any more comments as we must keep this strictly for teenagers to interact with each other.

 

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Submitted by Makam on Tue, 01/21/2020 - 15:01

Hi my name is Carlos, let me tell you about my family. My family is not big, I live with my mum, my little sister and my big brother. We live in Peru. My mum's name is Maria, she's a teacher, she's got long brown hair and brown eyes. My sister's name is Amy, she's 8, she's got short black hair and black eyes and she goes to school. My brother's name is Kent, he is tall and wise, he's got short black hair and brown eyes, and he lives in another country at the moment. We have got 4 dogs and 3 cats, they are lovely :).

Submitted by nohnoh on Fri, 12/13/2019 - 13:59

Hi, my name is Nouha i am 16 years old.I live in Tunisia with my family which is composed of 5 persons my mum , my dad ,my two sisters and i. My mother's a teacher .I love her so much because she's helpful ,kind and understanding. My father is a good men he's a customer officer .He is always by my side and give me whatever i want. My two sisiters are Nour and May it's true that we always fight but we love each other. We always share clothes , food.. I have no pets because mum doesn't like them . I love my family very much and i appresiate spending time with it.

Submitted by LysholmF on Wed, 11/27/2019 - 11:58

Dear Yoko Let me tell you about my family. I live with my mum and my dad . We live in Denmark My mum’s name is Rikke She’s a high school teacher She’s got short light brown hair and blue eyes. My dad’s name is Per He’s tall He’s got blond hair and blue eyes. He works with computers My sisters’ names are, Pernille, Sara and Nadja They are grown ups Write soon and tell me about your family. Best regards, Frederik

Submitted by LysholmA on Wed, 11/27/2019 - 11:58

Dear Yoko Let me tell you about my family. I live with my mum, my dad and my little sister . We live in Denmark My mum’s name is Kristina She’s a dentist assistant She’s middle height. She’s got dark brown hair and brown eyes. My dad’s name is Henrik He’s got dark hair and brown eyes. He works with computers My sister Amanda is a school girl and she loves to use iPad Write soon and tell me about your family. Best regards Alexander
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Submitted by Hatake03 on Tue, 11/19/2019 - 04:12

Hello, my name is Lisa. I'm 14 years old. I'm from El Salvador. There are 4 of us in my family, my mom, my sister, my cat and me. I am the younger in my family. My family is not big but we spend a lot of time together. My mom is a seamstress, she designs beautiful dresses. My sister is studying English Degree. My cat is 4 months old and is very playful. its name is Nino and loves to eat and sleep a lot... About me, I study at school but at the same time study English. I love my family and I like to be part of it.

Submitted by lancer on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 11:29

Hi, Everybod. I live in big house with my dad, mom and big sister. My dad is a photographer, his name is Kensi. He's very handsome, tall and strong. His hand is bigger than others. :) My mom is a dentist. He's very professional. Many persons were treated from her. Lara, my sister, is a teacher. Accountant teacher. I hope they are always doing well. Thanks.

Submitted by lancer on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 12:02

Both of my parent are slim and healthy. They have got brown and short hair, brown eyes. But my big sister is fat and tall. Also she have long legs. Of course i am not short too. :)

Submitted by dsbila on Fri, 10/11/2019 - 03:19

Hi everyone :) I'm Alyssa. I'm from Indonesia. In my family, i have one younger brother. His name is Ryo.He is on the 2nd grade of elementary school. He is 8 years old. My mom's name is Yanik. She is a bussiness woman. She is pretty busy with her works. She is 42 years old. And my dad's name is Tonny. He is 41 years old. He is a sailor, he works at Oceania Cruise. He rarely go home, he usually 6 months working and just 3-2 months at home. I really hope we can meet each other more often. Thanks, Alyssa :)

Submitted by Quyenlak on Mon, 10/07/2019 - 08:30

Hi everyone, Now I tell about my family. I have a big family with 4 siblings. I live with my mum, my father, 2 old sisters and young brother. We live in Vietnam. My mun's name is Khuyen, She's Vietnam and speaks Vietnamese. She's a farmer. She's short and a little heavy. She's got long, black hair and brown eyes. My dad's name is Quyet. He's a driver. He's tall and thin. He's got a short, black hair and black eyes. My old sister is 25 and she loves listening to music . She listens to music all the time, her kind of music is country. She is a banker. She's got a long, brown hair and brown eyes. She's tall and thin. My old brother is a 19. He's a university student. He is tall and a little fat.

Submitted by GREJ26032003 on Sun, 08/11/2019 - 17:58

Hi. My name is July. I am from Ecuador. I have a friendly family. Mi family have five members, we are three children and my mom and my dad. My older sister's name is Liss. She is twenty years old, she has Long, brown hair. My brother's name is Juanca, he has short, black hair. He is eighteen years old. My mom's name is Mariu and My dad's name is Juan. They are perfect and understandable.

