Meeting New People

What do we say when we introduce ourselves?

Greetings.

A. B. A.

Hi, Im______________ Whats your name? Im___________________. Its nice to meet you. Its nice to meet you, too.

Saying Hello.

Hi, Im John. Hello. Im Simon. Simon Davis. Hi there. My name is Samantha Tart.

Responses
Nice to meet you. Im Gary. Pleased to meet you. My name is Terry. Its a pleasure to meet you. Im Jennifer Holmes.

Practice 1
A. Hello. Im ______________. My full name is _______________ ____________ B. Pleased to meet you. My name is ___________________________________. A. Pleased to meet you, too. Practice 2 A. Hi there. My name is _____________________. B. Its a pleasure to meet you. Im ___________________________. A. Its a pleasure to meet you, too.

Questions 1
1. Whats your name? My name is ___________________________________. 2. Where are you from? I am from ___________________________________. 3. What language do you speak? I speak ______________________________.

Questions 2
1. What do you do? Im a _____________.(Teacher, student, babysitter, cook). 2. Where do you work? I work in ______(a restaurant) or I dont work.

3. Where do you live? I live in _____________. (Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Manhattan, Staten Island). 4. Whats your address? My address is ________________________. 5. Whats your phone number? My phone number is ____________.

Practice i Match the words on the right with the correct question, then ask
and answer each question with your partner. children work do from address name live brothers or sisters

`Whats your ______? a) Where are you ______? b) What do you ______? c) Whats your ______? d) Where do you ______? e) Do you have any ______?

Practice ii Read the models below, then practice introducing yourself.

a) Hello. My name is Charles Johnson. Im from The United States. I live in Manhattan. Im a Businessman. I work for Active Sports Incorporated. My company designs, produces and sells sportswear for the outdoors. b) Hi there. Im Sarah. Im Canadian. Im from Canada. Im married and have two sons. My parents live in Toronto. I have one brother and two sisters. My husband is a dentist. c) Nice to meet you. Im James. James Sherman. I come from New Zealand but I live in Tokyo. Im a student. I study Japanese Language at Tokyo University. In my free time I like to play football and watch films.

Exercise I
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Match the countries with the nationalities. America Australia Philippines Italy France Germany Holland Vietnam

a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h.

German Dutch Vietnamese French American Australian Filipino Italian

Whats your name? Whats your name? ________________________

What country are you from? _________________________________ Whats your nationality? __________________________________ Are you married or single? _________________________________ Where do you live? _________________________________ What do you do?

Whats your ______? f) Where are you ______? g) What do you ______? h) Whats your ______? i) Where do you ______? j) Do you have any ______?