BASIC INTRO ENGLISH COURSE

BASIC INTRO STUDENT BOOK

Juan Carlos Benavides Escobar

01. Introducing people

Introducing yourself
Formal: Good morning, my name is Juan Carlos Benavides. Speaking.
Informal: Hi, I´m Juan Carlos Benavides. Introduce yourself to the class.
Introducing others
Juan: Mario, this is Marcia. Marcia, this is Mario. Phrases
Mario: Nice to meet you Marcia. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too.
Marcia: Nice to meet you, too, Mario. Pleased to meet you. Pleased to meet you, too.
Glad to meet you. Glad to meet you, too
Speaking. Introduce each other. Happy to meet you. Happy to meet you, too.

02. Greetings

Hello Questions Answers

Hi How are you? Fine Very well
Good morning How do you do? Terrific So, so
Good afternoon What´s up? Terrible Pretty good
Good evening What´s going on? Not bad OK

Marco: Good evening, Norma. How do you do? Speaking. Greet each other.
Norma: Fine, thank you. And you?
Marco: Terrific, thanks.

Listening 1. Listen and read the conversations.

01. Li : Hi, I`m Li. What is your name? 04. Li : How are you?
Neela: My name is Neela. Neela: Fine, thanks. And you?
Li : Fine
02. Li : It`s nice to meet you, Neela.
Neela: Nice to meet you, too. 03. Li : Good evening, Neela.
Neela: Hello, Li.
03. Li : Hi, Neela.
Neela: Good morning, Li 04. Li : See you later, Neela.
Neela: Goodbye, Li.

Listening 2. Listen and read the conversation.

A: Hi. I´m Tim. What is your name?

B: My name is Asha. This is my friend Sara.
A: Can you repeat that, please?
B: Yes. I´m Asha, and this is Sara. It´s nice to meet you.
A: Nice to meet you, too. Who is your teacher?
B: Ms. Simpson.
A: Oh! She´s my teacher, too.

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03. Farewells

Good bye see you later bye see you on Monday

Take care see you soon nice seeing you keep in touch
good night see you next week talk to you later see you on weekend
see you see you next month good to see you see you on
see you tomorrow see you next year have a nice day I´m out of here

04. The alphabet

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mn
ei bi ci di i ef yi eich ai yei kei el em

Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
en oh pi quiu ar es ti iu vi dobliu ex wai zid

Spelling
c-a-r-l-o-s S-m-i-t-h C-a-r-o-l-i-n-a B-a-l-m-a-c-e-d-a Exercise 1. Spell your name.

Exercise 1. Listen and write the words spelled by the teacher.

01. _________________ 03. _________________ 05. _________________ 07. ___________________

02. _________________ 04. _________________ 06. _________________ 08. ____________________

Capital letters
Capitalize:
- the first word of a sentence. - names of cities, states, countries, lakes, rivers, oceans.
M anuel
- names of people and pets. - holidays.
Capital small
- titles and abbreviations (Miss, Dr.). - days of the week and months.
letter letters
- particular places (American School). - T.V. programs, movies, books, poems, songs.
- the pronoun “I”.

05. Personal information

Names Pedro Mario Gaitan
First name Middle name Last name (surname)

01. What´s your first name? My first name is Pedro.

02. What´s your middle name? My middle name is Mario.
03. What´s your last name? My last name is Gaitan.
04. What´s your full name? My full name is Pedro Mario Gaitan.

Exercise. Ask your classmates about their first, middle, and surnames. Also ask about their relatives´ names.

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Address

street block turn right to the left traffic circle crossing go back
Cardinal points
avenue city turn left to the right roundabout go down upper street
North East
highway country go straight side walk crossroads walk down neighborhood
South West
corner zip code go ahead traffic light junction turn back
What´s your address? My address is Managua, Morazán neighborhood, Linda Vista traffic light two blocks north.

What´s his address? His address is Masaya, San Geronimo neighborhood, from the church five blocks east.

What´s her address? Her address is Managua, Villa Miguel Gutierrez neighborhood, La Virgen traffic light, two blocks
south, three blocks west.

Exercise. Ask you classmates about their addresses.

E mails

vertical bar at asterisk comma dash back slash forward slash semi colon dot underscore

01. What´s your e-mail? My e-mail is juancbe2002@yahoo.com

02. What´s his e-mail? His e-mail is marcolopez120612@gmail.com
03. What´s her e-mail? Her e-mail is margarita86200@hotmail.com

Exercise. Ask your classmates about their e-mails. Write them.

01. ______________________________________ 03. _____________________________________

02. ______________________________________ 04. _____________________________________

Listening. Listen to the teacher. Write the e-mails and web pages.

01. ______________________________________ 04. _____________________________________

02. ______________________________________ 05. _____________________________________

03. ______________________________________ 06. _____________________________________

Date and place of birth

01. When were you born? I was born in 1972. I was born on September 12 1972.
02. Where were you born? I was born in Managua.
03. When was your brother born? He was born in 1975. He was born on March 20 1975.
04. When was your sister born? She was born in 1983. She was born on June 17 1983.

Exercise. Ask your classmates about their date and place of birth.

Marital status and titles Titles

Mr. Albert incorrect Mr. (single and married man)
Marital status Miss (single woman) Mr. Albert Smith correct
single divorced widow Mrs. (married woman) Mr. Smith correct
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married engaged widower Ms. (single and married woman)
Listening 1. Listen and write the correct title
ma´am
for each name.

