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Introduction
Dialogue comprehension: Understand a dialogue in
which people meet for the first time.
Learn vocabulary and phrases for introducing oneself.
Be able to greet someone and introduce oneself in
English.

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Dialogue
TASK: Read the following dialogue aloud with
your teacher. Pay attention to the words and
phrases used to say hello and introduce
oneself, which are shown in blue, and to
phrases about the nationality, shown in red.

Clare: Hello, are you Emma?

Emma: Yes, that's right. Good morning.

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My name is Clare. I'm the new manager. Nice to

Clare:
meet you.

Emma: Nice to meet you too, Clare.

Clare: Are you from Canada?

Emma: No, I am from the U.S. I live near Washington D.C.

Clare: It's a nice city. I'm English. I'm from Brighton.

Emma: Are you married?

Clare: Yes, I am. I have two children. And you?

Emma: I'm single.

Illustration
Useful phrases for greeting someone
Hello.
Good morning.
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Good afternoon.
Good evening.
Hi!

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you too.

Useful phrases for introducing

oneself
I am / I'm (+ name).

My name is / My name's (+ name).

Are you from the UK?

I am from Australia. / I'm from Australia.

He is from the USA. / He's from the USA.
She is British. / She's British.
We are American. / We're American.

The verb 'to be'

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I am I'm I am not I 'm not Am I?

You You're You are You're not /You Are you?
are not aren't
He's Is he?
He is She's He is not He isn't / He's not Is she?
She is It's She is not She isn't / She's Is it?
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It is We're It is not not Are we?

You're It isn't / It's not Are you?
We are They're We are Are they?
You not We aren't / we're
are You are not
They not You aren't / you're
are They are not
not They aren't /
they're not

Notice that in columns 1 and 4, the

contractions are formed by replacing the
vowels by an ( ' ) apostrophe. Contractions
are commonly used in spoken language.
Notice that the question is formed by inverting
the subject and the verb.

Vocabulary: countries and

nationalities
Flag Country Nationality

the United
States of
American
America
(U.S.A.)

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the United British

Kingdom (or Irish)

Spain Spanish

France French

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Italy Italian

Germany German

China Chinese

Australia Australian

Sweden Swedish

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Ireland Irish

Canada Canadian

Japan Japanese

The U.K. is made up of Great Britain (England,

Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.
British citizens can also describe their nationality as
English, Scottish or Welsh. 

Practice
Practice one: 'To be'
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TASK: Fill in the blank with the correct form of

the verb 'to be'. Try to use the contractions.

Example:
I _____ from the United Kingdom.
I am from the United Kingdom. OR I'm from the
United Kingdom.

1. I _________ Kate. I _________ a translator.

2. He _________ from Scotland.
3. We _________ English.
4. They _________ (not) teachers.
5. My home country _________ France.
6. We _________ (not) from the USA.
7. My name _________ Anne.
8. She _________ (not) from Italy.
9. _________ you married?
10. _________ she a teacher?
11. _________ you British?
12. _________ they from Scotland?
13. _________ he an electrician?
14. _________ they colleagues?

Practice two: Nationality

TASK: Fill in the blank with the adjective of
nationality or the name of the country.

1. I am from the United States of America. I'm

A _________ .
2. He is from London. He's E _________ .
3. She is S _________ . She's from Spain.
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4. We are from Germany. We are G _________ .

5. They are S _________ . They're from Scotland.
6. You're from Toronto! So you're C _________ .

Practice three: Dialogue

TASK: The following dialogue is about two
people meeting for the first time. Put the
dialogue into the correct order.

Sarah: 1. Yes, I'm from Santa Barbara.

James: 2. Hello, Sarah. I'm James. Nice to meet you too.

James: 3. No, I'm Scottish. Are you American?

Sarah: 4. Hello, I'm Sarah. Nice to meet you.

Sarah: 5. Are you from England, James?

Sarah: 6. No, I'm an accountant.

James: 7. Are you a salesperson?

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Transfer
Role-play: Meeting someone
TASK: Imagine you meet someone for the first
time. Use the following phrases to have a
conversation with your teacher.

Good afternoon.
Nice to meet you.
My name is... .
Are you... ?
I'm a... .
Are you from... ?
I'm from...

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