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English Side
English Side book brings subjects and cultures from
all over the world
to help you to improve your English language abilities
in a very dynamic and practical way!

Learn how to Listen all speed levels of English

with practical exercises.

Understand texts, audio tracks, and movies

acquiring experience with success.

Build your Vocabulary! Speak fluently, loud and clear.

Talk to your friends and face interviews with confidence.

Write letters, e-mails, articles, stories and reports!

Meet new people on the internet and travel all over the world!
NICE TO MEET YOU UNIT 1A
1.SAYING HELLO
a) 1.1 Listen and read. Number the photos 1-4.

A B
1
A. Hi, I´m Tom. What´s your name?
B. Anna.
A. Sorry?
B.Anna!

2
A. Hi, Dad. This is Dave.
B. Hello. Nice to meet you!
C. Nice to meet you.

3
C
A. Good evening. What´s your name? D
A
B. My name´s Janet Leight.
A. You´re in room 5.
4
A. Hello John. How are you?
B. I´m fine, thanks. And you?
A. Very well, thank you.

b) Write the words in the chart. 2. GRAMMAR verb be +, pronouns.

Fine - Hi - I´m... - thanks
a) Complete the sentences with are, is, or am.
Hello My name´s... Very well thank you
Present tense verb be +
Hi Full form Contraction
I ____ your teacher I´m your teacher
c) Listen again and repeat. Copy the rhythm. You ____ in room 13 You´re in room 13
He ____ James He´s James
d) 1.2 Role play the dialogues with the sound effects. She ____ Marta She´s Marta
It ____ a school It´s a school
We ____ students We´re students
e) Introduce yourself to your friends.
You ____ in Class 2 You´re in Class 2
They ____ teachers. They´re teachers
A. Hello. I´m Antonio.
What´s your name?

B. Carla. Nice to meet you!

Use capital ( I´m your teacher NOT i´m.)

you = singular and plural.
Good morning 12.00 Use he for man, she for woman, and it for a thing
Good afternoon 12.00 - 6.00 p.m. Use they for people and things.
Good evening 6.00 p.m. In contractions ´ = a missing letter, e.g ´m = am.
Use contractions in conversation.

b) Try to remember the names in your class.

Say He´s / She´s __________

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3. Pronunciation vowel sounds,word stress e) Write the words from the last exercise in the chart.
food travel communication
English sound pictures help your pronunciation coffee

a) 1.3 Listen and repeat the words and sounds.

f) In pairs, write two more words in each column.

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it he am you they I 4. VOCABULARY numbers 1 - 20
this she _____ _____ Hi
_____ _____ _____ a) 1.6 Listen and repeat the numbers

b) 1.4 Write these words in the columns above.

Listen and check. Repeat the words. 1 __________ one
2 __________ two
name - is - thanks - my - we six
3 __________
4 __________ three
5 __________ four
6 __________ five seven
7 __________ nine
8 __________ eight
9 __________ ten
10 __________ eleven twelve
11 __________
Word stress is important. 12 __________
13 __________ thirteen fourteen
14 __________
15 __________ nineteen
c) Underline the stressed syllable in these words. sixteen
16 __________ fifteen
17 __________ seventeen
18 __________ eighteen
19 __________ twenty
20 __________

b) Match the numbers.

c) 1.7 Listen. Where are they? Write 1-4 in the

boxes.

airport Gate number ____

sandwich bar _____ euros ______ cents
hotel Room _______
taxi _______ Manchester Road

d) Listen again. Write a number in each space.

5. Saying Goodbye
a) 1.8 Listen and number the words.

Goodbye
Bye 1
Goodnight
See you.
See you on Saturday
See you tomorrow
d) 1.5 Listen and check. Which two words are not b) 1.9 Complete the days of the week with a
stressed on the first syllable? CAPITAL letter. Listen and repeat.
W-F-S-T-M
M onday __ uesday __ ednesday
__ unday
__hursday __ riday __ aturday
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 My name´s Bond. James Bond.

NICE TO MEET YOU Test your progress UNIT 1A

b) Complete the sentences. Use a contraction.

1. SAYING HELLO

a) Complete the dialogues.

1 A Hi, Karen. This is James.
B Hello, James. _____ to________ you.

2 A Hi, I'm Paco. _______'s your________ ?

B Isabella.
A ________?
B Isabella! 1. I´m 4 2.________ tourists

3 A Hi, Kenji. ________are you?

B I'm fine, thanks. And _________?
A Very well, thank you.
.
4 A _________evening. What's your name?
B .____ _________ 's Walter Harris.
A You're in room 12.
3. ______ in room 4. 4. ______ Wednesday.
2. GRAMMAR verb be [+], pronouns

a) Complete the first column with the words in

the box. Then write the contractions.

she are they is I are is are

Full form Contractions

5. ______ in a taxi. 6. ______ a teacher.
I am I´m
you ______ __________
he ______ __________
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______ is __________
it _______ __________
we ________ __________
_______ are __________
7. ______ in room 603. 8. hello. ______ in my class.

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3. Pronunciation vowel sounds, word stress
b) Put the letters in order to make days of the week.
a) Write the words in the chart
1 ARSAYDUT ________________
meet you fine two six man 2 NYAUDS ________________
3 HRDYTUSA ________________
eight three nice in thank wait 4 ODNYMA ________________
5 DFARYI ________________
6 DSYEEAWND ________________
7 EUASDTY ________________

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More Words to Learn
six Write translations and try to remember the words.

Word Pronunciation Translation

b) Underline the stressed syllable in these words.
room noun /man/
1 coffee 6 goodbye
2 afternoon 7 e-mail
word noun /W3ld/
3 eighteen 8 Internet morning /’momin/
4 thirteen 9 computer
5 evening 10 hotel afternoon noun /aifta’nuin/
c) Practise saying the words in a and b evening noun ‘nvnnj/
good adjective /gud/
important adjective /im’poitant/
help verb /help/
4. Vocabulary number 1-20. try verb /trai/
a) Continue the series. check verb /tjek
1. five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
2. six, eight, ten, _______, _________, __________
3. twenty, nineteen, ____________, _____________, ____________
4. five, seven, nine, _____________, ____________, ____________
5. one, four, seven, _____________, ____________, ____________

5. SAYING GOODBYE.
a) Complete the words with a, e, i, o, or u Study idea
To remember new words, you need to test your
1 See you memory.
2 S_ _ y _ _ _n
S_t_rd_y 1. Cover the Translation column and look at words
in English. Say them in your language.

3 By _. 2. Cover the Word column and look at the translation.

Say the words in English.

Can you answer these questions?

4 G _ _ dn _ ght.

1 What´s your name?

2 How are you?
5 G _ _ dby _.
3 What day is today?
4 Is it Monday today?
5 Are you a teacher?