01. ________ Pat Tyson 03. _________ Terry Miller 05. _________ Jean Silver

02. ________ Pat Song 04. _________ Terry Farmer 06. _________ Gene Gold

Listening 2. Listen and read.

First name:
A: Can you help me with this form? __________________________________
B: Sure. Write your first name here. Last name:
A: OK. Lee
B: Are you married or single? Title: Ο Mr. Ο Ms. Ο Mrs.
A: I`m married. Marital status: Ο married Ο single
B: OK, Mrs. Lee. Fill in the “married” bubble. place of birth: China
A: Thank you. phone: (213) 555-2178

Listening 3. Listen and write.

01. ____________________________ 03. ________________________ 05. _________________________

02. ____________________________ 04. _________________________ 06. _________________________

Exercise 1. Complete the form. Use your own information. Sing your name.

JOB REGISTRATION FORM

NAME: _________________________________________________________________
(first) (middle) (last)

DATE OF BIRTH: ________________________________________________________

(month) (date) (year)

TELEPHONES: __________________________________________________________
(house) (cell) (work)

ADDRESS: ______________________________________________________________
(department) (city) (neighborhood)

E-MAIL: ________________________________________________________________

POSITION: __________________________ SIGNATURE: _____________________

Exercise 2. Complete the questions with the words below.

surname name

01. What´s your _______________? John. 02. What´s your ____________ name? Thompson.

apartment social security phone

03. What´s your _________________ number? 5657937. 05. What´s your _________________ number? 602.

04. What´s your _________________ number? 450-78-5785.

06. What´s your ____________ code? 59633. 07. What´s your _____________ code? 212. (zip / area)

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Exercise 3. Match the questions with the answers.

_______ 01. What´s your surname? a. 365 44th Avenue.

_______ 02. What´s your first name? b. W-A-T-T-E-R-S-O-N.

_______ 03. What´s your address? c. Joseph.

_______ 04. How do you spell that? d. Watterson.

_______ 05. What´s your apartment number? e. Philadelphia.

_______ 06. What´s your city? f. 435-68-5684.

_______ 07. What´s your telephone number? g. 690-6949.

_______ 08. What´s your social security number? h. 3B

Listening 1. Listen and circle a or b.

01. a. Elm street 03. a. (323) 05. a. Jose

b. Ramirez b. 90011 b. Ramirez

02. a. 555-1224 04. a. 16 Elm Street 06. a. Los Angeles

b. 16 b. joseram@123.net b. Jose Ramirez

Listening 2. Listen and write the websites and emails addresses.

01. _______________________________________________________________________________

02. _______________________________________________________________________________

03. _______________________________________________________________________________

04. _______________________________________________________________________________

05. _______________________________________________________________________________

02. A: What would you like to drink? 04. A: Here´s your pizza.
B: Orange juice, ______________. B: Yummy, _______________.

INTRODUCTORY TOPICS REVIEW

Exercise 1. Put the lines of the conversations in order. Then write the conversations.

01. ________ I´m fine, thank you. And you, Mrs. Harris?

________ Good, thanks.

________ Hello, Mr. Salazar. How are you?

A: ____________________________________________________________________________

B: ____________________________________________________________________________

A: ____________________________________________________________________________
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02. ________ O.K. How are you?

________ Hi, Harry.

________ Oh, not bad.

________ Hi, Pete. How are you?

 A: ____________________________________________________________________________

B: ____________________________________________________________________________

A: ____________________________________________________________________________

B: ____________________________________________________________________________

03. ________ Good, thank you.

________ Hello, Ms. Jacobs. How are you today?

________ Hello, Mr. Oshima.

________ Fine, thank you. How are you?

A: ____________________________________________________________________________

B: ____________________________________________________________________________

A: ____________________________________________________________________________

B: ____________________________________________________________________________

Exercise 2. Circle the correct words.

01. A: What´s ( my / you / your ) name, please?

B: Smith. Sylvester Smith.

A: S-M-I-T-H

B: Yes, ( it´s / I´m / that´s ) right.

A: Could you spell your ( first / last ) name, please?

B: S-Y-L-V-E-S-T-E-R

A: Thank you, ( Miss / Mr. / Mrs. ) Smith. Sign here, please.

02. A: ( Am / Are / Is ) you Elena Lopes?

B: Yes, I ( am / are / is ):

A: I´m sorry, could you spell your ( first / last ) name, please?

B: L-O-P-E-S

A: Sign here, please.

B: O.K. page 06
A: Thank you, ( Mr. / Ms. / Elena ) Lopes.

Exercise 3. Complete the conversation with the appropriate questions.

A: ________________________________________________________________________________

B: Tony Stavros.
A: ________________________________________________________________________________

B: S-T-A-V-R-O-S.
A: ________________________________________________________________________________

B: It´s 555-7469.

A: ________________________________________________________________________________

B: It´s 950 Rockefeller Avenue.

INTERVIEW SHEET

INTERVIEWER: ___________________________________________________________________

INTERVIEWED: ___________________________________________________________________

POSITION: ___________________________ DATE: ____________________________________

01. When is your birthday?

02. What´s your telephone number?

03. What´s your e-mail?

04. What´s your address?

05. What´s your favorite day of the week?

06. What´s your favorite month of the year?

07. What time do you usually have lunch?

08. What´s your favorite color?

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