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Personal identity: sample reading and responding answers

Sample task 1

1. Qingwen and the writer do not look alike. Qingwen is very pretty.

2. Qingwen has large eyes, long (high) nose, and long straight black hair. She has a pale complexion, long hands and feet, and is tall and slim. She likes being pretty.

3. The speaker's mother thinks the writer looks like a little boy.

4. The writer looks a bit short, is fat and has short hair.

Sample task 2

In your answer, you should:

• use note format

• write about the new girl next door to your place

• mention her name and her appearance

• talk about her personality and interests

• write which school she attends

• write about her family (if she has any brothers or sisters)

• tell Daming what you think about the suggested outing.

Sample task 3

1. The topic is about Xiaohua, his family and his home.
   
   
2. Xiaohua is 18 years old. He was born in Shanghai. He migrated with his family to Sydney when he was three years old. His father is a engineer, mother is a nurse. He has a younger brother who is six years old. His grandmother migrated from China and helps out by taking his brother to school and cooks very nice Chinese dishes.
   
   Xiaohua lives in a house with a park outside and a big garden. It's two-storey with three bedrooms, toilet and a study upstairs. The kitchen, lounge room and garage are downstairs. He has to share a room with his younger brother who is very naughty.
   
   
3. Xiaohua wants to live in his own home because he has to share a room with his younger brother who is very naughty and every time he wants to do his homework, his younger brother is noisy. He wants to have more freedom.

Sample task 4

In your answer, you should:

• use letter format
  
  
• tell your parents not to worry about you
  
  
• mention how far you live from your school (state how you go to school, e.g. on foot/by bus)
  
  
• write about what time your school starts and finishes, whether it is the same as your previous school
  
  
• tell your parents about your daily routine
  
  
• reassure your parents that you will look after yourself.