What’s your name?

UNIT 1
English Basic I
 CONTENTS

• Greetings & leave-takings

• Names
• Introductions
• The Alphabet
LESSON 1:
What’s your name?
• Numbers (0 – 10)
GREETINGS & LEAVE-
TAKINGS

CO-WORKERS FRIENDS

GREETING
FORMAL INFORMAL
S

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1. INFORMAL GREETINGS

Listen and repeat.

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 2. FORMAL GREETINGS

Listen and repeat.

Good
morning.

06:00 am – 11:59 am

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Listen and repeat.

Good
afternoon.

12:00 pm – 5:59 pm

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 Listen and repeat.

Good
evening.

06:00 pm – 9:59 pm

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 LEAVE-TAKINGS

See
See you
you!
later!

Good
bye!

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 Listen and repeat.

Good
night.

10:00 pm -

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 NAMES

FULL NAME NICKNAME

JUAN CARLOS OBLITAS SABA (JUANCA)

Informal: FIRST MIDDLE LAST NAME
Name NAME NAME

FAMILY NAME

American English = Last name / British English = surname.

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INTRODUCTIONS

Listen and practice.

Tyler: Hi, my name’s Tyler.

Sylvia: Nice to meet you Tyler. My name is Sylvia.
Tyler: It’s nice to meet you too, Sylvia.

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ASKING ABOUT FEELINGS

Positive Negative

Listen and practice.

Sylvia: Hi, Tyler. How are you?

Tyler: Oh, I’m OK. How about you?
Sylvia: I’m great. Thanks.

Questions to ask about feelings: Answers about feelings (Positive):

 I’m fine, thank you.
 How are you?  I’m Ok. / I’m great. Thanks.
 How about you? Answers about feelings (Negative):
Not so good. I’m not OK.

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 THE ENGLISH ALPHABET

Listen and practice.

A B C D E F G
(ei) (bi) (si) (di) (i) (ef) (yi)

H I J K L M N
(eich) (ai) (yei) (kei) (el) (em) (en)

O P Q R S T U
(ou) (pi) (kiu) (ar) (es) (ti) (yu)

(vi)
V
(dabol yu) (eks)
W
(wai)
X
(zi)
Y Z

We use the English Alphabet to spell names, objects, e-mails, etc.

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How do you
Examples:
spell your
surname?
It’s Benedetti.
B-E-N-E-D-E-T-T-I

It’s possible to say: T-T

or double T

It’s
mario.benedetti@hotmail.com

Great,
What’s your
e-mail
address?
Cyber Symbols:
@ = at
. = dot
_ = underscore
# = hash
- = dash

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NUMBERS FROM 0 TO 10

Listen and practice.

0 1 2 3 4 5
Zero One Two Three Four Five
(Oh)
For phone
6 7 8 9 10
numbers:
0(Zero) =
six seven eight nine ten
0(Oh)

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PHONE NUMBERS

Listen and practice.

What’s your cell phone

number?

It’s 906-377-215
(nine-oh-six-three-seven-seven-two-one-five)

What’s your home phone

number?

It’s 5-603-995
(five-six-oh-three-nine-nine-five)

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VOCABULARY IN ACTION 1
Hello, I’m Hi, my name Hi, my name is
Lorena. is Angie. Peter. What’s
your name?

Hello, I’m Hi, my name is

George. Ann. Nice to
meet you.

My name is = I’m
My name is Giovanna. = I’m Giovanna

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 VOCABULARY IN ACTION 2
Hi, Alex.
Alex, Nice to
This is meet you
Karina. too.

Nice to
meet
you
Karina.

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 LET’S PRACTICE

1. Complete the phrases.

G_ _ d
m_ _ _ _ _ _
__
_
He _ _ _ He My c_ _ _
p_ _ _ _
n_ _ _ _ _
is

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2. Look at the photos. How do you say the
letters?

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Now, go to your workbook and solve the exercises about lesson 1.

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