Basic English Conversation Skills
Basic English Conversation Skills
to greet people
to introduce yourself and others
to ask for and give basic personal A B C
information
to say where you’re from
to tell the time
to talk about school subjects and what
you’re good at
to talk about your favourite kind of
music and musical instruments
to present your family and the jobs they
do
to write about yourself
D E
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1a Where are you from?
2 ead
1 ocabulary A. Listen to the dialogues.
Then read them out in groups.
Match the countries with the nationalities.
Then listen and check your answers.
Rosa Hello, I’m Rosa. Are you a new student?
Country Nationality Imre Yes, I am. I’m Imre. I’m from Hungary
but I live here in London.
Brazil Greek Rosa Nice to meet you.
China Imre Nice to meet you too. Are you Brazilian?
Spanish
Rosa No, I’m not. I’m Mexican.
France Hungarian
Angela Hi, Oliver! How are you?
Greece Italian Oliver I’m fine, thanks. This is Pablo and this
is Maria.
Hungar y Chinese
Angela Hello. Where are you from?
Polish Pablo We’re from Spain.
Italy Angela Really? I’m from Italy.
Mexico Ukrainian
B. Read again and match.
Ukraine Brazilian 1. Rosa a. Italian
2. Imre b. Spanish
Poland Mexican
3. Angela c. Hungarian
4. Pablo and Maria d. Mexican
Spain French
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3 peak – Hello, Kate. How are you?
– Fine, thanks. And you?
Talk in pairs.
– Not bad.
4 rammar
The verb be (I am, You are, We are)
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS
I ’m (= am) I ’m not (= am not) Am I? Yes, I am. No, I’m not.
You ’re (= are) You aren’t (= are not) Are you? Yes, you are. No, you aren’t.
We ’re (= are) We aren’t (= are not) Are we? Yes, we are. No, we aren’t.
6 peak
5 ronunciation Talk in pairs.
A. Listen and repeat. What’s the
difference between a, b and c?
a. France b. British c. Chinese – What’s your name?
– My name’s John. / I’m John.
B. Listen and tick () the sound you hear.
– What’s your surname?
France // British // Chinese // – Peters.
teacher – Where are you from?
– I’m from England. (I live in London.)
surname
– How old are you?
pencil – I’m thirteen. And you?
English – I’m thirteen too.
nationality
French
class • Look at the example.
Irish • Speak only in English.
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1b He’s a chef
1 ocabulary
Listen and repeat.
waiter/waitress
bus driver
delivery person
secretary
actor/actress
doctor
taxi driver
chef
police officer
shop assistant nurse
2 ead
A. Listen and read. Mario’s Pizza: A family business
Hello, I’m Alonso and this is my
dad, Mario. We’re Italian.
Welcome to our restaurant.
This is my uncle.
His name is Dario
and he’s a chef.
This is Fredo
and Elmo.
They are my
This is my sister. Her name is Anna
cousins and
and she is a pizza delivery girl.
they are waiters.
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B. Read again and answer the questions.
1. Where are they 2. Is he a waiter? 3. What’s her 4. Are they waiters? 5. Is she a pizza
from? name? delivery girl?
3 rammar
The verb be
Possessive adjectives
PERSONAL POSSESSIVE That’s John. He is 11 years old.
PRONOUNS ADJECTIVES His mother is a teacher.
I my
you your
he his Circle the correct words.
she her 1.
it its Sue That’s Helen and his / her cousin.
Kate What’s his / her name?
we our
Sue Billy.
you your Kate He is / Is he a student?
they their Sue No, he is / isn’t. He’s / His a bus driver.
ver.
2.
Danny Is / Are your parents doctors?
Jake No, they / their aren’t. My uncle and aunt am / are doctors.
My dad is / isn’t a police officer and my mum’s an actress.
Danny Really? What’s her / their name?
Jake Ann Patterson.
4 rite
Write a few sentences to present some of your family members and
their jobs.
