Unidad 1.

Lesson 1

1- Presentarse a un
desconocido. Responder
a la presentación.

Formal: Menos formal: Informal:

* My name is Robert * Excuse me, what's your
Steven. name?
- And my name is Albert - My name's Anna White.
Williams. What's your name?
* How do you do. * Albert Steven.
- How do you do. - Nice meeting you.
* Nice meeting you, too.
* Excuse me, I don't think
we have met before.
- I am Ron Martin.
* And I'm Sylvia Steward.
- Hi!
* Hi!

2-Presentar una persona

a otra.

Formal: Menos formal: Informal:

* This is Mr. Richard * My name's Franklyn, James * Judy, this is my friend
Anderson. Mr. Anderson, Franklyn. George. George, this is
this is my friend Alfred - And my name's George Judy.
Smith. Gates. - Hello.
- How do you do. * Glad to meet you, Mr. Gates. - Hello.
- How do you do. - Glad to meet you too, Mr. ……………..…….............
Franklyn. - By the way, do you
………………....................... know each other?
* Do you know Mr. Perkins? * No, I haven't had the
- No, I don't think so. How pleasure. My name's
do you do. Louis Stones.
* Mr. Perkins. I'd like you to + And my name's Martha
meet my friend Mr. Stevens.
Andrews. Hello¡
+ How do you do. * Hello¡
- How do you do.
.…........................................
* I'd like you to meet my
friend Robert.
- Nice to meet you. I'm
Carolyn.
* Nice to meet you too,
Carolyn.

3-Saludar a una persona Good morning (Después de

no conocido. las doce de la noche hasta las
- Good morning. doce del día).
* Good morning, sir. What Good afternoon (Después de
can I do for you? las doce del día hasta el final
- Do you have laundry
service here?
* Yes, sir. We have laundry
service the twenty-four
hours.
- That's fine. Thank you
very much.
* You're welcome.
del horario de trabajo).
Good evening (Después del
horario de trabajo hasta las
doce de la noche).
Good Night
(Para despedirse e irse a
dormir)

4-Saludar a una persona Otras formas:

conocido. - Hi! [Jai ] ¡Hola!
* Hello Martha! - How nice to see you.
- Hello Betty! How are you? [Jau nais tu] ¡Cuánto gusto de
* Fine, thanks. And you? verte!
- Not bad. - It's good to see you.
[its gud tu si] ¡Qué bueno
verte!
- Very nice to see you.
[véri nais] ¡Mucho gusto de
verlo!
- Glad to see you again.
[glad tu si iu] ¡Gusto en verte
de nuevo¡
5-Deletrear nombres o Otras formas:
palabras. - Do you spell the word…like
* What's your name, please? this? ¿La palabra...se deletrea
- Davison. Michael Davison. así?
* Could you spell your last - Is the word...with one...?
name, please? ¿La palabra...es con una...?
- di-ei-vi-ai-es-ou-en.
* Thank you. - How do you spell the word...?
¿Cómo se deletrea la palabra...?
Nota: Ver Anexo No. 2 para el
abecedario. - What's the correct spelling of..?
¿Cuál es la forma correcta para
deletrear...?

Alphabet: [álfebet ] Alfabeto:

a [ei ] b [bi ] c [si ] d [di ] e [i ] f [ef ] g [yi ] h [éich] i [ai ] j [yéi ] k
[kéi] l [el ] m [em] n [en ] o [ou ] p [pi ] q [kiu] r [ar ] s [es ] t [ ti ] u
[iu ] v [vi ] w [dóbel iu] x [eks] y [uái] z [zi ] (l)

(1) El sonido de esta letra, aunque se representa con la -z, es similar al sonido
que produce una abeja al volar. En la pronunciación figurada de este folleto, para
evitar confusiones, lo representamos con la letra -s.
 The Verb Be in Present Tense

I am We are
You are You are
He/She/It is They are

E.g.
 I am an English language student.

 You are a teacher.

 He is a doctor.

 She is a nurse.

 It is closed.

 We are on vacation.

 You are good workers.

 They are better now.