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Vocabulary: Goals: Grammar:

 Introducing yourself
 Occupations
 Introduce yourself
 Greet people
 Say good-bye
 Tell a classmate your
occupation
 Verb be:
-singular and plural
statements,
contractions.
-yes/ no questions
and short answers
-common errors
 Subject pronouns
 Articles a / an

Welcome to your English class!

A: Hi. I’m David. A: nice to meet you, Falom.

B: Hi, David. I’m Falom. B: nice to meet you, too.

When you’re introducing yourself you might use different kinds of greetings and responses:

Greeting we can use: Responses we can give:

-Hi -nice to meet you.

-Hello -glad to meet you.

- I’m ________ -It’s a pleasure to meet you.

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Goal: greet people

Conversation model. Read and listen

More greetings:

1. Good morning
2. Good afternoon
3. Good evening
4. Good night
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Names and occupations:

Grammar: verb be: singular statements/ contractions

Articles: are words that define a noun as specific or unspecific. They are a type of adjective

The commun articles are:

1. The
2. A
3. An

When we use them:

- The: is used before a noun to indicate the identity of the noun.

- An: is used before words that start with vowel sounds, even if the word starts with a
silent consonant ( ex: “an equation”; “an hour”)
- A: is used before words that start with consonant sounds even if the consonant sound
is made by a vowel (ex: “a model”; “a unit”.)
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Affirmative statements & contractions

-A contraction is a word made by shortening and combining two words.

 I am David. / I’m David.

 You are an architect. / you’re an architect.
 He is a teacher. / he’s a teacher.
 She is a singer. / she’s a singer.

Negative statements & contractions

 I am not David. / I’m not David.

 You are not an artist. / you’re not an artist/ you aren’t a artist.
 He is not a student. / he’s not a student
 She is not a banker./ she’s not a banker/ she isn’t a banker.

Grammar practice: write the correct article:

1. I’m _____ architect.

2. She’s _____student.
3. He’s not _____ banker.

4. He is _____ musician.
5. She is _____ singer.
6. I’m not _____athlete.
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Homework:

Write each sentence again. Use a contraction.

1. He is an engineer. _______________________________________________________
2. We are teachers. ________________________________________________________
3. No, we are not students.__________________________________________________
4. They are not artists.______________________________________________________
5. I am a student. __________________________________________________________
6. I am a student. __________________________________________________________

Write the indefinite article a or an for each occupation.

1. ______ chef
2. ______actor
3. ______banker
4. ______musician
5. ______scientist
6. ______architect
7. ______photographer

Complete each sentence with the correct subject pronoun. (she/he)

Example. Mary is a student/ she is a student.

Ben is a student, too. / He is a student, too.

1. Nora is a hairdresser. ___________________

2. Isaac is a doctor. _______________________
3. Julia works as a bank teller. ____________________
4. John works as a body guard. ___________________
5. Karla works as a cleaning lady. ____________________

Write a question for each answer.

Example: A: Are you musicians?

B: Yes, we’re musicians.

1. A: __________________________________
B: No, they’re not teachers. They’re scientist.
2. A: ________________
B: Yes, Ana is a doctor.
3. A:
B: No. Elena is an architect. She’s not a writer.
4. A: _____________________
B: Yes, I’m a pilot.
5. A:
B: No. We’re nott flight attendants. We’re pilots.