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Hello! English > Level Pre A1 Pre-starter

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CONTENT
• Let’s Start! • Let’s Explore! • Let’s Practice! • Extension Activity • Target Words • Learning Points

Let’s Start!

Ciao! Hola! Hello! Say hello to friends. Say hello to co-workers.

Learning Outcome Can Do Statements

Exchange basic personal information. • I can say hello to a friend or family member.
• I can say hello to a co-worker.
Ask your partner:

• How do you say hello to friends?

• How do you say hello to your
teacher?

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Let’s Explore!

"Good morning." "Good morning to you, too*!" Let's greet people.

* "Too" means also.

Instructions: Read the text aloud.

Bill: Good morning, Miss Smith. My name is Bill.

Miss Smith: Good morning, Bill.
Angela: Good afternoon, Kenji.
Kenji: Good afternoon to you too, Angela.
Dad: Hey, Jenny.
Jenny: Hi, Dad.
Alan: George!
George: What's up, Alan!
Receptionist: Good morning, Tech City.
Caller: Hello.
Amy: Good night, Carly. See you tomorrow.

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Let’s Practice!

Let’s practice greeting people. We say hello to people every day in different ways!
Instructions: Read the dialogue again. Using the words in the Word Bank, fill in the blanks
using the correct word. You can use a word more than once from the Word Bank.

Word Bank
What's / Good / Hello / Hey

1. ______ afternoon, Kenji.

2. ______, Adam!

3. ______ up, Emily?

4. Oh! ______, George.

Let’s Practice!

Do you remember the words? Let's find out!

Instructions: Match the pictures with the words.

Hey, Jim!

morning

Good Morning,
Tech City.

Good Afternoon.

night

afternoon

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Extension Activity

Now, it's your turn.

Instructions: Complete the following steps. Fill in the Self-Assessment.

a) Read the dialogues again and underline all the

Self-Assessment Yes No
greetings.
b) Write two short dialogues. Use greetings. I use five target
c) Use 5 target words. words.
d) Use complete sentences. I pronounce words
e) Read your dialogues with a partner. Say them aloud. clearly.

I use greetings.

Target Words

• morning (noun): the early part of the day • afternoon (noun): the middle of the
e.g. The morning is cool. day
• Hey! (expression): a casual or informal hello e.g. The afternoon is hot.
e.g. Hey, George! • night (noun): the time of day when it
• What's up! (expression): a very casual hello is dark
e.g. What's up, Alan! e.g. I am asleep at night.
•evening (noun): the end of the day
e.g. Good evening, Café Elite.

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Learning Points

Polite and Casual Greetings

You use polite greetings with people at work. You use casual greetings with people you know.
Read the chart. Say the polite and casual greetings.

Types of Greetings Example Example Dialogue

Polite Greetings Hello. Mr. Rogers: Hello, Miss Smith.

Good morning. Ms. Smith: Good morning, Mr. Rogers.
Good afternoon.
Good evening.

Casual Greetings Hi. Karla: Hey, Jason.

Hey. Jason: Hi, Karla.
Hello.
Morning.
Afternoon.
Evening.