Introduce yourself to your fellow student and introduce your fellow student to your teacher of English using the information from the table. Work in pairs.
Pattern 1.
- Let me introduce myself. I’m captain of police Petrov.
- Let me introduce myself. I’m police officer, captain Petrov.
Pattern 2.
- Let me introduce my colleague to you. His name is Andrey. His surname is Petrov. He is from Omsk. He is captain of police.
- Let me introduce my colleague to you. Her name is Olga. Her surname is Nikitina. She is from Novosibirsk. She is lieutenant of police.
| Специальные звания сотрудников полиции (два равнозначных варианта) | |
| Русский язык | Английский язык |
| рядовой полиции | - private of police … - police officer, private … |
| младший сержант полиции | - junior sergeant of police (junior police sergeant) … - police officer, junior sergeant … |
| сержант полиции | - sergeant of police (police sergeant) … - police officer, sergeant … |
| старший сержант полиции | - senior sergeant of police (senior police sergeant) … - police officer, senior sergeant … |
| старшина полиции | - sergeant-major of police … - police officer, sergeant-major … |
| прапорщик полиции | - warrant officer of police … - police warrant officer … |
| старший прапорщик полиции | - senior warrant officer of police … - police senior warrant officer … |
| младший лейтенант полиции | - junior lieutenant of police … - police officer, junior lieutenant … |
| лейтенант полиции | - lieutenant of police … - police officer, lieutenant … |
| старший лейтенант полиции | - senior lieutenant of police … - police officer, senior lieutenant … |
| капитан полиции | - captain of police … - police officer, captain … |
| майор полиции | - major of police … - police officer, major … |
| подполковник полиции | - lieutenant colonel of police … - police officer, lieutenant colonel… |
| полковник полиции | - colonel of police … - police officer, colonel… |
Complete the dialogues with the phrases given in brackets. Work in pairs. Read and translate the composed dialogues.
- Hello, my name is Peter. What’s your name?
- __________________________________________________________________________
- Nice to meet you, Oleg.
- __________________________________________________________________________
(Hello, Peter. I’m Oleg. / Nice to meet you too.)
- __________________________________________________________________________
- I’m fine, thank you, Peter. And you?
- __________________________________________________________________________
- See you later. Bye!
(I’m fine. See you later. / Good morning, Oleg. How are you?)
- Hello, my name is Ted. What’s your name?
- __________________________________________________________________________
- Where are you from?
- __________________________________________________________________________
- I’m from Australia.
- __________________________________________________________________________
- My surname is Bradford. And what’s your surname?
- __________________________________________________________________________
- I see.What’s your phone number?
- __________________________________________________________________________
- My phone number is 61 417 123 456.
- __________________________________________________________________________
- I’m a sportsman.And you?
- __________________________________________________________________________
- Nice to meet you, Vladimir.
- __________________________________________________________________________
- OK, bye! See you later.
- __________________________________________________________________________
(What are you? / What’s your surname? / Hello, Ted. I’m Vladimir. / I’m a police officer. / My surname is Sokolov. / Good-bye! / I’m from Russia. And what about you? / My phone number is 7 906 342 1133. And what’s your phone number? / Nice to meet you too.)
- __________________________________________________________________________
- Hello, Jane. I’m Andrey.
- __________________________________________________________________________
- Nice to meet you too. What delegation do you belong to?
- __________________________________________________________________________
- What languages do you speak?
- __________________________________________________________________________
- Do you understand Russian?
- __________________________________________________________________________
- I see. OK, bye!
- __________________________________________________________________________
- Thank you!
(Good-bye! Have a nice day! / I have come here with a sports delegation from the USA. / I speak English, French, German. / Hi, my name is Jane. What’s your name? / Nice to meet you, Andrey. / No, I don’t.)
- Mr. Clark, let me introduce Mr. Morgan to you.
- __________________________________________________________________________
- How do you do?
- __________________________________________________________________________
- Nice to meet you too.
(Glad to meet you. / How do you do?)
Complete the dialogues using the information about yourself. Work in pairs.
- Hello, my name is Steve. What’s your name?
- __________________________________________________________________________
- Nice to meet you.
- __________________________________________________________________________
- Good morning. How are you?
- __________________________________________________________________________
- I’m fine.
- __________________________________________________________________________
- Bye!
- Hello, my name is Anna. What’s your name?
- __________________________________________________________________________
- Where are you from?
- __________________________________________________________________________
- I’m from Italy.
- __________________________________________________________________________
- My surname is Doan. And what about you?
- __________________________________________________________________________
- I see.What’s your phone number?
- __________________________________________________________________________
- My phone number is 39 328 998 4578.
- __________________________________________________________________________
- I’m a manager.And you?
- __________________________________________________________________________
- Nice to meet you.
- __________________________________________________________________________
- OK, bye! See you later.
- __________________________________________________________________________
- Hi, my name is Deng. What’s your name?
- __________________________________________________________________________
- Nice to meet you.
- __________________________________________________________________________
- I’m a member of a Chinese sports delegation.
- __________________________________________________________________________
- I speak English and German.
- __________________________________________________________________________
- Yes, I do (a little).
- __________________________________________________________________________
- Good-bye! Have a nice day!
- __________________________________________________________________________
Writing
The following are the typical expressions found in forms. The expression on the left corresponds to the question in the second column. Fill in the third column.
| 1. First name | What’s your first name? | My first name is … |
| 2. Surname | What’s your family name? | My surname is … |
| 3. Age | How old are you? | I’m … |
| 4. Nationality (citizenship) | What country are you from? (Where are you from?) | I’m from … |
| 5. Date of birth | When were you born? | I was born on the … of … in … (I was born on the 1st of December in 1980) |
| 6. Place of birth | Where were you born? | I was born in … |
| 7. Permanent address | Where do you live? What’s your address? | I live in … |
| 8. Marital status | Are you married or single? | I’m single. I’m married. I’m divorced. I’m widowed. |
| 9. Occupation | What do you do? What are you? | I’m … I work as … |
| 10. Hobbies / Interests | What do you do in your free time? | My hobby is … My hobbies are … I like … |
| 11. Telephone number | What’s your phone number? | My phone number is … |
| 12. Email | What’s your email address? | My email address is … |