Submitted by noel on Fri, 06/28/2019 - 08:07

hi! I am Noel. I from Myanmar. I am 16. I am a student. I live with my mum, my dad, tow big brothers and one big sister. My mother's name is Dasi. She is a teacher. She got long, black hair, tall,a little fat and beautiful. She is 50 years. My father's name is Jack. He is a doctor.He got short, black hair, tall and handsome. He is 50 years. The two brothers name are John and Mas. They are a students of University. My sister's name is Xu Xu. She also a student. Thanks you!
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Submitted by Kaity on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 02:55

Hi Alia, How are you? It is great to hear from you. Now I'll tell you about my family! I live with my dad, my mum and my little sister. We live in Vietnam. My dad is 38 years old. He is tall and little fat. My dad has short curly black hair and small brown eyes. He is a expert of informatics. He works at an education Department. My mum is 38 years old, like my dad. My mum is slim. She is beautiful with long black hair and big brown eyes. She is a Vietnamese teacher. She teaches in a Secondary school. My sister, Uyen is 5 years old. She has long black hair and big black eyes. She likes playing teddy bears and dolls. Another hobby of hers is watching television. I have short black hair and brown eyes. I love my family very much. What about you? Let me know about your family in the next email! Please write to me soon, Love

Submitted by tejk on Sun, 06/23/2019 - 04:38

Hi. Now let me introduce my family to you. My family contains 4 members: dad, mom ,my little brother and I. My dad is tall and strong he wears glasses like me, he works out every morning to keep fit. My mom has gorgeous brown long hair , she is always kind and patient to me which I really appreciate. Me and my brother are very close, he likes playing video games with me and we both treasure each other. He has black short hair and brown eyes and this summer he will go to elementary school. I love being with my family, they are always supporting me.
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Submitted by Ale77Can on Fri, 06/21/2019 - 21:43

Hello everybody Im alex and im 16 years old, i have a small family, i am the younger brother, we have got a parrrot pet

Submitted by Thu on Sun, 06/02/2019 - 11:12

Let me tell u about my family. I live with my uncle, my mum, and my big sister. We live in Viet Nam. My uncle's name is Taigo. He and my mom have brown eyes. My mom is beautiful and good at English. My sister is smart. She has long black hair. We have a pet dog. His name is Buddy. He's very cute.
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Submitted by empty on Wed, 04/03/2019 - 10:33

Not bad! I think it was an okay lesson but so easy! Maybe i should try other writings...

Submitted by pandharip on Sun, 06/02/2019 - 13:58

hi , My family has 4 members - mom, dad , sister and me. Let me tell you about each member. My mom is tall & beautiful. She is a programmer working for a private firm. She loves to read books & prepare different dishes for us. My dad also a programmer . He is taller than my mom but a bit fatter than mom. He tells us funny stories. He loves to travel . My sister is elder to me. she is studying . She has curly short brown hair that suits her very well. She maintains her hair style. She loves to sing & is a bathroom singer. Now something about me. I am 15. I am shy & generally take long time to talk to new people. I like to read funny things that make me laugh.

Submitted by Balaji_2005 on Tue, 04/02/2019 - 07:26

HELLO I like my family very much .IN my family i and my brother younger than me . I live in Chennai . I like my mother so much because she is always soft and encourages me .I like my father so much because he always soft nature and encourage me . My brother i like very much because he is a good boy and always polite and soft nature . I like my grandmother so much than my mother because she make tasty food and always encourage me and she is soft. 'MY family is small' .

Submitted by Ibnaay on Sun, 03/24/2019 - 18:41

Hi I am Turjo..I am 17 years old.I also live with my family.Our family have four persons.I have a younger brother..My mother is a teacher in a primary school and my father is a govt employee.My brother is a student reading in class 7.We live in Bangladesh.I am also a student.I just passed from my school.

Submitted by kjfdjfkjas on Tue, 03/19/2019 - 01:41

Hi! Let me intruduce my famaiy,first.l live with my dad, my mum and my big sieter. We live in china. My dad's a self-employed man and my mum's a housewife. My sister is twenty years old and works in a bank, now. Fanaily, my name's LiuPeng .Now, l am a student. Best wishes

Submitted by mamadfb66 on Thu, 03/07/2019 - 19:56

No. I've got a small family. I've just got a sister who lives with my parents. My sister has got a long black hair and color of my hair is black too but short. My father is a farmer and my mother is a housewife. I wish they always be live.

Submitted by Focus34 on Sun, 02/24/2019 - 03:50

Let me tell you about my family,I live with my mum and my dad. We live in Banna Nakhon Nayok Thailand. My mum’s name is Joy. She is Thai and she speaks Thai. she helps my dad work. She is short and a bit fat. She has long black hair. My dad’s name is Noy he is a mechanic. He is tall and strong. He has short black hair. I am the only one child in the family. I like to draw pictures in my free time. my mum and my dad love me so much and of cause I love them too!!

