1. Practice this dialogue in groups. Use your real names.
A:Good afternoon!
B:Good afternoon! My name is _____(b)________.
A: Hello. My name is ____(a)________.
B: Have we met before?
A: No we haven’t met. Pleased to meet you!
B: Pleased to meet you too. Have you met ______(c)______?
A: I’m not sure.
C: Yes, we have met before. Good to see you again!
A: Oh yes, I remember now. Good to see you again too!
C: How are you doing?
A: I’m not too good today.
C: I’m sorry to hear that.
A: And what about you?
C: Oh, I’m fine.
B: I have an idea. Let’s go and get some lunch!
2. Introduce your partner to the people in the class. Ask and answer questions with a partner.
Where …… …….come from?
Where … live?
.... your family small/large?.
… have any brothers or sisters?
What … like doing at the weekend?
What …..you good at?
Where … go for your last holiday?
Where ……you study before?
Team work.
Use the mind-maps below to learn more about your group mates
Self study. To learn more about greeting and introductions go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1142_greeting/index.shtml
http://www.esolcourses.com/uk-english/beginners-course/unit-1/personal-information/introductions-greetings.html
Role play.
Student A. You are at a party. You don’t know anybody here. Ask the host to introduce you to the guests.
Student B. You are the host. You introduce student A to other guests.
Grammar spot
Study the table below. Go to Grammar Focus. Study the theory in detail. Find the examples of various parts of speech in the texts above.
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Часть речи |
Функция |
Пример/слова |
Пример/предложение
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Noun (n)-существительное |
Обозначает предмет, лицо или явление |
Language, greeting, introduction, student, lecturer, faculty, Chelyabinsk |
I’m a student at Chelyabinsk State University |
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Verb (v)- глагол |
Обозначает действие или состояние |
Be, have, study, introduce, greet, speak |
I can speak several languages. I am rather good at English. The more languages you know, the more you are human. |
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Adjective (adj) - прилагательное |
обозначает качество предмета, лица или явления |
Possible, international, helpful, ceaseless. |
English is a language international communication. English is an excellent language to learn Reading is an important part of learning a new language |
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Pronoun (pro) - местоимение |
Заменяют существительные и другие части речи |
I,we, he, she, you, what, this, someone etc |
If you want to build your vocabulary learn several words a day. Some people have difficulties in reading , other in listening and comprehension |
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Adverb –(adv) - наречие |
Обозначает качество действия |
Often, seldom, quickly, well, successfully |
You can learn a language quickly. Read and speak in English regularly |
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Numeral(num) - числительное – |
Обозначает количество |
Two, twelve, twenty, hundred, the second |
Many people speak three or more languages quite fluently. |
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Conjunction (conj)- союз |
Служебная часть речи, соединят слова и предложения |
and, but, or, therefore, then, that |
Watch, listen, read and write in your chosen language. |
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Article-артикль – |
Служебная часть речи, определитель существительного |
a/an, the |
Astudent who works hard can achieve very much. |
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Preposition (prep)-предлог. |
Служебная часть речи, устанавливают связи между словами (членами предложения) |
in, on, at, near, by, before |
Learn a few greeting words in the language before you learn the alphabet |
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Междометие – Interjection (inter) |
Служит для выражения эмоций, но прямо их не называет. |
ah, wow, oops, hey |
Well done! |
Study the mind map. Add your own examples.
Go to Grammar Focus. Study basic tense forms in Active Voice. You may also visit http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar, http://www.study.ru/support/handbook/verb2.html
Learn more at http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/prestensum.html
You may watch a video about the English tenses at http://video.about.com/esl/Learn-ESL--What-Are-the-Tenses-in-English-.htm
Grammar spot