BASIC 1 A / UNIT 1 / INTRODUCTION

GREETING FORMS FAREWELL FORMS

Good morning ! (00-12 PM) Good bye!

Good afternoon ! (12 PM – 6PM) Bye-bye! / Bye!
Good evening ! (7 PM ------------ ) Good night!
See you / later /soon!
See you tomorrow/ next class!
Hello! / Hi! Bye, take care!
Hello there! / Hi there! Bye, take it easy!

ASKING HOW PEOPLE ARE

How are you?

How are you doing?
How are things?
How’s everything?
How is it going?

ANSWERING HOW YOU ARE

I am very well, thank you.

I am fine, thank you.
Pretty good, thank you. And you?
I am OK, thank you. What about you?
Not bad, thanks. How about you?
So-so
Terrible/awful

ASKING FOR REPETITION

Can you repeat it, please?

Excuse me?
Come again, please?
Again please?
Pardon? (BR)
Repeat, please!
ASKING ABOUT MEANINGS

What is the meaning of…………………………? That means…………………

What does …………….mean? That means…………………

How do you say ……………………….in English? That is ……………..................

ASKING FOR SPELLING

Could you spell that, please?

Can you spell it, please?
How do you spell it, please?
Spell that, please.

Examples with names:

Can you spell your first name, please? M-A-R-I-A

Could you spell your last name, please? W-A-T-A-N-A-B-E

ASKING ABOUT NAMES

My full name is María Cecilia Watanabe

What is your name, please? My name is María Watanabe

What is your first name? (USA) My first name is María

forename? (BR)

What is your middle name? It is Cecilia

What is your last name? (USA) My last name is Watanabe

surname? (BR)

What do people call you? People call me Cecilia

Please call me Cecilia
Everyone calls me Cecilia

Do you have a short name? Yes, I do. It is ……….. / No, I don’t.

Do you have a nickname? Yes, I do. It is ………... / No, I don’t.

ASKING ABOUT PLACE OF ORIGIN

Where are you from? I am from Chile.

I am from Valparaíso

Where in Chile are you from? I am from Valparaíso.

What is your nationality? I am Chilean.

ASKING ABOUT AGE

How old are you? * I am 20 years old.

* I am 20.

ASKING ABOUT TELEPHONE NUMBERS

What is your telephone number? It is 2503619.

What is your mobile phone number? It is 08-5480317

ASKING ABOUT e-mail ADDRESS

What is your e-mail address? It is m.watanab@profesor.duoc.cl

It is ceciliasan@yahoo.es

* cl: Chile

* es: España (Spain)

* pedro-gonzalez: - dash / hyphen

* pedro_gonzalez: _ underscore / underline

* @ : at

*punto: dot
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VERB TO BE (ser-estar)

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I (yo) I am I am not am I….?

You (tú, usted) You are you are not are you…?
He (él) He is he is not is he….?
She (ella) She is she is not is she…?
It (1 cosa, It is it is not is it….?
1 animal)
We (nosotros) We are we are not are we….?
You (ustedes) You are you are not are you…?
They (ellos; They are they are not are they…?
2 cosas,
2 animales)

THE ALPHABET

A ei B bi C si D di
E i F ef G lli H eich
I ai J llei K kei L el

M em N en O ou P pi

Q kiu R ar S es T ti
U iu V vi W double “iu” X eks

Y guai Z zi / zed

*LL double “el” * Ñ “en” with a line on top

NUMBERS 0= zero, “ou”

1= one 2= two 3= three 4= four 5= five 6= six 7= seven 8= eight

9= nine 10= ten 11= eleven 12= twelve 13= thirteen 14= fourteen

15= fifteen 16= sixteen 17= seventeen 18= eighteen 19= nineteen

20= twenty 21= twenty-one 22= twenty-two 23= twenty-three, etc.

30= thirty 40= fourty 50= fifty 60= sixty 70= seventy 80= eighty

90= ninety 100= one hundred 1,000= one thousand 1,000,000= one million

DAYS OF THE WEEK

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Months of theYear

January July

February August

March September

April October

May November

June December

Seasons of the Year

Summer

Autumn (Br.) = Fall (Am.)

Winter

Spring