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Introductions

SUBJECT People

SPEAKING SKILL Introducing yourself

SPEAKING TASK Introduce yourself to other classmates.

Answers for Unit 1 Worksheet (p. 13)

Classmate 1: 1. Masserinho

2. Brazil

3. Play soccer

4. About 20 years

5. At 35 years old

6. To win the World Cup

1. Michelle Wie.

2. The United States.

3. Play golf.

4. About fifteen years.

Classmate 2:

1. Bethany Bounce

2. Singapore

3. Play soccer

4. Since she was 12

5. Never

6. To keep on improving

[Suggested answers; students answers can vary]

Introducing yourselfWhen you meet someone for the first time, you should greet each other and exchange names. In informal situations, you can greet the person by saying either Hi. or Hello. and then tell the person your first name [Hi, I’m Kin. /Hello. My name’s Maria.]. Hi, I’m ... is slightly less formal than Hello. My name’s ... . In more formal situations, you can say, How do you do? and then give your full name [How do you do? My name’s Maria Romano.].

It is considered polite to follow a greeting with It’s nice to meet you. (or just Nice to meet you.). An appropriate response would be Nice to meet you, too. It is also polite to give a compliment and to express interest in the person. You might compliment his or her clothing or abilities [I like your jacket. Your English is very good.]. If you receive a compliment, you should thank the person and return the same compliment or respond with another. To express interest in the person, you can ask a question about the situation in which you meet [How long have you been studying English? ].

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Answer the questions and follow the instruction.

1 What does Maria say to greet Kin?

2 Which line in the dialogue shows Kin is surprised?

3 Underline sentences where Kin and Maria say something nice about each other.

Kin: Hi! I’m Kin. What’s your name?

Maria: Hello. My name’s Maria. Nice to meet you.

Kin: Nice to meet you, too. Where are you from?

Maria: I’m from Italy. I’ve been at this school for only two weeks. How about you?

Kin: Oh, for about three years. How long have you been studying English?

Maria: I started studying English in Rome about two years ago.

Kin: Just two years ago? Your English is really good!

Maria: Thanks. Your English is good, too.

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Listen and read.

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Introductions

“Just two years ago?”

“Hello.”

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Introducing yourselfYou can introduce yourself by saying hello and giving your name. You can be polite by saying Nice to meet you. or Nice to see you. and giving compliments (saying something nice about the person).

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Listen and repeat. Then work with a classmate and take turns saying each sentence using the words given.

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Listen and repeat.

Sounds

name meet fromname nice beenlong studying

Words

my meet nicereal·ly Eng·lishstud·y·ing I·tal·y

Sentences 1 Nice to meet you, too.

2 Where are you from?

3 I’ve been at this school for only two weeks.

1 Hi! I’m Kin. / Hello. My name’s Maria. [names]

2 How long have you been studying English? learning French, playing the piano

3 Oh, for about three years. two, five months, weeks

4 Your English is really good! French, Spanish excellent, great

For words, stress the highlighted syllable. For sentences, stress the words with bigger circles.

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months, weeks

excellent, great

years

really good

Kin Maria [names]

studying English

three

English

learning French, playing the piano

two, five

French, Spanish

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Mary: Yes, I’ve been coming to the music club for only a week. How about you?

Tom: Thanks. You play the violin well, too.

Mary: Wow, just two months? You play the trumpet very well!

Tom: I’m Tom. Nice to meet you. You’re new here, aren’t you?

Mary: Hi. My name’s Mary. What’s your name?

Tom: Oh, for about two months.

Present your dialogue to the class.

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Useful words drama club science club tennis club practice learn great

Work with a classmate. Prepare a dialogue introducing yourself to each other.

Remember to make your dialogue polite by saying something nice about the person you are talking to.

Classmate:

Me: Hi. My name’s

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Put the dialogue in the correct order. Then listen and practice the dialogue with a classmate.

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3

6

5

2

4

Hello. I’m John. Nice to meet you.

Kim. What’s your name?

Me:

Classmate:

Me:

Me:

Nice to meet you, too. How long have you been coming to the tennis

club?

Oh, for about two weeks.

Thanks. You play it well, too. Let’s practice together!Classmate:

OK.

Just two weeks? You play tennis very well!

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Write your answers. Then ask two classmates the same questions and write their answers.

1 Which activity are you going to do after school?

2 How long have you been doing it?

3 What other activities do you like doing?

Name:

1

2

3

Tell the class about your classmates.

Use these phrases to help you:

• Can you say that again, please?

• How do you spell that?

Name:

1

2

3

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Piano practice.

Two years.

Playing soccer and doing judo.

Jin-Ho

Swimming.

Three years.

Listening to music and watching

movies.

Fiona

Playing baseball.

Eight months.

Playing tennis, painting pictures and learning Spanish.

Unit 1 Worksheet

Boost! Speaking 1Photocopiable© Pearson Education Asia Limited 2007 13

Name: Class: Date:

Imagine you are a famous singer, actor or sports star and write the answers.

1 What is your name?

2 Where are you from?

3 What do you do very well?

4 How long have you been doing it?

Work with two classmates. Introduce yourself as the famous person from Activity A and make notes in the table.

Classmate 1 Classmate 2

1 His/Her name

2 Where he/she is from

3 What he/she does very well

4 How long he/she has been doing it

5 When he/she plans to stop doing it

6 What he/she hopes to achieve

Introduce your classmates to the class using the notes from Activity B.