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Unit 1: EXCHANGING PERSONAL INFORMATION (Basic Concepts)

Introducing Yourself (Greetings)

Hi, (there) Hello, (there) Good morning, Good afternoon, Good evening,

I am... I'm .... My name is........ My names ...

(But) you can call me... (But) please call me .... (But) everyone calls me ... (But) my friends call me...

Giving an introductory greeting Responding to an introductory

greeting Nice to meet you, (Paul /Mr. James /... ) Pleased to meet you, (Liz /Mrs. James/.) Good to meet you, (...

Nice to meet you, too. Pleased to meet you, too. Good to meet you, too.

Farewell Forms

Good-bye Bye-bye So long See youlater

See you on Good night

Asking how people are Answering how you are Asking back

How are you? How are you doing? How are things? Hows everything?

Terrific! / Great! Very well, thank you Fine / Pretty good, thanks OK / Not bad / So-so More or less / Not so good

And you? What about you? How about you? How are you doing?

Asking For Repetition

Could you repeat that,please?

Please, repeat. Excuse me?

Asking for S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G

Could you spell that, please? Spell that, please.Asking About Meaning

Whats the meaning of .............................? How do you say .................... in English?

Checking Comprehension

Is it clear? Any problem? Any question? Do you understand?

Possible ways to say you

understand

Yes, its quite clear. No, no problem. Yes, I understand very well. Yes, I do.

Possible ways to say

you do not understand

Sorry, I dontunderstand

No, sorry. No, its not veryclear.

No, I dont. CHECKING INFORMATION USING WH Questions + BE

Quest ion word + is/are + subject + ( complement)

CONTRACTIONS:

What i s = Whats How is = Hows Who is = Whos

Where i s = Wheres When i s = Whens

1. WHAT S your name?____________________________________________2. WHOS your best friend? ____________________________________________3. WHAT Syour best friends name? ____________________________________________4. WHEREAR E you from? ____________________________________________5. WHATS your fathers / mo thers occupation??____________________________________________6. WHATS your address? ____________________________________________7. HOW ARE you this morning /afternoon / evening?____________________________________________8. WHATS your cell phone number? ____________________________________________9. HOW IS the weather this morning /afternoon / evening?____________________________________________10. WHATS your occupation/ profession/ activity?____________________________________________11. WHATS today?____________________________________________12. WHENS your birthday? ____________________________________________13. WHO ARE those girls/boys/men/ladies over there?____________________________________________14. HOW OLD ARE you? ____________________________________________15. WHOS the first student o n the list? ____________________________________________16. WHATS your ID (RUT) number? ____________________________________________

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NUMBERS How to say "0"

Cardinal Numbers Ordinal Numbers zero used in scientificexpressions, especially

temperatures.1 one 1st first

2 two 2nd second

3 three 3rd third "o " (the

letter)

used in telephone

numbers and addresses4 four 4th fourth

5 five 5th fifth nil /

nothing

used to express the

score in ball games6 six 6th sixth 7 seven 7th seventh

8 eight 8th eighth love used to express the

score at tennis9 nine 9th ninth

10 ten 10th tenth

11 eleven 11th eleventh

12 twelve 12th twelfth ENGLISH ALPHABET

13 thirteen 13th thirteenth A ei

14 fourteen 14th fourteenth B bi

15 fifteen 15th fifteenth C si

16 sixteen 16th sixteenth D di

17 seventeen 17th seventeenth E i

18 eighteen 18th eighteenth F ef

19 nineteen 19th nineteenth G lli

20 twenty 20th twentieth H eich

21 twenty-one 21th twenty-first I ai

22 twenty-two 22nd twenty-second J llei

23 twenty-three 23rd twenty-third K kei

24 twenty-four 24th twenty-fourth L el

25 twenty-five 25th twenty-fifth M em

26 twenty-six 26th twenty-sixth N en

27 twenty-seven 27th twenty-seventh O ou

28 twenty-eight 28th twenty-eighth P pi

29 twenty-nine 29th twenty-ninth Q quiu

30 thirty 30th thirtieth R ar

31 thirty-one 31st thirty-first S es

40 forty 40th fortieth T ti

50 fifty 50th fiftieth U lliu

60 sixty 60th sixtieth V vi

70 seventy 70th seventieth W dabel lliu

80 eighty 80th eightieth X exs

90 ninety 90th ninetieth Y guay

100 one (a) hundred 100th hundredth Z zet - zi

500 five hundred 500th five hundredth

1,000 one (a) thousand 1000th thousandth

100,000 one (a) hundred

thousand

100,000th hundred thousandth

1,000,000 one (a) million 1,000,000th millionth

Days of the Week

Months of the Year Seasons of the Year Monday

January July Summer Tuesday

February August Autumn (Fall) Wednesday

March September Winter Thursday

April October Spring Friday

May November Saturday

June December Sunday