LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT

LEVEL I
Session 1a.
PRESENTATION GOAL: You will be able to greet pe
ople

GREETINGS AND FAREWELLS

Mary: Hello, Susan. How are you? SAM: Goodbye, Janet. See you
Susan: Fine thanks. How are you? tomorrow!
Mary: I'm fine, thank you. JANET: Bye bye, Sam. Have a nice
Susan: See you later! evening.
SAM: Thanks, you too!
JANET: Thanks.

Mary: Hi Jim, how are you doing?

Jim: I’m doing just fine, Oh I’m sorry I
have to go!
Mary: Talk to you later.
Jim: Sure, take care

DRILL: GREETINGS AND FAREWELLS

How do you spell the different greetings and farewells?
A: How do you spell nice? B: N-I-C-E…

PRACTICE

I. CIRCLE THE OPTION THAT BEST COMPLETES THE CONVERSATION

 1. John: How are you doing?
Mary: ____...
a. I’m Michael b. I’m fine c. Good night

2. It’s five o’clock in the morning?

What do you say?
a. Fine, thank you b. Good morning c. See you later

3. Teacher: _________. What time is it?

Student: It’s 6. PM.
a. Good morning b. take care c. Good evening

4. Bill: I have to go to bed

David: Ok,
a. Have a good night b. Good evening c. thank you

5. Sulay: ____?
Yolima: I’m just fine.
a. Good evening b. see you later c. how do you do?

II. PERSONAL PRONOUNS

 Fill in the gaps replacing the word in
brackets with the corresponding
personal pronoun.

Example: ____ (Sophie) Answer: She

1) ____ (Michael)

2) ____ (the rose)

3) ____ (the pictures)

4) ____ (the dog)

5) ____ (my mother and I)

6) ____ (the car)

7) ____ (Tom)

8) ____ (Vicky)

9) ____ (Diana)

10) ____ (John and Erin)

III. THE ALPHABET RHYME

One letter in each group is different. Underline it.

1. B E J
5. G J K
2. O Q U
6. C S Z
3. A I Y
7. D G J
4. C D X 8. B E I

DRILL: SUBJECT PRONOUNS.

How do you spell the personal pronouns?
A: How do you spell “she”? B: S-H-E.

PRODUCTION

Look at the pictures to write sentences as in the example then share with your
classmates. Use the personal pronouns.
 Example: It is an animal.

_______________ _______________ ________________

________________ ________________

 You’ll find more different possibilities to practice with the information below.

APPENDIX

Here you will find more expressions

General greetings (Formal)

Hello! General greetings (Informal)

How do you do? Hi.

How are you? What’s up?

How are you doing? Good to see you.

How is everything? How are things (with you)?

How’s everything going? How’s it going?

How have you been keeping? How’s life been treating you?

I trust that everything is well.

Simple good-byes (Formal) Good-bye

Stay in touch.
It was nice meeting you. Bye.

I hope to see you soon. See you.

Talk to you later.

Simple good-byes (Informal) Catch up with you later.

Nice seeing you

EXTRA MATERIAL

THE ALPHABET

A as in artistic, abundant, affluent, accepting, agreeable, adorable, amazing,

amusing, awesome...

B as in beautiful, bountiful, best, better, bold, brilliant, bright, buddy, blessed,

beloved...

C as in calm, caring, celestial, confident, comfortable, charming, cheerful, clear,

colorful, content...

D as in daring, dear, darling, divine, distinguished, delightful, dainty, delicious,

dedicated, dashing...

E as in excellent, exuberant, enthusiastic, energetic, easy, ecstatic, enchanting,

eternal, exciting, extraordinary...
F as in fabulous, fantastic, fun, famous, feminine, flexible, forgiving, free, fresh,
friendly, father...

G as in great, grand, genuine, glad, glamorous, generous, good, graceful,

grateful...

H as in handy, handsome, happy, harmonious, healing, healthy, hopeful, human,

humorous...

I as in ideal, important, idyllic, independent, infinite, influential, inspiring,

instructing, intelligent, investing, invigorating...

J as in jubilant, joyful, joyous, just, joking, jolly, jovial...

K as in keeper, kind, kissing, knowing, king...
L as in loving, large, laughing, leader, legitimate, living, likeable, lively, loyal,
lucky...

M as in money, marvelous, magical, mystical, magnificent, majestic, masculine,

merry, master, mature, mighty, mother, monumental, mysterious...

N as in nice, noble, normal, notable, nurturing, nourishing, name, nesting, new...

O as in opulent, observing, objective, open, one, orderly, organic, original,
outstanding, overjoyed...

P as in precious, paradise, prosperous, powerful, pleasant, patient, passionate,

peaceful, prepared, playful, pretty...

Q as in quaint, qualified, quality, queen, quintessential...

R as in rich, radiant, real, rejoicing, reliable, relaxed, right, rosy, romantic...
S as in sacred, safe, sanctuary, sound, seductive, sensuous, sharing, shiny,
significant, simple, smart, sociable, soft, successful, super, sweet...

T as in treasured, tall, tasteful, teaching, thin, thoughtful, touching, transcendent,

truthful...
U as in ultimate, ultra, unafraid, unbroken, understanding, unifying, unique,
universal, useful...

V as in valuable, varied, venerable, very, virtuous, vital...

W as in wonderful, watchful, wealthy, well, whole, willing, witty...
Y as in youthful, young...
X as in (e)xtraordinary, (e)xtatic...
Z as in zoo...