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MEETING
AND
GREETING
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1 Warm up

Match the questions and answers that people use when they meet.

Part A

1. What’s your name? a. I’m fine, thanks.

2. How old are you? b. I’m from France.

3. Where are you from? c. I’m twenty-two.

4. How are you? d. My name is Marie Bernard.

Part B

1. Are you here on a. For ten days.

vacation?
2. Are you studying here? b. No thanks, I have some water.

3. How long are you c. Yes, I’m here with my family.

staying here?
4. Would you like d. Yes, I’m taking an English class.
something to drink?

Now read the sentences out loud in pairs.

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2 Listening

Marie is in her English class. She meets another student. Listen to the conversation and number the
questions in the order you hear them.

Part 1
How are you? 1

How long are you staying here?

What’s your name?

Where are you from?

Would you like something to drink?

Part 2

Listen again and choose the correct information.

1. Luis is from France / Spain.

2. Marie lives in Paris / London.
3. Luis is staying for six weeks / months.
4. Marie is staying for one week / month.
5. The teacher says that class starts in ten / five minutes.
6. Marie and Luis decide to get something to eat / drink.

3 Language point
Study these sentences.

Marie: Hi, how are you? / Luis: I’m fine.

Luis: Is he the teacher? / Marie: Yes, he is .

We use to be verbs in sentences with nouns and adjectives. This verb is irregular.

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Study the table below. Then choose the best answers to the questions.

singular plural

long form contraction long form contraction

(short form) (short form)

1st person I am I’m we are we’re

2nd person you are you’re you are you’re

3rd person he / she / it is he’s / she’s / they are they’re

it’s

yes-no questions Am I late? / Are you late? / Are we late? / Are they
Is she late? late?

short answers - positive Yes, I am. / Yes, you are./ Yes, we are. / Yes, they are.
Yes, she is.

short answers - negative No, I’m not. / No, you’re No, we’re not. / No, they’re
not. / No, he’s not. not.

No, you aren’t. / No, he No, we aren’t. / No, they

isn’t. aren’t.

Choose the best answer.

1. When we write the first person singular, we use a capital letter I / lower-case letter i.
2. We use different / the same forms of to be with we, you, and they.
3. We use / don’t use an apostrophe (’) to make the short forms (contractions).
4. We use / don’t use contractions in short positive answers.
5. We use the same / a different word order in questions and sentences.
6. There is one way/ are two ways to make negative short answers with contractions.

We use contractions (short forms) when we speak in informal situations.

Practice saying these sentences.

• I’m fine. You’re fine. He’s fine.
• We’re fine. They’re fine.
• I’m a student. You’re a student. She’s a student.
• We’re students. They’re students.

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4 Practice
Write a form of to be in the gaps to complete these sentences.

1. He the teacher.
2. I not from London.
3. They students.
4. you from Poland?
5. They not late.
6. I from Japan.
7. we late?
8. She here on vacation.

1. Which sentences can have contractions?

2. Write those sentences again, with contractions. For one sentence, you can write two forms.
3. Write positive and negative answers to questions 4 and 7. Write two forms if you can.

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5 Speaking
Lisa and Ricardo are in London. They start talking in the street. Work in A/B pairs. Complete your
part of the conversation and then speak together. Use contractions where you can.

Then complete the other part of the conversation and check with your partner.
Read the conversation again as a different person.

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A - Ricardo B - Lisa
1
Hi. My is Ricardo. Hi, I’m Lisa. Nice to
2
What’s your name? you.

Nice to meet you too. Yes, I’m here with my family. They
3 4
you here on vacation? at the hotel now.

5
How are you staying? Two weeks. And
6
?

I’m taking an English class with my brother. Are you

7 8
We here for six weeks. Italy?

9
No, we . We’re from I
10
Brazil. Where are you from? from Germany. How
old are you?

I’m eighteen. My brother I

11 12
twenty. How old are nineteen. My sister is
you? twenty-two.

13
Would you something 14
, please. I need a
to drink?
coffee.

6 Extra practice/homework

Find mistakes in these sentences and correct them.

1. He be from England.
2. Theyre at the hotel.
3. You are from China?
4. Yes, we’re.
5. No, we’re aren’t.
6. i’m twenty-three. How old are you?
7. How are you? I fine, thanks.
8. Is the teacher.

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7 Optional extension

Here are some more useful expressions for meeting people. Match the pairs.

Match the pairs.

1. Have a nice weekend! a. Don’t worry. It’s all right.

2. How was your weekend? b. Great, thanks. And you?

3. I have to go now. c. I’m a teacher / a student / a businessman.

4. Sorry, I’m a bit late. d. Same to you!

5. What do you do? e. See you later.

• Which two of these expressions do you use when you start to talk to someone?

• Which two of these expressions do you use at the end of your conversation?

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