INTRODUCTION

Introducing Myself

■ Read the dialogue:

– What’s your name?

– My name is Bond… James Bond.
Complete the dialogue with “my” or
“you”
■ Hello, I’m Vesper Lynd. What’s
YOUR name?
■ MY name is bond… James Bond
■ Nice to meet you, James.
Listen and complete the dialogue

■ Hello.I’ your
Sandra. What’s name?
m M
■ Hello Sandra. name’s Diego. Nice toYou
meet .
y
Read the next conversations

■ What’s her name? ■ What’s his name?

■ Her name’s Kate. ■ His name is Jim.

“My, your, his, her” are possessive determiners.

NUMBERS
■ Zero/oh ■ 0
■ One ■ 1
■ Two ■ 2
■ Three ■ 3
■ Four ■ 4
■ Five ■ 5
■ Six ■ 6
■ Seven ■ 7
■ Eight ■ 8
■ Nine ■ 9
■ ten ■ 10
Listen and write the numbers

■ What’s your home number?302 -741-6995

240-856-3213
■ What’s your cellphone number?
THE ALPHABET
■ A ■ N
■ B ■ O
■ C ■ P
■ D ■ Q
■ E ■ R
■ F ■ S
■ G ■ T
■ H ■ U
■ I ■ V
■ J ■ W
■ K ■ X
■ L ■ Y
■ M ■ Z
Sound of the letters.

■ /i/ BCDEGPTVZ
■ /e/ FLMNSX
■ /ei/ A H J K
■ /iu/ Q U W
■ /ai/ I Y
■ /ou/ O
■ /a/ R
Listen and write the
abbreviations you hear.
■ USA
■ UK
■ VIP
■ OK
■ CNN
■ CIA
 “Can you spell that?”
■ My name is Boris
■ Can you spell that?
■ B-O-R-I-S

Can you spell…?

■ Dungeon
■ Cell phone
■ Computer
■ Bag
■ Standard
■ passport
■ Receptionist: welcome to the Oxford english school. What’s your name?
■ Student: Dimitri
■ Receptionist: Can you repeat that, please?
■ Student: DIMITRI
■ Receptionist: And your last name?
■ Student: Blackzivkosky
■ Receptionist: Can you spell that?
■ Student: B-L-A-C-K-Z-I-V-K-O-S-K-Y
■ Receptionist: what’s your cell phone number?
■ Student: 2356-0918
■ Receptionist: thank you, Mr. Blackzivkosky
■ Student: please call me Dimitri.
■ Receptionist: ok. Thank you, Dimitri
NOUNS
No contraction Contraction

■ What is this? ■ What’s this? Singul

ar
■ It is a bag. ■ It’s a bag.

■ What are these? ■ What are these? Plural

■ They are books. ■ They’re books.
 ■ You refer to only one
Singular object.

■ Book
■ Pen
■ Computer
■ Bag
■ Key
■ Passport
■ camera
 ■ You use “a” when the
Singular noun starts with
(a/an) consonant.

■ A camera
■ A pen
■ A book
■ A cell phone
■ A key
 ■ You use “an” when the
Singular noun starts with vowel.
(a/an)
■ An animal
■ An ant
■ An extra time
■ An eagle
It is the sound of the noun

a University
■ University an
University

■ Euro an Euro a
Euro

■ Mp3 player a Mp3 an Mp3

player player
 ■ Sometimes the noun changes from
Plural singular to plural.

Dictionary -------------------
Dictionaries
 ■ Generally you only add “s” at the
Plural end of the noun.

Book -----------------------------------Books
Pen ------------------------------------- Pens
Passport -----------------------------
Passports
There are rules for
plurals
 ■ When the noun ends in “ch, sh, s,
Plural x” you add “es” at the end.

Church --------------------------------------
Churches
Bus --------------------------------------------
Buses
 ■ When the noun ends in “consonant
Plural + Y” you delete “y” and add “ies”

Dictionary ---------------------------
Dictionaries
University ----------------------------
Universities

Play ----------------------------------- plays

 When the nouns end in “f” you delete
Plural the “f” and add “ves”

Wolf------------------------wolves
Dwarf---------------------dwarves
Half-------------------------- halves
 ■ A person ---------------------- people
Plural ■ A child -------------------------- children
■ A man -------------------------- men
■ A woman --------------------- women
■ Fish ----------------------------- fish
Irregular forms
No contraction Contraction

■ What is this? ■ What’s this? Singul

ar
■ It is a bag. ■ It’s a bag.

■ What are these? ■ What are these? Plural

■ They are books. ■ They’re books.
Answer the question, use
singular or plural
EXAMPLE:

■ What is this? (pen)

– It’s a pen

■ What are these? (dictionary)

– They’re dictionaries
■ What is this? (book)
– It’s a book

■ What are these? (perfume)

– They’re perfumes

■ What are these? (university)

– They are universities

■ What are these? (dish)

– They’re dishes
■ What is this? (cell phone)
– It’s a cell phone

■ What is this? (animal)

– It’s an animal
■ What is this? (mp3 player)
– It’s an mp3 player