Useful sentences
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Introducing yourself and meeting other people 1) Look at the picture. What can you see? a. There are 2 boys 2 girls in this picture. b. They are friends not friends.
2) Read the dialogue below and do the exercises 3 and 4: Cheng: Maria: Cheng: Maria: Abdullah: Cheng: Abdullah: Cheng: Abdullah: Maria: Maria: Cheng: Abdullah:
Hello! I’m Cheng. Hi, my name is Maria. Nice to meet you! Nice to meet you, too. Good morning, Cheng! How are you? Good. How are you? I’m fine, thanks. Abdullah, this is Maria. Hello, Maria, my name is Abdullah. Nice to meet you Abdullah. Goodbye! Have a nice day! Thanks, you too! See you later Maria! Bye! See you!
3) Complete the table with the underlined words/expressions: Greetings ▪ _______________________ ▪ _______________________ ▪ _______________________ ▪ Good afternoon. ▪ Good evening.
4)
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Good-byes _______________________
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_______________________
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Bye-bye.
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See you soon.
Associate the similar expressions: a. How are you?
1. Pleased to meet you.
b. I’m fine, thanks.
2. How’s it going?
c. Nice to meet you!
3. Good, thanks.
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5)
Fill in the blank using words from the following list; compare your answers with your classmates: Bye Hello
Abdullah: Maria: Abdullah: Cheng: Abdullah: Cheng: Abdullah:
Nice to meet I’m fine
I’m
later Bye
Good morning Nice day
________________! My name’s Abdullah. Hi, ________________Maria. Nice to meet you. ________________ you too. Good morning! ________________ Cheng! How are you? ________________, thanks. How are you? I’m good.
Some minutes later…. Cheng: ________________ Abdullah! See you ________________! Abdullah: ________________ Maria! Maria: Bye! Have a ________________! 6)
Fill in the blank spaces with “AM”, “IS” and “ARE”:
Verb to be (1) - Affirmative Complete Form I
He
I’m
is
She
It
We
Contractions
She’s
is
We’re
You
They
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7) Practice Exercise - Using the verb to be: Example: I . am . Maria. 1. You _____ Cheng. 2. He _____ Abdullah. 3. We _____ students. 4. You (plural) ______ students. 5. They _____ teachers.
Where are you from?
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1) Look at the picture. Associate the flags with the characters: Characters:
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Flags:
2) Read the questions. Watch the video. Then, answer these questions: a. Where is Guille from? c. Where is Ronaldo from? ▪
He is from ________________.
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__________________________.
b.
Where is Misako from?
d.
Where is Federico from?
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She __________________________.
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__________________________.
Video: http://conteni2.educarex.es/mats/17297/contenido/
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3) Watch the video again to fill in with the missing words: a. ___________ am Guillermo and___________ am from Trujillo b. She___________ Misako and___________ is from Tokyo c. ___________ is Ronal and he comes___________ São Paulo d. His name___________ Federico and he comes ___________ Florence e. Her ___________ is Chrystal and___________ from Paris
4) Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word from the following list: in
a. b. c. d. e.
born
school
interesting
come
Today is our first day in our new __________. Spain is a very ___________ country. Trujillo is a beautiful city ____________ Extremadura. I am Italian. I ___________ from Florence. I was _____________ in Paris.
5) Put the sentences in order to make a dialogue: No, I’m from São Paulo. What’s your name? And where are you from? Are you from Rio? My name is Roland and I’m from Brazil.
Countries and Nationalities Hello there! We are from South Africa. So we are South Africans! What about you? Where are you from? _____________________________. What nationality are you? _____________________________. COUNTRY Portugal Spain England France Germany Italy
NATIONALITY Portuguese Spanish English French German Italian
COUNTRY Austria Greece The USA Japan Brazil China
NATIONALITY Austrian Greek American Japanese Brazilian Chinese
Can you complete with two more countries and nationalities? 5
1) Follow the example and complete the sentences with the correct nationality. Don’t forget to include the verb when necessary! 1. I am from Spain. I am ________________________________________________. 2. You are from France. You ________________________________________________. 3. He is from the USA. He ________________________________________________. 4. She is from China. She ________________________________________________. 5. It is from Italy. It ________________________________________________. 6. We are from Brazil. We ________________________________________________. 7. You are from Germany. You ________________________________________________. 8. They are from Greece. They ________________________________________________. 9. Leo is from Austria. ________________________________________________. 10. Ann and Chun are from Japan. ________________________________________________.
Verb to be (2)
2) Exercises:
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3) Introduce yourself to your classmates. Greet them, ask how they are doing, tell them your nationality and say good-bye.
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Asking questions
1) Read the WhatsApp messages. Say if the following sentences are true or false: a. This dialogue is formal. true false b. Adbul and Lucy are friends. true false c. Lucy and Abdul are doing fine. true false d. Abdul is exercising. true false
WH QUESTIONS with be 2) Look at the questions made by Abdul. Use the circled words to complete the table: What’s your name?
My name’s Khawla.
_________ 's your friend? Who’s Cheng Li?
He’s in the classroom. He’s my classmate.
_________ are you from?
I’m from Egypt.
_________ are you? _________ is your family?
I’m fine, thank you. They’re great, thanks.
Where are your classmates?
They aren’t here now.
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3) Complete the questions, then practice with a partner. a. - Who’s that? - That’s Miss West. b. - _______________ she from? -
She’s from Scotland.
c. - ______________ her first name? -
It’s Chimamanda.
d. - _______________the two students over there? -
Their names are Jeremy and Jorge.
e. - ______________ they from? -
They are from Venezuela and Peru.
4) Pair work: write two questions to ask your classmates. Then ask and answer the questions. Do the same activity with two other students.
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