SKILL FOCUS

Introducing
Yourself
The expressions of greetings in English are different in
different situations: formal, semi-formal, and informal.
Are these greetings “formal”, “semi-formal”, or “informal”?
How are you Hi!
Good to see doing?
you! How do you
do?
How are you?

What’s up?
How’s it going?
Good
morning / Hello!
How are things? afternoon /
evening!
Match the responses with the greetings.
  Greeting   Response
1 Hi A Very well, thank you. And you?
2 How do you do? B Hello / hi
3 How are you doing? C Good to see you too.
4 What’s up? D How do you do?
5 Hello E Nothing much.
6 How are you? F Good Morning / afternoon /
evening

7 Good Morning / G Alright. How about you?

afternoon / evening

8 Good to see you H Hi / hello

When introducing ourselves, sometimes we use ‘be’, but sometimes we use a verb. Very
often we will use contractions (I am = I’m or My hobby is = My hobby’s).

Complete the expressions with the correct forms of “be”.

I … Dimas Prabumulih. My address …
My name … Dimas Prabumulih. Jl. Affandi No
7.

I … born on 31st
December 2004.
My hobby … travelling.

I … from Yogyakarta.

My favorite
food … pizza.
I … a student.
Complete the expressions with the correct
verbs.
People … me Dimas.
I … at Jl.
Please … me Dimas.
Affandi No 7.

I … from Yogyakarta.
I … travelling.

I … pizza very
I … in Psychology
much.
department.
Work in groups. Complete the following dialogue.
International Student Club
 
• Kylie : Hello, I 1) ____ Kylie Brown. I 2) ____ a new club member.
• Dimas : Hi. My name 3) ____ Dimas, Dimas Prabumulih, but please call me Dimas.
• Kylie : OK. Where 4) ____ you from, Dimas?
• Dimas : Indonesia. How about you?
• Kylie : Oh, I love Indonesia! It 5) ____ really beautiful. I’m from Australia.
• Dimas : Oh, I’ve never been there.
• Kylie : You should visit my country some time.
• Dimas : Sure, I’d love that.
• Kylie : What 6) ____ you enjoy doing, Dimas?
• Dimas : I 7) _____ hiking and camping. I 8) ____ camping once a month. How about you? What 9) ____ your hobbies, Kylie?
• Kylie : That’s interesting! I 10) ________ reading books and watching movies.
• Dimas : Movies 11) ____ my favorite, too. Oh, good. Tae-hyung 12) ____ here.
• Kylie : Who 13) ____ Tae-hyung?
• Dimas : He’s my classmate. We 8) ____ in the same math class.
• Kylie : Where 14) ___ he from?
• Dimas : South Korea. Let’s go and say hello.
• Kylie : Sorry, what 15) ____ your last name again? Prabumuley?
• Dimas : Actually, it’s Prabumulih.
• Kylie : How do you spell that?
• Dimas : P-R-A-B-U-M-U-L-I-H