Mela Melinawati, M.Pd

Introducing Yourself Example Dialogue: Elizabeth : Hello, I’m Elizabeth Mandel Chuck : Hi! My name is Charles Chang. But please call me Chuck. Elizabeth : Nice to meet you, Chuck. You can call me Liz. Chuck : Ok, and what’s your last name again? Elizabeth : Mandel.

Now it’s your turn. Complete and act out the following conversation with a partner. A : Hi. How are you? B : ………………………… A : By the way, my name is …………… B : How do you pronounce your name again? A : ………………………. Where are you from? B : ………………………………………… A : Are you a student here? B : ………………… and how about you? What do you do? A : ……………………………….. B : Oh, really? And where are you from? A : …………………………… B : Well, nice talking to you ……. A : Goodbye. B : ………………………..

Checking Information Match the questions in column A with the responses in column B! A 1. How do you pronounce your last name? 2. Excuse me, what’s your first name again? 3. How do you spell your last name? 4. What do people call you? B A. C – H – A – N – G B. It’s Mandel, with the accent on “del”. C. Well, everyone calls me Chuck. D. Oh, it’s Amy.

Asking and Introducing Someone Practice and act out the conversation! Tom : Paulo, who is that over there? Paulo : Oh, that’s my father! And that’s my mother with him. Tom : I’d like to meet them. Paulo : Mom and Dad, this is Tom Hayes. Tom, these are my parents. Tom : Pleased to meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Tavares. Mrs. Tavares : Nice to meet you, Tom. Paulo : My parents are here from Brazil. They’re vacation. Tom : Oh, where are you from in Brazil. Mr. Tavares : We’re from Rio.

Wh - Questions Wh- Questions allow a speaker to find out more information about topics. They are as follows: When? Where? Who? Why? How? What?

Other words can also be used to inquire about specific information: Which (one)? Whose? Whom? How much? How many? How long? How often? How far? What kind (of)?

Exercises Example: The train arrived at ten o’clock. (what time) What time did the train arrive? 1. They do their homework at night. (when) 2. Mr. Robertson came to the party alone. (who) 3. The car is across the street from the house. (where) 4. I like the red blouse, not the blue one. (which) 5. She felt better after she took a nap. (how) 6. That is an English book. (what) 7. My sister called her boyfriend yesterday (when) 8. She talked to him for an hour. (how long) 9. He studies piano at the university. (what) 10. The party lasted all night. (how long)

Dialogue : Doug: Hi, Tim. ….. are you? Tim: Not bad. ….. was your Lebaran Day? Doug: Fantastic. Tim: Oh! …… did you do? Doug: I went home for Lebaran Day. Tim: …………. is home? Doug: Australia. Tim: ……….long did you go for? Doug: I spent three wonderful weeks there. Tim: ……….. did you leave? Doug: I left on December 15th. Tim: …………did you do in Australia? Doug: I saw my family and friends and visited all my favorite places. Tim: ………..far is it to Australia? Doug: It's eight and a half hours by plane. Tim: ………….airline did you take?

Doug: I took Singapore Airlines. Tim:…….. didn't you take Australia - Asia Airline? Doug: Because they were booked out. Tim: …………did you get back? Doug: I got back yesterday. Tim: ……….met you at the airport? Doug: My brother met me. Tim: ……….did you do on Lebaran Day? Doug: We had a big party at my parents' house. Tim: ………attended the party? Doug: My whole family came. Everybody was there except for my sister. She couldn't come. Tim: not? was she? Doug: She was in another city. Tim: ……….city was she in? Doug: She was here, in Chai Yi. She had come to spend Lebaran Day with me.

Personal Pronoun 1. ………..are on the wall. (the posters) 2. ………..has got a brother. (Diana) 3. …………is running. (the dog) 4. ……….. is green. (the blackboard) 5. ……….. are in the garden. (the flowers) 6. ……….. is riding his bike. (Tom) 7. Have ……….. got a computer, Mandy? 8. ……….. is from Bristol. (Victoria) 9. ……….. is dreaming. (George) 10. ………. are watching TV. (my mother and I)