Greetings and Farewells – Unit 1

Greetings Answer Farewells Farewells

• Hi • Hi • Bye • Bye
• Hello • Hello • Good Bye • Good Bye
• Good Morning • Good Morning • See you tomorrow • See you tomorrow
• Good Afternoon • Good Afternoon • See you soon • See you soon
• Good Evening • Good Evening • See you next class • See you next class
• What’s up? • Hey, what’s up? • See you later • See you later
• How are you doing? • I’m Doing good • See you around • See you around
• How’s it going? • Fine • Talk to you later • Ok
• How do you do? • How do you do? • Take care • You too
• Have a nice day • Thanks, you too

Let me introduce
myself!

Important Expressions
• Nice to Meet you Answer
• It’s a pleasure to meet you • Nice to Meet you too
• What’s your name? • It’s a pleasure to meet you too
• How about you? • My name is… I’m…
• Where are you from? • I’m…/I study…/ I live…
• How old are you? • I’m from…
• This is my friend… • I’m…
• Hi, nice to meet you…
 My name is Frank Goodwill
I am 14 years old.
I am from Seattle, U.S.A.
I live in Cucuta, Colombia.
I study seventh grade at “Martin Luther
high school”
I like sports, manga and videogames.
I love pizza
I don’t like tomatoes juice
I have a cat and a dog
My best friend is Valentine
Now it’s your turn!
Write your personal
information in the
corresponding space ➢ Name____________________________________________
➢ Age______________________________________________
➢ Place of birth______________________________________
➢ Current address____________________________________
➢ School___________________________________________
➢ Hobbies__________________________________________
➢ Likes_____________________________________________
➢ Dislike____________________________________________
_

Personal Personal Pers. Pronouns + Pers. Pronouns +

Pronouns Pronouns + To Be interrogative To Be
negative To Be
• I • I am • Am I?
• I am not
• You • You are • Are you?
• You are not
• He • He is • Is He
• He is not
• She • She is • Is she?
• She is not
• It • It is • Is it?
• It is not
• You (plural) • You are • Are You?
• You are not
• We • We are • Are we?
• We are not
• They • They are • Are they?
• They are not
 Building Grammar
- Remember you have to use “to be” verb to indicate that the subject is something or that the subject is
somewhere. Follow the grammar structure.

Affirmative Hanna is a doctor.

Is not = isn’t
Negative Hanna isn’t a doctor.
Are not = aren’t
Interrogative Is Hanna a doctor?

Fill in blanks with the corresponding “to be” Organize the statements following the
- Dayana ________ a good student. (-) grammar example from above
- The children _______ in the backyard.(+) - in the gym/Ann / is
- My mom _______ a lawyer.(-) ___________________________________________
- He ______ from Sweden. (+) - Are/ from England?/ your parents
- Vladimir and Erick _______ part of this team.(+) ___________________________________________
- The dog _______ on the bench. (+) - a nurse/ Gina/ Isn’t
- ________ you in my English class? (-) ___________________________________________
- The library _______ in front of my house.(-)

Conversations
Listen to the conversation and practice it with two classmates, if you find new words, look for its meaning.

Hanna: Hi Josh, How are you?

Josh: Hi Hanna, I’m good! How about you?
Hanna: I’m fine. Look this is my friend Emily. She’s in
my English Class.
Josh: Nice to meet you Emily.
Emily: Nice to meet you Josh.
Josh: Where are you from?
Emily: I’m from Barranquilla.
Josh: Oh, you’re Colombian, Colombia is a beautiful
country.
Emily: Thanks, you’re very kind.
Hanna: We have to go, our class starts in 5 minutes.
Josh: Ok, see you around girls.
Writing down new Hanna: See you around Josh.
Emily: Bye Josh.
vocabulary is one fine way Josh: Bye Emily.
to improve your English
 Let’s practice
Fill in blanks with the corresponding To Be or Organize the sentences/questions:
Subject: • Isn’t/a good daughter/Mary
1. we ______ students. • ____________________________________
2. ______ am an English teacher. • Are/ Richard and Santiago/ Tall/ ?
3. They______ good friends. • ____________________________________
4. He ______ a football player. • They / at / aren’t / home.
5. ______ is at the mall. • ____________________________________
6. Marly ______ at home. • Caroline and I / university/ are / students/ ?
7. Joseph______ on the 5th avenue. • ____________________________________
8. ______ you from Sao Paulo? • Am / a / good / I / student / good.
9. Is _______ from Mexico? • ____________________________________
10. We _______ not from South Africa.
• Cartagena /from / isn’t / Sam.
• ____________________________________
• Falcao / At /? / is / the Stadium /
• ____________________________________
Change the sentences into the different • Isn’t / Mariana Pajon / Cali / From.
statements: • ____________________________________
• Sara is from Denmark. (-)
• ____________________________________
• Joe and Richard are good teachers. (?)
• ____________________________________
____________________________________
• They aren’t at the beach. (?)
____________________________________
• ____________________________________ ____________________________________
• Joseph and Caroline aren’t good friends. (+) ____________________________________
• ____________________________________ ____________________________________
• Is Jose from Mexico? (-) ____________________________________
• ____________________________________ ____________________________________
• Ann and Laura aren’t in my house.(?) ____________________________________
• ____________________________________ ____________________________________
• Gary isn’t a good boy. (+) ____________________________________
• ____________________________________ ____________________________________
• Are Caroline and I from Argentina? (+) ____________________________________
• ____________________________________ ____________________________________
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____________________________________
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Now work in couples and, let’s ____________________________________
write and practice a ____________________________________
conversation introducing ____________________________________
yourself and a friend