C) Now tell your group-mates about yourself. First read the paragraph below. You may use it as a model if you want to.
About Me
Let me introduce myself. I’m Olexiy Honcharenko. I come from Lubny Poltava region. Now I live in Sumy. I live at the hostel together with two more boys. I am a first-year student of Sumy National Agrarian University. I study at the faculty of food technologies. I want to become an engineer-technologist of food processing industry. My hobby is sport. I go in for football.
Introducing other people.
A) Read the following information.
These types of introductions involve at least three people:
A: The introducer (who knows both B and C)
B: Introducee (knows A but not C)
C: Introducee (knows A but not B)
A: Have you two met each other?
B: No, we haven't.
A: Ben, this is Carol. Carol this is Ben.
(B and C smile and shake hands.)
B: Nice to meet you Carol.
C: Nice to meet you too, Ben.
After you have been introduced to someone, it is polite to ask a few general questions to get acquainted. For example,
B: Where are you from, Carol?
C: I'm from Connecticut.
B: Connecticut, which part?
C: Hartford, the capital. How about you, Ben?
B: Nebraska - a place called Bellevue. It's near Omaha.
C: How do you know Alan (A)?
B: He is my friend from college.
b) Practice introducing your friends to each other. Remember to smile (and use handshakes where appropriate).
*When meeting someone for the first time, it is not appropriate to ask certain types of questions.
Do NOT ask:a person's age; birth date; salary; weight; marital status
You may ask general questions about the situation.
How do you know Alan (the person who introduced us)?
Are you a student at this university?
Is this your first time here?
What do you do for a living?
How long have you been working for (company)?
8. Refer to the situations and make up dialogues:
1) greet your friends;
2) greet your colleagues in the firm;
3) introduce yourself to the students in your academic group;
4) introduce yourself to someone at a party;
5) introduce your boss to your friends at a scientific conference;
6) introduce your friends to each other.
LANGUAGE FOCUS
The verb to be in the Present Simple Tense
| + | ־ | ? | ||
| I You He She It We You They | am are is is is are are are | (I’m) (You’re) (He’s)  (She’s) (It’s) (We’re) (You’re) (They’re) | I am not You are not ( aren’t) He is not ( isn’t) She is not ( isn’t) It is not ( isn’t) We are not( aren’t) You are not ( aren’t) They are not ( aren’t) | AmI …? Are you …? Ishe …? Is she …? Isit …? Are we …? Are you …? Are they …? |
9. Fill in the gaps with am, isorare.
1) This teacher _____ an English one.
2) I _____ very tired today.
3) We _____ so happy to see you!
4) It _____ ten o'clock and I've to go.
5) My friends _____ on holiday.
6) My grandparents _____ very old now.
7) My best buddy _____ always late.
8) Peter _____ not at the university today.
9) I _____ eighteen and it is my birthday.
10) We _____ from Canada.
11) The weather _____ very nice today.
12) Look. That _____ Carol.
13) My brother and I _____ good tennis players.
14) I _____ hot.
15) I _____ a student, my sister _____ a technologist.
10. Make up sentences with the following BE-phrases.
To be happy – бути щасливим; to be sorry – шкодувати; to be ill – бути хворим; to be hungry – бути зголоднілим; to be busy – бути зайнятим; to be late – запізнитися; to be fond of – цікавитися чимось; to be tired – втомитися; to be at home – бути вдома; to be afraid – боятися.