Introductions 1 - EASY ENGLISH CONVERSATIONS

Welcome to EASY English Conversations! LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this unit, you'll feel more confident: 🔹️ greeting friends 🔹️greeting formally 🔹️ greeting throughout the day 🔹️ sharing your interests and hobbies 🔹️sharing your nationality 🔹️ sharing your location

Hello.... (By David Wood) It is so simple to say hello But at times so hard... You just wanna say hi How are you, it's nice To see you... To look across the room And see your smile To catch your eye And wonder why We are so distant From a simple hello Anything can grow But we pass like strangers

There are many ways to say "hello" in English... Hi! Howdy Heya! G'day Hey Greetings Hi/ hello there Yo What's up? Howzit! Good day Some of these are casual, others are more formal. Some represent more than one word... But regardless of the words you choose, the best way to greet anybody is with a smile 🙂

COMPREHENSION 1. Which of these words does NOT mean "hello"? Hiya Howdy Toodles Howzit HI 2. Fill in the blanks: (a) How _____ you? (b) It's nice to _____ you. (c) See ____ later. 3. What do you think "Don't blow it" means? 4. Do you think Jack planned to meet Emily? Yes or no? 5. Do you think Jack made a good first impression with Emily? Why?

If you want to be more formal, you can greet somebody by referring to the time of day. You may say: "Good morning" "Good afternoon" "Good evening" "Good night" Sometimes this form of greeting can be used in a himerpus or sarcastic way. E.g. when somebody wakes up in the afternoon, we may say, "Good morning" as a gentle way of telling them that it's late to be waking up! If you're not sure what time of day it is, you may say: "Good day" Let's look at some examples of situations where this form of greeting is appropriate.

COMPREHENSION (a) Good morning (b) Good evening (c) Good night (d) Good afternoon 1. Rearrange (a) - (d) in the correct order from the beginning to the end of the day. 2. Which of the greetings (a) - (d) can mean "hello" AND "Good-bye"? 3. Which of the greetings (a) - (d) means ONLY "hello"? 4. Which of the greetings (a) - (d) means ONLY "Good-bye"?

COMPREHENSION 1. Choose the correct form of the verb in these sentances: (a) I like to go (hike/ hiking) on weekends. (b) I like (play/ playing) my guitar. (c) I enjoy (read/ reading) fantasy novels 2. FILL IN THE MISSING WORDS: (a) Kelly's hobbies are vegetable _________ and hiking. ____ enjoys reading fantasy novels. (b) Tom's hobbies ___ playing ___ guitar and hiking. ___ also enjoys reading fantasy novels. 3. Do you think Kelly and Tom could be friends?

COMPREHENSION 1. What is the difference between telling somebody where you live and where you come from? 2. Fill in the missing words: (a) Hello. ___ ______ is Naledi. It's _____ to ______ you. (b) I ______ from Germany, but I _____ in Cape Town now. (c) My _______ are bike riding and watching comedy movies. 3. Introduce yourself to the class using the script below: HELLO! My name is... I come from... I live in... My interests/ hobbies are... Nice to meet you!