UNIT 1 nice to meet you
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UNIT 1 NICE TO MEET YOU 1
LISTENING PRACTICE
a. Listen to the dialogue and complete the conversation.
A: Good morning everyone. B: Good morning. A: Let’s introduce ourselves. Hello, my name is Clara. _______ your name? B: Hi, my _______ is Jackie. And you, what’s _____ name? C: _______. I’m Nicole. _______ to meet you. A/B: Nice to _____ you, too.
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VOCABULARY IN FOCUS
WHAT IS IT? IT IS A BOOK.
WHAT’S IT? IT’S A PEN.
LIST OF OFFICE SUPPLIES PEN
LAPTOP
BOTTLE
PENCIL
CHAIR
LIGHT
BOOK
DESK
STAPLER
CLIP
BOARD
FLOOR
ERASER
CLOCK
DOOR
NOTEBOOK
CALENDER
WALL
PENCIL CASE
PICTURE
CEILING
SHARPENER
BAG
WINDOW
MARKER
FAN
BACKPACK
AIR CONDITIONER
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LISTENING PRACTICE a. Listen to the audio and match the pictures.
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LISTENING PRACTICE a. Listen to the audio and complete the sentences.
a. What is it? It is ___________________. b. What is it? It is ___________________.
ENGLISH ARTICLES
c. What is it? It is ___________________. d. What is it? It is ___________________. e. What is it? It is ___________________.
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Now, write the name of the objects according to the pictures.
A AN THE
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CONVERSATION PRACTICE a. Pay attention to the examples and follow the teacher’s instructions
I’m Lara Smith
You’re Jackie Zayn
She’s Clara O’brien
He’s Joshua Shepard
It is beautiful
They are my friends
We are in Brazil
You are men
VERB TO BE
SUBJECT
AFFIRMATIVE
NEGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
I
AM
AM NOT
AM I?
YOU
ARE
ARE NOT
ARE YOU?
HE
IS
IS NOT
IS HE?
SHE
IS
IS NOT
IS SHE?
IT
IS
IS NOT
IS IT?
WE
ARE
ARE NOT
ARE WE?
YOU
ARE
ARE NOT
ARE YOU?
THEY
ARE
ARE NOT
ARE THEY?
PS. Pay attention to the contractions: IS + NOT = ISN’T, ARE + NOT = AREN’T
b. Follow the examples and answer the questions. A: Are you a student? B: Yes, I am.
A: Is she a good teacher? B: Yes, she is.
A: Are we in London? B: No, we are not. We are in Brazil.
A: Is he in the classroom? B: No, he is not. He is at work.
1. Am I a doctor? 2. Are you my friend? 3. Is he John? 4. Is she in the bathroom? 5. Is it a book? 6. Are we in a car? 7. Are you brothers? 8. Are they your mother and father?
c. Fill in the gaps with the correct Verb to Be. 1. I ______ Patrick. (+) 2. He ______ a nice boy. (+) 3. She ______ a good teacher. (-) 4. They ______ in London. (+) 5. You ______ in Paris. (-) 6. It ______ a pink wall. (-) 7. You ______ my students. (+) 8. We ______ in the classroom. (-) 9. He ______ intelligent. (+) 10. I ______ a doctor. (-) d. Now, transform five (5) of the previous sentences into the interrogative form. _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________
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SPEAKING PRACTICE a. Read the passage and complete it with the correct verb to be (am, is, are).
a. Nicola and Patricia _____ friends. Patricia lives in Florida and Nicola lives in New York. They _____ in California for the summer. Nicola _____ a good chef in a famous restaurant and Patricia ____ a designer in a big office. b. I _____ a good mother. I have two boys and one girl. Charles _____ 4 years old, Carl ____ 8 years old and Alicia _____ 11 years old. They _____ very intelligent. c. My brother and I ______ in our house. We like to cook delicious food. We ____ in the kitchen now cooking a chocolate cake.
b. Now, practice it with a friend.
07 READING PRACTICE a. Read the following text. Hello. How are you today? Our names are Beatrice and Liam, nice to meet you. We are friends. Our mothers are best friends, so, we are together all the time. Welcome to my house.
b. Now, answer to the questions. 1. What’s her name? 2. What’s his name? 3. Are they brother and sister? 4. Are they in the classroom?
08 LISTENING PRATICE a. Listen to the sentences and complete them using the verb to be. 1. The backpack _____ blue. 2. The game ________difficult. 3. We _____ sad today. 4. He _____ an English boy. 5. Mariah ______ single. 6. _____________ and Matt married? 7. They _______ late for their Math class. 8. ______ Josh tall? 9. Dean ______ young to be from the police. 10. The children _________ in the playground.
09 VOCABULARY IN USE a. Check the following vocabulary. FEELINGS angry attractive bad bored calm confident confused content cool excited friendly furious good happy unhappy interested quiet serious shy surprised strong tired
MARITAL STATUS
single married widowed divorced
DESCRIPTION big small tall short long fast slow fat thin large tiny huge clean dirty beautiful ugly opened closed
b. Create sentences using the vocabulary you learned. _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________
11 PROJECT TIME Nice to meet you. In a paper, create a story set in a classroom, similar to a comic book. Create your students and teacher and a conversation among them. Remember to use all the content of Unit 1.
ENGLISH TIPS FOR WOMEN Introducing yourself in the Business world
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INTRODUCING YOURSELF Say “Hello, I’m _____________________.” or “Hello, My name’s __________________”. You can use either Hi or Hello. Depending on the situation, Hi is considered less formal.
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TALKING ABOUT YOUR COMPANY’S NAME, LOCATION AND SERVICE “I’m with + (company’s name)” For example: “I’m with Apple/Federal Express...” “I’m based in + (location)” For example: “I’m based in California/Japan/ London...”
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TALKING ABOUT YOUR JOB So let’s anwer the question: What do you do? “ I’m a designer/ a software developer/ an HR manager.” “ I work in Fashion/ Engineering/ Banking.”
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WHEN USING E-MAIL There are some possibilities, for example: Good morning/ Good afternoon/ Good evening. Dear John/ Dear Mr. Smith
Relax. We will study more about it. For now, continue to practice your greetings and introductions.