Nice to meet you

Unit aim: satisfying basic needs.

Lesson aims:

By the end of this lesson, you should be better prepared to:

● Say and understand greetings and good-bye in several ways.

● Introduce yourself and someone else.

● Say how you are.

● Ask how someone else is doing.

A) Vocabulary building

GREETINGS AND GOOD-BYES

1. Fill in the balloons with the greetings.

Good morning! Good evening! / Hello, Mrs. Brown!

Good night! Good afternoon! Bye! / See you soon!

______________________ _______________________ __________________________

Nice to meet you.

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TEACHER: ___________________ STUDENT: ___________________

STUDENT: ___________________ TEACHER: ___________________

2. What does each person say?

And you.
Likewise.
My pleasure.
Nice meeting you too!
Nice meeting you!
Nice to meet you too!
Nice to meet you!
Pleased to meet you!
You too.

PERSON 1 PERSON 2

Nice to meet you.

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3. These are different ways of saying How are you.
Practice saying the expressions.
How’s it going?
Fine! And you?
How do you do? Como você anda?
How’s it going? Como está indo?
How are you doing? Como vai/ Como anda?
How’s everything? Como vai tudo?
What’s up? E aí?

4. These are words and expressions to answer How are you? What do they mean? Check
(✓).

1 more or less ( ) ( ) ( ) 9 happy ( ) ( ) ( )

2 okay ( ) ( ) ( ) 10 stressed ( ) ( ) ( )

3 Bad ( ) ( ) ( ) 11 great ( ) ( ) ( )

4 so so ( ) ( ) ( ) 12 terrific ( ) ( ) ( )

5 Sad ( ) ( ) ( ) 13 angry ( ) ( ) ( )

6 Tired ( ) ( ) ( ) 14 good ( ) ( ) ( )

7 not bad ( ) ( ) ( ) 15 terrible ( ) ( ) ( )

8 Well ( ) ( ) ( ) 16 fine ( ) ( ) ( )

EXPRESSIONS TO START AND FINISH A CONVERSATION

5. Divide the expressions in the box into 2 categories: start or finish a conversation.

How do you do? Hi there! See you tomorrow. Bye (bye).

Excuse me... How are you? Goodbye. Hello.

Good evening. Good morning. See you later. Hi.

See you. Have a good day. How’s it going? How are you doing?

How’s everything? See you next week! What’s up? Good night!

START A CONVERSATION FINISH A CONVERSATION

Nice to meet you.

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B) Let’s write

Complete the mini-dialogues. Check your answers in pairs.

Dialogue 1
Dialogue 2
Teacher: Hello.
Student: ________________ Student: Good evening.
Teacher: ________________
Teacher: How are you?
Student: ________________________?
Student: _______________. And you? Teacher: Not bad, thank you. How about
Teacher: Great, thanks you?
Student: ___________, _____________.
Dialogue 4
Dialogue 3
Bill: Excuse me. __________________
Mark: Bill, this is Bob. Mary: I’m Mary.
Bill: Hi, Bob! ___________________ Bill: _________________, Mary. I’m Bill,
Bob: _________________ your new classmate.
Mary: _____________________. Sorry, I’m
late. Bye.
Bill: _________________________

C) Let’s talk

1. Work in pairs and practice dialogues 1, 2 and 4.

2. Introduce yourself to your classmates.

Self-Assessment

Evaluate your progress during this lesson. Circle the number that best describes your
performance.

1. I can do this. No problem.

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3. This is a little difficult for me, but I can do it with some help from others.
4. This is very difficult for me. I can only do it with a lot of help from others.
5. I can’t do this. No way. It’s much too difficult.

Can you say and understand greetings and good-bye in several ways? 1 2 3 4 5

Can you introduce yourself and someone else? 1 2 3 4 5

Can you say how you are? 1 2 3 4 5

Can you ask how someone else is doing? 1 2 3 4 5

Nice to meet you.