Appendix 1 Phrasebook
A. Basic phrases
Yes no sorry
Please thank you/ thanks
Excuse me, … (to attract someone’s attention)
B. Greeting and meeting people
Saying hello
Informal |
Formal |
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Hello Hi |
Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening.
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A: How are you? Nice to see you. |
B: Fine, thanks. |
Saying goodbye
Goodbye! Bye. So long! See you (soon/ later)! See you tomorrow. |
Have a nice day. (US) Have a good weekend. Have a good trip.
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C. Making introductions
In a formal situation
Stimulus |
Response |
May I introduce Prof. Brown, Dean of our Department?
Let me introduce the head of the Department of the English language and Speech Communication.
Allow me to introduce you the teachers of the Department.
I would like you to meet ... I would like to introduce you to ... |
How do you do?(is said by both people)
It is a pleasure to meet you.
It is a privilege to meet you.
I’m honored to meet you.
Thank you very much for the cordial welcome and kind words of greeting. (may be said if introduced to the audience) |
In an informal situation:
Stimulus |
Response |
I’d like you to meet Alex. Alex, this is Cathy. Have you met Victor? Come and meet Mary. |
Hi, how are you? Pleased to meet you. Nice to meet you. Glad to meet you. |
Welcoming people
Come in.
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Forms of address
You write |
You say |
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Mr. Mrs. Miss Ms. Dr. Prof. |
Mister Missis Miss Mizz Doctor Professor |
Thanking Responding to thanks
Thanks. You’re welcome. (US)
Thank you. Don’t mention it. (UK)
E. Common expressions
Agreement
OK. I agree with you. I see.
Sure. I agree to your plan. I’m of the same opinion.
Great! That’s right. Exactly so.
Showing you’re listening
I see. Really? How interesting! Uh-huh.
Congratulating!
Happy Birthday! Many happy returns! Happy/ Merry Christmas!
Congratulations! Happy New Year!
Apologising Replying to apologies
Sorry. That’s OK.
I’m so/ very sorry. Don’t worry about it.
Excuse me. (UK)
F. Small talk
Is this your first visit to ...?
Have you been here /to ... before?
Have you visited / seen ...?
How do you like /find ...?
(How) are you enjoying ...?
Are you interested in ...?
This is your first visit to Minsk, isn’t it? You’re interested in journalism, aren’t you? You’ve made the right choice, haven’t you? |
I hear / believe you’re from ...? I’ve been told that you’re majoring in ...? I suppose you have already seen ...? |
G. Learning a foreign language
Language problems
I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Could you repeat that, please? Could you speak more slowly? What does forecast mean? |
What’s the English for знакомиться? How do you say учебник in English? How do you spell evening? How do you pronounce this word? |
Parts of speech
noun verb auxiliary verb adjective pronoun
preposition adverb infinitive participle
H. Teacher-student interaction
Do you need my help?
Who needs help?
Does anybody need any help?
Let me know if you run into a problem.
What’s the matter?
Are you ready now?
Have you all finished?
Who has done all?
Have you done the exercise?
Have you made a list of questions?
Have you corrected the mistakes?
First let us read the text
To begin with, we shall do some exercises.
Let’s move on to the text.
Before we go on to the text, I want you to do some exercises.
Let’s stop for a while.
For the last thing would you put down your homework.
Questions
• Did you do your homework? – Yes, I did. / No, I didn't. • Do you understand? – Yes, I understand. / No, I don't understand. • Do you have your book? – Yes, I have my book. / No, I don't have my book. • What page are you on? – We're on page ___. • Are you ready? – Yes, I am. / No, I'm not. • Have you finished? • What did you say? – I said, "_____________." • Do you have a question? – Yes, I have. / No, I don't.
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• What is the answer to question number__? • Is this the right answer? – Yes, it's the right answer. / No, it's the wrong answer. • What do you think? • What is this about? • Can you guess? • What happened? • Can I help him/her? • Could you repeat that, please? • Is this correct? • Is it okay? • What does this mean? • May I get a drink of water? • May I leave now?
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Student Responses • Sorry, I'm late. • Sorry, I couldn't do my homework. • I forgot. • I don't remember. • I don't understand. • Please explain.
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Requests • Please say it again. • Please give us an example. • Please speak more slowly/faster. • Please speak in English. • Please share the book. • Please change seats. • Please turn on/turn off the light.
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Directions
• Repeat after me. • Answer the question. • Work together. • Work alone. • Do it now. • Check now. • Everybody, read together. • Each student reads 2 sentences. • Copy this. |
• Take notes. • Draw a picture. • Make a sentence. • Write the English sentence and draw a picture. • Read the question and answer in English. • Choose an answer and fill in the blanks. • Circle the answer. • Underline this word/sentence.
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