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C) Now tell your group-mates about yourself. First read the paragraph below. You may use it as a model if you want to.




About Me

Let me introduce myself. Im Olexiy Honcharenko. I come from Lubny Poltava region. Now I live in Sumy. I live at the hostel together with two more boys. I am a first-year student of Sumy National Agrarian University. I study at the faculty of food technologies. I want to become an engineer-technologist of food processing industry. My hobby is sport. I go in for football.

 

Introducing other people.

A) Read the following information.

These types of introductions involve at least three people:

A: The introducer (who knows both B and C)

B: Introducee (knows A but not C)

C: Introducee (knows A but not B)

A: Have you two met each other?

B: No, we haven't.

A: Ben, this is Carol. Carol this is Ben.

(B and C smile and shake hands.)

B: Nice to meet you Carol.

C: Nice to meet you too, Ben.

After you have been introduced to someone, it is polite to ask a few general questions to get acquainted. For example,

B: Where are you from, Carol?

C: I'm from Connecticut.

B: Connecticut, which part?

C: Hartford, the capital. How about you, Ben?

B: Nebraska - a place called Bellevue. It's near Omaha.

C: How do you know Alan (A)?

B: He is my friend from college.

b) Practice introducing your friends to each other. Remember to smile (and use handshakes where appropriate).

*When meeting someone for the first time, it is not appropriate to ask certain types of questions.

Do NOT ask: a person's age; birth date; salary; weight; marital status

You may ask general questions about the situation.

How do you know Alan (the person who introduced us)?

Are you a student at this university?

Is this your first time here?

What do you do for a living?

How long have you been working for (company)?

8. Refer to the situations and make up dialogues:

1) greet your friends;

2) greet your colleagues in the firm;

3) introduce yourself to the students in your academic group;

4) introduce yourself to someone at a party;

5) introduce your boss to your friends at a scientific conference;

6) introduce your friends to each other.

LANGUAGE FOCUS

The verb to be in the Present Simple Tense

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I You He She It We You They am are is is is are are are (Im) (Youre) (Hes) (Shes) (Its) (Were) (Youre) (Theyre) I am not You are not (arent) He is not (isnt) She is not (isnt) It is not (isnt) We are not(arent) You are not (arent) They are not (arent) AmI ? Are you ? Ishe ? Is she ? Isit ? Are we ? Are you ? Are they ?
         

9. Fill in the gaps with am, is or are.

1) This teacher _____ an English one.

2) I _____ very tired today.

3) We _____ so happy to see you!

4) It _____ ten o'clock and I've to go.

5) My friends _____ on holiday.

6) My grandparents _____ very old now.

7) My best buddy _____ always late.

8) Peter _____ not at the university today.

9) I _____ eighteen and it is my birthday.

10) We _____ from Canada.

11) The weather _____ very nice today.

12) Look. That _____ Carol.

13) My brother and I _____ good tennis players.

14) I _____ hot.

15) I _____ a student, my sister _____ a technologist.

10. Make up sentences with the following BE-phrases.

To be happy ; to be sorry ; to be ill ; to be hungry ; to be busy ; to be late ; to be fond of ; to be tired ; to be at home ; to be afraid .





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