English I

Roly Serón
Objective:

• At the end of the lesson the students will be

able to identify greetings and farewells, names,
personal titles and how to introduce
themselves and others.
Greetings and farewells
• Greeting and farewells are very important when learning English.
Depending on the context you can use formal or informal expressions,
so context is crucial. The time of the day is also relevant; you don’t
greet the same way in morning or at night.

• For example
• Formal: good morning informal: morning
 Greetings
Greetings Formal Informal

Morning greetings Good morning Morning/ hi/ Hello

Afternoon greetings (after 12:00 Good afternoon Hi/ hello/ what´s up?
pm)
Evening greetings (after 6 pm) Good evening Hey/hi/how are you
doing?

We never say good night to greet, good night means bye bye
at night.
 Farewells
Formal Informal
• Goodbye • Bye

• See you soon • Bye-bye

• See you tomorrow • See you

• Good night • See you later

• Best wishes • See you tomorrow

• Good to see you again • See you on Saturday./etc

• Take care.
Names
• First name: Ignacio
• Middle name: Andrés
• Last name: Sepúlveda
• Personal information
Personal titles
Personal titles are important in
formal situations
Male : Mr (married/single)
Female: Mrs (married)
Ms (single/married)

• Complete the chart with

your personal information
• First name:
• Middle name:
• Last name:
 Introducing yourself and others
Formal introductions
A: Mr. Pitt, this is Professor Kerr.
B: Professor Kerr. I'm pleased to meet
you.
A: Mr. Pitt, may I present Professor Kerr.
B: How do you do?

Formal language is used in formal situations for example funerals, meetings

with important people, business meetings, job interviews, etc.
 Introducing yourself and others
General/Neutral introductions Informal introductions

A: Ms. Gutierrez, do you know A: John, meet Julia

Professor Kerr? B: How are you, Julia?
B: How are you, Professor? A: John, this is Julia.
A: John, this is Julia Gutierrez. B: Hi, Julia.
B: Pleased to meet you.
A: John Kerr, Julia Gutierrez.
B: It's nice to meet you. Informal introductions are for
people we meet at parties, or
when we are with friends.
" How do you do ” = “ Pleased to meet you "
Very formal - Formal
“How do you do” has nothing to do with doing something!
• Classify the following statements in
the chart according to the level of
formality.
•
• a) May I introduce myself? I'm David
Formal
Soto.
• b) Are you Peter Stewart? I'm Isabel
Zuñiga.
• c) Peter, this is Lydia.
• d) I'm pleased to meet you.
• e) Mrs. Azocar, do you know Professor General/neutral
Stevens?
• f) Lydia, meet Peter.
• g) How do you do?
• h) Hello, I'm Lydia Johansson.
• i) I'm delighted to meet you, Professor. My
name is Lydia Johansson. Informal
• j) How are you, Peter?