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.
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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 .