First meetings

1.1 On business or on holiday?

GOALS ■ In tro d u c e y o u rs e lf ■ A s k q u e s tio n s w it h be

Listening & Speaking saying hello

1a 1/1))) Listen and read. 2a 1.2 )|Listen and note the stress.
• •
Hi, I'm Paul. Hello, I'm Alisa. P Hi, I'm Paul.
• • • • •
A Hello. I’m Alisa. Nice to m eet you, Paul.

P And you.

b 1.31 Listen and repeat.

C Practise the conversation with a partner. Use your names.

3 Work with another partner. Practise the conversation.

A Hello, I ’m ...
b Work with a partner. Say your name. B Hi. I ’m ...
A Nice to ...y o u ,...
B And...

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7a Complete the conversation between Sunil (S) and Julie (J).

G ram m ar & Listening verb he (I/you)
S Hello, I '1_________Sunil.
4 1.4))) Listen to three conversations. Tick ( / ) the correct box J Hi, I'2_________ Julie.
for each person. S Nice to meet you, Julie.
J And you.3_________you here on holiday?
Name on business on holiday to study
S No, I'4___________________. I '5_________ here to study.
And you? 6_______ you on holiday?
Paul I Yes, 17________ .

b 1.7))) Listen and check your answers.

Hawa 8a Put the lines in the correct order to make a conversation.

D No, I'm not. I'm here on holiday.
□ I'm Paul. Nice to meet you, Julie.
losue
LJ And you. Are you here on business, Paul?
m Hi, I’m Julie.
D Yes, I am. And you? Are you here on business?

Alisa b Work with a partner. Practise the conversation in exercise 8a.

9 Work with a partner. Take turns to introduce yourself.

Use the prompts to help you.
Sunil
A Hello,...
B Hi,...
A Nice to meet you,...

lulie
B You too.... here on business / on holiday / to study?
A Yes,... / No,... And you?
B I'm here...

5a 1.51 Listen to Havva and Paul again. Complete the

LISTENING SKILLS re c o g n iz in g q u e s tio n s
questions and answers.
H Are you here on 1_________ ?
P 2_________, I am. And3_________ ? Are you here on
business?
H 4_________, I'm not. I’m on 5_________ .
The word order helps you to recognize statements and questions.
b 1.6))) Listen, check and repeat. Statement: You are on holiday.
Question: A re you on holiday?
6 Complete the Grammar focus box. Use exercise 5 to help you.
Are these statements or questions? Add a full stop (.)
GRAMMAR FOCUS v e rb be (l/yo u ) to the statements and a question mark (?) to the
questions.
Positive (+)
1 Hello. Are you Angela
1 1 (am) Paul.
2 You're here on business
YOU 're (are) here on holiday.
3 Are you here to study
Negative (-)
4 I am here on business
1 'm not (am not) here on holiday.
5 Are you on holiday
You a re n't (are not) here to study.
Questions (?) 2a 1.8 )))Listen. Are they statements (S) or questions (Q)?
2 you Alisa? 1 θ 2 □ 3 □ 4 □ 5 □
Short answers
b Compare your answers with a partner.
(+) Yes, I 3

(-) NO, I 'm 4

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1.1 Verb b e (l/you)

2 R e w r ite t h e s e n t e n c e s t o m a k e t h e m n e g a tiv e .
1 I’m S e u n g h e e . I ’m not 5 e u n jh .e e ._______
2 I 'm h e r e o n b u s i n e s s . ____________________________
GR1.1))) 3 Y o u ’r e h e r e o n h o lid a y . ____________________________
1 I'm Helena. 4 Y o u 're S a u d . ____________________________
2 I'm n o t here on holiday.
3 P u t th e w o rd s in th e c o r re c t o rd e r to m a k e s e n te n c e s a n d
3 A Are you here to study? B Yes, I am.
q u e s tio n s .
1 A h m e d / I’m / H i , . Hi. I'm Ahmed,________
Positive (+) 2 y o u / A re / S e r i n a ? ____________________________
'm Mario. 3 o n / h e r e / I 'm / h o l i d a y . ____________________________
I
am here on business. 4 y o u / t o / A re / h e r e / s t u d y ? ____________________________
5 I / Y es, / a m . ____________________________
're Laura.
YOU
are here to study.
4 C o m p le te t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h am o r are. U s e
Negative (-) c o n t r a c t i o n s w h e r e p o s s ib le .

'm Lee. P e te r H i, 1 1 'm P e t e r . 2____________ y o u K a r in a ?

I
am here on holiday. K a rin a Y es, I 3____________ . N ic e to m e e t y o u .
not 4____________ y o u h e r e o n b u s in e s s ?
Ye Mila.
YOU P e te r N o , 1 5____________ n o t. 1 6_____________ h e r e to
are here to study.
s t u d y . 7____________ y o u h e r e o n b u s in e s s ?
Yes/No questions (?) Short answers K a rin a N o , 1 8____________ h e r e o n h o lid a y .

Yes, l am. P e te r O h , t h a t ’s n ic e .
here to study?
Are you No, I'm not.
Mario?
No, l am not. 1 . 2 Verb b e (we/you)
We use the verb be ...
• to say our name, e.g. I'm Sara. GR1.2 )))
• with here, e.g. I'm here on holiday. I'm n o t here to study. 1 We're from Delhi.
2 We're not from Angola.
Contractions
3 A Are you from Spain? B Yes, we are.
(+) / am = I'm (-) / am not = I'm not
you are = you're you are n o t = you're not/you a re n't
But: Yes, l am. NOT Yes, I'm. Positive (+)

're from Russia,

We use a capital letter for /. We/You
are here to study.
H i I'm Jean. NOT Hi, i'm Joan.
Negative -)

're from Tokyo,

1 R e w r ite t h e s e n t e n c e s w i t h c o n t r a c t i o n s . We/You not
are here on business.
1 Ia m D e m ir. I ’m D e m in ___________
Yes/No questions (?) Short answers
2 I a m h e re o n h o lid a y ________________________
3 Y o u a r e h e r e t o s tu d y . ________________________ Yes, we are.
4 Y o u a r e n o t h e r e o n h o lid a y . ________________________ Are you from Brazil? No, we aren't.
No, we are not.

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