It’s nice to meet you.
1 CONVERSATION I’m Jennifer Miller.
A Listen and practice.
Michael: Hi. My name is Michael Ota.
Jennifer: I’m Jennifer Miller.
Michael: It’s nice to meet you, Jennifer.
Jennifer: Nice to meet you, too.
Michael: I’m sorry. What’s your last
name again?
Jennifer: It’s Miller.
B Pair work Introduce yourself
to your partner.
2 SNAPSHOT
Listen and practice.
Sources: The Professor’s Book of First Names ; The Parent Soup Baby Name Finder
Circle the names you know.
Who are some famous people with these names?
What names are popular in your country?
For males For females
Names Nicknames Names Nicknames
Anthony Tony Elizabeth Beth
Christopher Chris Jennifer Jen
Joshua Josh Katherine Kathy
Michael Mike Nicole Nicki
Matthew Matt Susan Sue
first names last names
Jennifer Miller
Michael Ota
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3 GRAMMAR FOCUS
Group work Play “The Name Game.” Make a circle.
Learn the names of your classmates.
A: My name is Maria.
B: Her name is Maria. I’m Victor.
C: Her name is Maria. His name is Victor. And I’m Kumiko.
4 THE ALPHABET
A Listen and practice.
A B C D E F GH I J K LMNO P QR S T UVWX Y Z
a b c d e f g h i j k l mn o p q r s t u vwx y z
B Class activity Listen and practice. Then practice
with your own names. Make a list of your classmates’ names.
A: What’s your name?
B: I’m Sarah Conner.
A: Is that S-A-R-A-H?
B: Yes, that’s right.
A: How do you spell your last name? C-O-N-N-O-R?
B: No, it’s C-O-N-N-E-R.
5 LISTENING Spelling names
How do you spell the names? Listen and check (✓) the correct answers.
1. Jon John
2. Sara Sarah
3. Steven Stephen
4. Katherine Kathryn
5. Kris Chris
✓
My Classmates
Sarah Conner
Jennifer Miller
My, your, his, her
What’s your name? What’s his name? What’s her name?
What’s = What is
His name
is Michael.
Her name
is Nicole.
My name
is Jennifer.
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Hi, Matthew.
How are you?
Good morning, Mr. Garcia.
How are you?
I’m just fine, Alex.
Thank you.
Good afternoon, Brad.
How are you? Not bad, thanks.
How are you?
6 WORD POWER Titles
A Listen and practice.
B Think of three people. Write their titles and last names.
7 SAYING HELLO
A Listen and practice.
B Class activity Go around the class. Greet your classmates formally
(with titles) and informally (without titles).
Miss Lee
Good evening,
Mrs. Morgan.
I’m OK, thank you.
Hello, Ms. Chen.
How are you?
1
3
Great!
How about you, Lisa?
Miss Ito (single females) Ms. Chen (single or married females)
Mrs. Morgan (married females) Mr. Garcia (single or married males)
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8 CONVERSATION He’s over there.
A Listen and practice.
Jennifer: Excuse me. Are you
Steven Carson?
David: No, I’m not. He’s over there.
Jennifer: Oh, I’m sorry.
Jennifer: Steven? This is your book.
Steven: Oh, it’s my math book! Thanks.
You’re in my class, right?
Jennifer: Yes, I am. I’m Jennifer Miller.
Steven: It’s nice to meet you.
Steven: Hey, David, this is Jennifer.
She’s in our math class.
David: Hi, Jennifer.
Jennifer: Hi, David. Nice to meet you.
B Group work Greet a classmate. Then introduce him or her to
another classmate.
9 GRAMMAR FOCUS
A Complete the conversation with the correct words in parentheses.
Then practice with a partner.
David: Hello, Jennifer. How ............. (is / are) you?
Jennifer: ............. (She’s / I’m) fine, thanks.
............. (I’m / It’s) sorry – what’s your name again?
David: ............. (He’s / It’s) David – David Medina.
Jennifer: That’s right! David, this ............. (is / am) Sarah Conner.
.............. (She’s / He’s) in our math class.
David: Hi, Sarah. .............. (I’m / It’s) nice to meet you.
Sarah: Hi, David. I think ............. (you’re / I’m) in my English class, too.
David: Oh, right! Yes, I ............. (are / am).
are
I’m Jennifer Miller. Are you Steven Carson? Contractions
You’re in my class. Yes, I am. I’m = I am
She’s in our class. (Jennifer is in our class.) No, I’m not. You’re = You are
He’s over there. (Steven is over there.) He’s = He is
It’s my math book. How are you? She’s = She is
It’s Miller. (My last name is Miller.) I’m fine. It’s = It is
The verb be
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B Complete the conversations. Then practice in groups.
Nicole:..... Excuse me.......................... you Steven Carson?
David: No,........................ not. My name
David Medina. Steven ..............................over there.
Nicole: Oh, sorry.
Nicole:............................. you Steven Carson?
Steven: Yes, I ...................
Nicole: Hi. .................................Nicole Johnson.
Steven: Oh, ...................................in my math class, right?
Nicole: Yes, I ..........................
Steven:.............................. nice to meet you.