1 Greetings in English (A1)

Hello, I am Jason. It is nice to meet you! This is the long form.

Hello, I’m Jason. It’s nice to meet you! This is the short form.

Hi, I’m Jason. Nice to meet you! This is the very short form.

What is your name? This is the long form.

What’s your name? This is the short form.

I am an English teacher. You are a student of English. This is the long form.

I’m an English teacher. You’re an English student. This is the short form.

Listen to these phrases and say them after me:

Hello, I am…

Hello, I’m…

What is your name?

What’s your name?

I am a student of English

I’m an English student

I am from England. This is the long form.

I’m from England. This is the short form.

And you? Where are you from?

I live in Torquay. Where do you live?

Listen to these phrases and say them after me:

I live in…

Where do you live?

How are you?

I am fine, thank you. This is the long form.

I’m fine, thanks. This is the short form.

Here are some more positive phrases:

How are you?

I’m great. (This is very positive)

I’m fine. (This is positive)

I’m good. (This is positive)

I’m okay. (This is quite positive)

I’m not bad. (This is neutral)

I’m not great. (This is negative)

Now listen to these conversations:

Hello, I’m Jason. I’m a teacher and I live in Torquay. I’m great. How are you?

Hi! How are you? My name’s Steve and I’m from England, but I live in Dubai. I’m fine.

It’s nice to meet you! I’m Joe and I’m from Bristol. What’s your name? How are you?

Now listen to these numbers:

+ = plus

0 = zero (or ‘oh’)

1 = one

2 = two

3 = three

4 = four

5 = five

6 = six

7 = seven

8 = eight

9 = nine

10 = ten

Hi! What’s your phone number? Mine is +44 2875 669 318 (plus four four; two eight seven five, six six nine, three one eight).

Hello, I’m Paul and my mobile number is +53 1095 2489 217 (plus five three; one zero nine five; two four eight nine; two one seven).

Remember that ‘telephone’ is the long form, ‘phone’ is the short form and ‘mobile’ is only for your personal, mobile phone.

Now listen to these words:

Goodbye!

Cheers, bye!

See you soon!

See you later!

See you this afternoon!

See you this evening!

See you tomorrow!

Finally, listen to these phrases:

Hello, I’m Andy and I’m from Bristol but I live in London. How are you? I’m fine. My mobile number is +44 08862 475 329. What’s your telephone number? Cheers, bye!

Hi, I’m Abdul and I’m an English student. I’m from Paris but I live in London. My phone number is +33 2181 0965 0348. See you this evening. Goodbye!

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