Can you spell your name, please?

1. Whats your?
Match the questions and the answers.
1. Whats your name?

a) Anna.

2. Whats your first name?

b) 78 Walcot Street, Oxford.

3. Whats your surname?

c) Im English.

4. Whats your address?

d) 01865 336792

5. Whats your telephone number?

e) Anna White.

6. Whats your nationality?

f) I am a teacher.

7. Whats your job?

g) White.

2. Meeting someone for the first time

Complete the conversation. Use the words below.
A: Good afternoon, my _________________s Helen Smith.
B: _________________. My names Harry Jones.
A: _________________ to meet you.
B: _________________.

Pleased

name

surname

Hello

first name

Me too.

3. Arriving at a hotel
Complete the conversation. Use the words below.
Guest:

Good evening. My names Helen Smith. I have a booking.

Hotel:

_________________ evening. Can you spell your name, _________________?

Guest:

My _________________s H E L E N and my _________________s S M I T H.

Hotel:

_________________ you. Your room is number 22.

please

name

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first name

Thank
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4. Meeting someone again

Read the two conversations. What are the differences?
a friend
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:

Hi.
Hello. How are you?
Fine, thanks. And you?
Fine.
See you later.
Bye.

a colleague / your boss

A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:

Good morning.
Hello. How are you?
Fine, thank you. And you?
Fine.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.

5. When do you say it?

Match the expressions, the people and the times.
1. Hi.

a) with everyone

i.

2. Hello.

b) with a friend

ii. at the end of the

conversation

3. Good morning.

c) with a colleague /
your boss

iii. when you go to

bed

4. Good afternoon.

d) with everyone

iv. all day

5. Good evening.

e) with a friend

v. at the end of the

conversation

6. Good night.

f) with a colleague /
your boss

vi. between 12 noon

and 6pm

7. See you later.

g) with everyone

vii. all day

8. Goodbye.

h) with a colleague /
your boss

viii. after 6pm

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6. What do you say?

1. You meet a friend one night in a disco.
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2. You are shopping one morning and you meet someone from work.
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3. You meet your friends little boy in the park.
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4. You see your boss one night in a caf.
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5. You are leaving your friend one night to go home.
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6. You are leaving work.
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7. Revision
Find the expressions.

SEEYOULATERPLEASEDTOMEETYOUHELLOHOWAREYOUVERY
WELLTHANKYOUANDYOUWHATISYOURADDRESS

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C
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Teachers notes
Spelling ideas
Form a line
Ask the students to form a line in alphabetical order by first name, then by surname. This
will practise Whats your first name?, Whats your surname?, Can you spell it, please? and
will help with ice-breaking.
Sort the letters
Make a copy of the alphabet sheet per pair and cut each one into individual letters.
Students group the letters that sound the same:

/e/

/i:/

/e/

/a/

//

/u:/

/:/

A
H
J
K

B
C
D
E
G
P
T
V

F
L
M
N
S
X
Z

I
Y

Q
U
W

Hold up the cards

Make a copy of the alphabet sheet (or the problem letters) for each student and cut each
one into individual letters. Call out a letter. Students hold up the correct letter card.
Make some words
Make three copies of the alphabet sheet and cut them into individual letters. Put the
letters in a box/bag/hat. Divide class into teams. In turn, one person in each team pulls
out a letter and says it. If he/she says it correctly, the team keeps the letter. If he/she
says it incorrectly, the letter is returned to the box. When all the letters of the alphabet
have been taken, the teams must see how many words they can make from their letters.

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