Submitted by gazelle on Sat, 03/02/2019 - 12:39

hello I live with my mum,my dad and my big brother. we live in izmir. my mum isnt tall and little fat. she is a housewife. my dad isnt short. he is a security man. my brother is tall and thin. he work in computer programmer. finally I am a cook but I am not working now.

Submitted by editor_rachael on Sat, 03/02/2019 - 15:31

Hi,
 
Thanks for your comments on LearnEnglish Teens. This website is specially for teenagers aged 13-17 years old but it sounds like you are older than that. You are welcome to keep on using LearnEnglish Teens but if you are over 17, please do NOT post any more comments as we must keep this strictly for teenagers to interact with each other. You are welcome to join our LearnEnglish page for adults and post comments there:
 
Best wishes,
 
Rachael
LearnEnglish Teens team

Submitted by Yula on Tue, 02/12/2019 - 03:59

Hi. My name is Yuliya. I come from a big family. I am am only child, but I've got 3 aunts, 6 cousins and 8 nieces and nephews. My mother is not tall, she has shirt hair and green еуеs. My mother is pharmacist. She is very kind and I very love her. I. miss my mother when we are not together.

Submitted by Madhu on Wed, 02/13/2019 - 11:49

We are 4 members in our family. My mom and dad are Indian and they speaks Tamil. My dad works as computer engineer and my mom is a house wife. I have sister and her name is Sujatha. She is studying B.com. she's got a long hair and brown eyes, like I am. We've got a pet dog, Annie.

Submitted by Rigina on Mon, 02/11/2019 - 18:40

Hello, my name is Rigina I have big family! My Mom, sister and I live in Moscow. Most of my relatives live in Bashkiria. Often we are going to visit them. My Mom name is Natalia, she is retired and helps look after my sister's baby. My Mom not tall and very slender. She has got short hair, oval face with brown eyes and full lips. My sister’s name is Kristina. She is 31. She is interior designer. She is now on maternity leave. My sister not tall and slim too. She has got straight long hair, oval face, expressive grey eyes and thin lips. She is very beautiful. My nephew’s name is Konstantin. He is very fanny kid. I love my family very much. I love spending time with my family.

Submitted by candreabermudez on Sun, 02/10/2019 - 19:56

I'm going to tell you about my family as a family I have a dark-eyed mother that is black with long black hair like my sister my brother just like he has short hair, my father has less hair than all listen to music but everyone has a different taster.

Submitted by carolbermudez on Sun, 02/10/2019 - 17:47

I'm going to tell you how my family is. I have a sister she has black hair and long my mom also just a little long, my dad has it hed and black color like my brother to my brothers and I like to listen to music and my sister and I dance

Submitted by Kou_d5 on Thu, 02/07/2019 - 14:16

Hi my name is Koosha, I'm 13 years old.I have a big family, I live with my mom, dad and my old sister. My mom got short, brown hair and green eyes. I love my mom, she's very kind and understand me. My dad got short black hair and brown eyes. he work's in a company. he's an engineer. he's a good man and loves me. My sister got shoulder-length light brown hair and brown eyes. I love my sister, she cares about me and loves me too!

Submitted by Fatcuppar on Thu, 01/24/2019 - 16:32

My family consist on 4 persons. I have 2 brothers, and my mother.

Submitted by Madhushani on Thu, 01/24/2019 - 05:07

Hello my family is big. i live my mother, my father and my big brother. We live in sri lanka. my mother's name is ariyawathi. she's housewife. she's fat. my father's name is subhasingha. he's got short black hair and brown eyes. he's farmer. my big brother's solder. we've got a dog, patty

Submitted by laki on Fri, 01/18/2019 - 17:56

hello. my name is x. i am 17. i am from belarus, but now i am living and studing in poland. my family is very big. i have a lot of aunts , unkles and cousins. my mum's name is olga. she is an accountant. she is very kind and she understands me. i very love her but i speak it not very often. also i have a little brother. he is 13. his name is lesha. in recent years we got closer. also we have a small red dog. his name is tima. now he is living with my mum and brother. soon i come to them. i very love and miss them)

Submitted by shhouug on Tue, 01/15/2019 - 13:34

i have a big family it contains of my mom and dad , i also have for sisters i'm the eldest one of them , we live in Saudi Arabia. my mother is a teacher she's slim and she's got black hair and eyes. my father is a police man he's a bit fat he's got brown hair and a black eyes
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Submitted by Youjiro on Sun, 01/13/2019 - 06:47

My family consists of my mother ,father ,older sister and younger sister. My mom got short ,black hair black eyes .She work as a part time job in grocery store. She do every household in my house such as cooking ,cleaning.My dad is photographer .He run own business .I got short,black hair . My two of sister like design and painting especially my younger sister like drawing a picture . I'm don't like drawing a picture . I like study science such as math ,chemistry .
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