UNIT 1.

NICE MEET YOU!

LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Make an introduction.
- Make statements and questions with BE.
- Understand information questions.
- Understand short biographies.
HOW DO YOU
GREET
SOMEONE?
GREETINGS
Hi Good bye
Hello Bye
Good Morning See you soon
Good Afternoon See you later
Good Evening See you next class

How are you? I’m fine

How are things? I’m very good
How is it going? I’m well
How are you doing? I’m excellent
What’s matter? So-so
What’s up? I’m bad
I’m sad
How about you? I feel terrible
THE VERB BE: statements &
questions
We use the simple present of be to talk about a
person’s name, nationality, age, and job.

S.A.
Are you Sandra?
I am 20 years old
He is a doctor
My teacher is from Colombia
LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Statements with BE Possessive Adjectives
I’m a student I am  I’m My
You’re from México You are  you’re Your
He’s from Korea He is  he’s His
She’s from Canada She is  she’s Her
It’s a wonderful day It is  it’s Its
We’re students We are  we’re Our
They’re from the US They are  they’re their
LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Negative statements
I’m not a student I am not  I’m not
You’re not from México You are not  you aren’t
He’s not from Korea He is not  he isn’t
She isn’t from Canada She is not  she isn’t
It is not a wonderful day It is not  it isn’t
We aren’t students We are not  we aren’t
They aren’t from the US They are not  they aren’t
LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Short answer questions Long answer questions
Am I a student? No, I’m not. How old are you?
Are you from México? Yes, I am. - I’m 28 years old.
Is he from Korea? No, he’s not. Where are you from?
Is She from Canada? Yes, she is. - We’re from Colombia.
Is it a wonderful day? No, it is not. What is his name?
Are we students? Yes, we are. - His name is Mario.
Are they from the US? No, they are not.
 LET´S PRACTICE
Listen to the conversation. Then replaced the underline words with your
LET’S PRACTICE!
personal information and choose a partner to practice and present your work.

Marco Hi. My name’s Marco. What’s your name?

1. Where’s
KellyYuko from?
Hi, Marco. My name’s Kelly.
Marco So, where are you from , Kelly?
2. Where’s Jorge from?
Kelly I’m from Toronto. How about you?
3. What’s the teacher’s
Marco name?
I’m from San Diego, California.
4. Kelly
Where’s Whatfrom?
the teacher do you do?
Marco I study at George Washington University. What about you?
Kelly I work at a restaurant.
 LET´S PRACTICE

Complete with the correct form of verb to be ( am, is, are)

1. Camila _____ from Bogotá.

2. Andres and my father ___________ in the office.
3. We________ students.
4. I_________ a good person.
5. She_________ very tired today.
6. They________ engineers.

Now change the sentences to negative and interrogative form.

References
https://www.freepik.es/

Wilson, Ken (2016). Smart Choice 1 3rd Edition. Oxford

University Press.