Universidad del Valle

Facultad de Humanidades Inglés con fines generales y académicos I

Escuela de Ciencias del Lenguaje Alan Hernández
Dpto. de Culturas y Lenguas Extranjeras Source: interchange intro

AIM: At the end of this session you will be able to spell and to say hello and goodbye.

SPELLING, GREETINGS AND FAREWELLS

1. Listen to the following conversation. Then complete the spelling names.

2. Let’s learn the alphabet. Listen and practice.

3. Now it’s your turn. Spell the following words:

a) PERSON f) COMPANY k) THEIR p) YOURSELF

b) THING g) KNOW l) COULD q) BECAUSE
c) WORLD h) DIFFERENT m) THROUGH r) WANTED
d) WOMAN i) YOUNG n) WHEN s) FOLLOWING
e) GOVERNMENT j) WOULD o) PEOPLE t) BETWEEN

4. Greetings and farewells.

a. Look at the picture and say if that way of greeting is common in your city or country.
b. In what cases do you greet like these two people on the picture?
c. What other ways do you use to greet someone?

5. Listen to the following conversations. Then say which ones are formal and which ones informal.
 6. Complete the table using these expressions.

Good morning / See you tomorrow / See you soon / Good afternoon / How are you all? See
you then / Good evening / Hello / What’s up? / Hey! / Take care
How's it going? / How are you? / Good-bye / Bye / Good night / See you later

GREETINGS FAREWELLS

7. Listen to the following song. Then complete it.

HELLO GOODBYE I say high

by the Beatles you say low

you say ___________ you say why

I say __________ I say I don´t know
you say stop
I say go, go, go Chorus (x2)

Chorus you say __________

oh no I say _________
you say ___________________ you say stop
and I say __________________ I say go, go, go

__________, __________ Chorus

I don´t know why you say
________________
I say ____________ (x2)

8. Rewrite the song. Change every greeting for another one.

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