BAHAN AJAR

BAB I
INTRODUCTION

Introducing yourself and others

There is a range of ways to introduce yourself and people.
Introducing yourself:
Here are expressions to introduce yourself:
 My name is ...
 I'm ....
 Nice to meet you; I'm ...
 Pleased to meet you; I'm ...
 Let me introduce myself; I'm ...
 I'd like to introduce myself; I'm ...
Introducing others:
Here are expressions to introduce others:
 Jack, please meet Nicolas.
 Jack, have you met Nicolas?
 I'd like you to meet Liza.
 I'd like to introduce you to Betty.
 Leila, this is Barbara. Barbara this is Leila.
Useful responses when introducing yourself or other people:
 Nice to meet you.
 Pleased to meet you.
 Happy to meet you.
 How do you do?

Dialogue:
Formal Introduction
John : Excuse me, are you Dr. James?
Dr. James : Yes I am. Can I help you?
John : May I introduce ourselves? I am John and this is my friend Jim. We are from a
book fair organizer.
Dr. James : Hello John & Jim. How do you do.
Jim : How do you do. We are here to offer you a prime stand for your
publications at our book fair.
Dr. James : It’s nice to hear an offer from you. But I am afraid I don’t have much time
right now. Can you give the proposal to my secretary?
John : OK. I will give the proposal to your secretary.
Dr. James : Great. Nice to see you.
Jim : Nice to see you too
Informal Introduction
John : How are you?
Jack : Pretty good. How are you doing?
John : Fine. Who is with you?
Jack : Oh. Meet my cousin Jimmy, he came here to vacation.
John : Hello Jimmy, nice to meet you. I am John.
Jimmy : Hello John, nice to meet you too. Call me Jim.
John : Got to go now.
Jack : OK. See you!
John+Jimmy: See you!

Things to remember:
 When introducing yourself or other people in a formal situation use full names.
("I'm Alex Litterman.")
 "How do you do?" isn't really a question, it just means "Hello"

Hello, Alia! Let me introduce myself. My name is Hannah. I know your name from my friend,
Caroline. She told me that you sent her an email telling her that you would like to have more
pen pals from the US. I’d really like to be your E-pal. You sound really cool!

I guess I’d better tell you something about myself first. I’m 16 years old and I attend Thomas
Edison High School here in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. I have two brothers and two half
sisters and I’m the middle child. My father died a few years ago so my mother runs the house
and the family business. My father was a barista.

I have lots of hobbies. I like music – mostly classical music and folk music – but I don’t play an
instrument. I like sports, especially tennis and basketball. At school I’m in the basketball team
and I spend most of my extra-curricular time playing basket ball. I’m into animals very much. My
sister and I have three dogs. They need lots of attention as you can imagine. My favorite
subjects at school are art and geography. I think I’d like to become a park ranger when I
graduate, perhaps work for the National Parks Service.

I don’t like reading but I love drawing and painting. How about you? Please drop me a line, Alia!
Can’t wait to hear from you!

Hannah
GRAMMAR REVIEW

Pronouns
In self-introduction and also in other communication activities, pronouns are frequently used to
prevent unimportant repetition.
Pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun, such as: I, you,
me, it, they, we, she, him, us.

Read the following sentences:

Alia wants to have many pen pals because Alia likes making friends. Alia’s pen
pals come from many parts of the world. Caroline introduces Alia to Hannah.
Now, Hannah becomes Alia’s pen pals. Hannah likes Alia a lot.

The word Alia is repeated too often and that makes the sentences not interesting. To make the
sentences better we can replace Alia with pronouns:

Alia wants to have many pen pals because she likes making friends. Her pen
pals come from many parts of the world. Caroline introduces her to Hannah.
Now Hannah becomes Alia’s pen pals. Hannah likes her a lot.

There are several types of pronouns: subjective, objective, possessive adjectives, and
possessive pronouns. Read the following table and the following explanation.

Subjective Objective Possessive Adjective Possessive Pronoun

I Me My Mine
You You Your Yours
He Him His His
She Her Her Hers
We Us Our Ours
They Them Their Theirs
It It Its Its

1. Subjective pronouns are the subjects of a sentence:

I, You, He, She, It, We, They
Read the following sentences. Pay attention to the underlined words as examples of
subjective pronouns.
a. I have three dogs.
b. You like to have many pen pals.
c. He studies in an elementary school.

2. Objective pronouns are the objects of a sentence:

Me, him, her, it, us, them, you
 Read the following sentences. Pay attention to the underlined wordsas examples of
objective pronouns.
a. I know Caroline. She introduced me to you via e-mail.
b. My brother is an elementary school student. Sometimes Iaccompany him to go to
school.
c. My sister is a good student. Her campus gave her scholarship.

3. Possessive adjectives are words that indicate possession.

Possessive adjectives are used with nouns.
My, Your, Her, His, Our, Their, Its + Noun

Read the following sentences. Pay attention to the underlined words as examples of
possessive adjectives. The possessive adjectives modify the nouns to show possession. The
words in italics are the noun.
a. I have a pen pal. My pen pal is very kind.
b. You have three dogs. Your dogs need a lot of attention.
c. He studies in an elementary school. His school is not far

4. Possessive pronouns also show possession but possessive pronouns are not followed by
nouns.
Mine, Yours, His, Her, Ours, Their
Read the following sentences. Pay attention to the underlined words as examples of
possessivepronouns.
a. This is my book. This book is mine.
b. These are your dog. These dogs are yours.
c. His school is far from here. His is far.