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1c Day and night
1 ocabulary Thursday
Monday
A. Put the days of the week in the correct
order. Write 1-7. Then listen and check Sunday
your answers. What day is it today? 2 Tuesday
Saturday
B. What’s the time? Look at the clocks and
complete the time. Then listen and check your answers. Wednesday
Friday
1 07:00
It’s four C. Look and complete with the words in the box.
It’s seven . Then listen and check your answers.
o’clock.
night morning
2
11:10 1
3
02:15 12 p.m. / midday / noon
2
It’s a quarter It’s a
past two. past .
Good afternoon!
4 10:30
12 p.m. 6 p.m.
It’s
It’s half 3
ten.
past four.
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2 ead
A. Listen to the dialogue. Then
read it out in pairs. You mean, good morning. It’s Sunday
morning here in Beijing. What’s the
Good afternoon, Lin. time in New York?
4 peak
GUESSING GAME: Find the clock.
Talk in pairs.
Student A: Choose a clock but don’t
tell Student B.
Student B: Ask questions to find
Student A’s clock.
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1d Meet the band!
1 ocabulary
Listen and number the musical
instruments (1-5).
2 ead
A. Look at the picture of the band Full Blast. What does each member
do in the band? Listen, read and check your answers.
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B. Read again and write A for Amy, B for Bill, L for Liv or S for Stu.
1 2
3 4
5 peak
Talk in groups of four. Complete the table below about yourself and
then about the other people in your group.
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1e I’m a student
music
history PE
geography
2 peak
A. Talk in groups of four. Ask each other – Are you good at PE?
questions and complete the table. – Yes, I am. / No, I’m not.
3 isten
Listen to an interview with two children and match by drawing lines.
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4 peak & rite
A. Read and complete the table below.
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1 Round-up
ocabulary ommunication
A. Cross out the odd word. Then add one more. E. Look at the clocks and write.
1. art – science – chef – geography – 11 12 1
2. UK – French – Canada – Ukraine – 03:15 10 2 08:20
3. Spain – Tuesday – Saturday – Monday – 9 3
1 2 8 4 3
4. keyboard – violin – music – guitar – 7 5
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Score: /8 11 12 1
12:45 10 2
9 3
rammar 4 5
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7 5
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B. Circle the correct words.
What’s the time?
1. A: Is that you / your brother?
B: No. That’s Tom. He / He’s is my cousin. 1.
2. I’m from the UK. My / His name is Jason. 2.
3. Julia and Olha are friends. They’re / Their 3.
favourite subject is history. 4.
4. She / She’s an actress. Her / His name’s Betty 5.
Bourne. Score: /5
5. A: What day is it today?
B: Its / It’s Sunday. F. Match.
Score: /7 1. Who’s your favourite a. I’m from Australia.
teacher? b. Yes, I am.
C. Complete with the correct form of the verb be. 2. What’s his favourite c. Nice to meet you.
1. A: you a doctor? subject? d. I’m fine, thanks.
B: Yes, I . 3. How are you? e. He’s Chinese.
2. My parents crazy about jazz. 4. Where are you from? f. Mrs Blake.
3. A: that the new music teacher? 5. Are you good at maths? g. Maths.
B: No, he the new English teacher. 6. Where is he from?
4. Andrew and Maksym good at history 7. Hi, I’m Ihor.
but they are very good at geography. Score: /7
5. A: it six o’clock? TOTAL SCORE: / 40
B: No, it . Now I can…
Score: /8
say where I’m from
introduce myself and other people
D. Complete with the words in the box. ask and answer personal questions
greet people
Who’s How What Where What’s talk about my favourite teachers,
subjects and say what I’m good at
1. Good morning! are you today? talk about my favourite kind of music and
2. are you from? musical instruments
3. day is it today? present my family and the jobs they do
tell the time
4. your favourite kind of music?
use the verb be
5. that? Is it Mrs Henderson? write about myself
Score: /5
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