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Question
Interview your teacher and get her responses for the following questions.
- Why did you become a teacher?
- How do you come to school every day?
- Do you have any pets?
- What kinds of books do you like to read?
- What are your hobbies?
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Solution
- Because I love to teach small children.
- By school bus.
- No.
- Adventurous books and novels
- Gardening and painting.
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