2019-04-09 Level 1: introductions

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Unit 1 - Introductions

My name is Greg. What’s your name?

I am a teacher.
I am a student.
My mother is a businesswoman.
My mother was a businesswoman.
My mother is a hairdresser.
My mother is a housewife / a homemaker.
My mother is a saleswoman.
My father is a businessman.
My father was a doctor.
My father is a real estate agent.
My father is a construction engineer.
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page 10

He is an estate agent. (British English)
He is an engineer.
	Why “an”?
Robert Ballard is an explorer.
She is an actress. (He is an actor.)
He is an illustrator.
She is an operator.
He is an undertaker.

an + vowel (A E I O U [Y])
a + consonant (not vowel = B C D F G H J K L M N P Q R S T V W X [Y] Z)

p. 10 - Repeat the other job names.
explorer
filmmaker
photographer
scientist
writer (write + er)

Carolyn Anderson is a writer.
Alex Treadway is a photographer.
Mireya Mayor is a scientist.
Mattias Klum is a filmmaker.
Robert Ballard is an explorer.

I’m a student. I want to be a scientist.
a flight attendant
an engineer
a plumber
I want to be a student my whole life.
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p. 11 part 7 - Say the sentences with “a” or “an”.
1 I’m a photographer.
2 I’m a doctor.
3 I’m a teacher.
4 I’m an artist.
5 I’m an engineer.
6 I’m a driver.
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How do you spell your name? / Spell your name, please. / Can you spell that?
It’s G-R-E-G.

part 13 - Choose the correct name.
1 Paola
2 Bryan
3 Sean
4 Ana
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I’m from the United States. I am American.
	(In English, “American” = “from the United States of America”)
I’m from Brazil. I am Brazilian.
I’m from Japan. I am Japanese.
I’m from Taiwan. I am Taiwanese.
I’m from Chile. I am Chilean.
I’m from France. I am French.
I’m from Spain. I am Spanish.
I’m from Russia. I am Russian.
I’m from Korea. I am Korean.
I’m from the United Kingdom. I am British.
I’m from Saudi Arabia. I am Saudi Arabian. / I am Saudi.
I’m from Oman. I am Omani.
I’m from Ireland. I am Irish.

I am from Thailand. I am Thai.
I am from Switzerland. I am Swiss.
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May I use the restroom?
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page 12 part 1 - Complete this information.
			Photo 1			Photo 2
Name		Manu			Dechen
Country		Nepal			India
Nationality	Nepalese			Indian

Who is Alex Treadway?
He is a British photographer.
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Remember:
I + am
he/she/it + is
you/we/they + are
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BREAK
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Names:

My first name is Greg. (given name)
My last name is Malivuk. (family name / surname)

My wife is Thai.
Her given name is Fasai.
Her nickname is Pack.
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Questions:
What is your name?
	What is your last name?
	Can you spell that?
What is your job?
What is your country? (example: Thailand)
	What is your nationality? (example: Thai)

Take a paper with personal information on it. Introduce yourself to your classmates.
Write a sentence with “is” for each person.

Anna Flynn is an Irish doctor. She is from Ireland.
Mary Johnson is an English writer. She is from England.
Jack Robinson is an American explorer. He is from the United States.
Robert Marriott is an Australian filmmaker. He is from Australia.
Nick Clarke is a Scottish engineer. He is from Scotland.
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My full name is Gregory Hartley Malivuk.
Gregory is my first name or given name.
Hartley is my middle name.
Malivuk is my last name or family name or surname.
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Formal and Informal
informal - Hi, I’m Greg.
		Hey Greg, I’m Matheus. How are you?
		Pretty good, thanks. You?
formal - Hello, my name is Gregory Malivuk.
		Hello, Gregory, it’s nice to meet you. I’m Matheus Prince. How are you?
		I’m fine, thank you. And you?
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Answers to greeting questions:

How questions: How are you? How are you doing? How’s it going? How do you do? How’s everything? How...
- I’m fine, thanks. And you?

What questions: What’s up? What’s going on? What’s happening? Whassup? ‘Sup? What are you up to? What have you been up to?
- Not much. How about you?
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Talking about other people and things:
p. 13 part 6 - Are these sentences true or false?
1 T (probably - Her name is Japanese and she works in Tokyo.)
2 F - He is British.
3 T
4 F - She is Italian.

part 8 - True or False? Ask your partner.
1 False. It’s Japanese.
2 True.
3 False. It’s Japanese.
4 True.

Pronunciation - correcting false information
Greg is Australian.
	No, he’s American.
English is from Russia.
	No, it’s from England.
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Contractions

I + am -> I’m
he + is -> he’s
she + is -> she’s
it + is -> it’s

Toshiba’s Japanese.
Flamenco’s from Spain.

Is Toshiba Japanese?
	Yes, it is. (NOT Yes, it’s.)
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Homework: write 10 sentences about the nationality and jobs of famous people
	(Similar to the sentences about Mary, Anna, etc.)