INTRODUCTIONS

Hello, my name is Ana Maria Iorga.

My first name is Ana.
My last name is Iorga.
My second name is Maria.
Question:
1. What is your name?
2. What is your first name?
3. What is your last name?
4. What’s your second name?
 What is = What’s (Ex. What’s your first name?)
 Last name = family name, surname
 Second name = middle name

Possession
Subject Possessive
Pronoun Adjectives
(+verb) (+ noun)
1. I my
2. You your
3. He his
4. She her
5. It its
6. We our
7. You your
8. They their

She is Elvira. Her second name is Elena.

We are Melania Trump and Donald Trump. Our last name is Trump.
They are Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise. Their first name is Tom.
Question:
1. What’s her second name?
2. What’s your last name?
3. What’s their first name?

VERB TO BE
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
(Question) Short Answers
I am (I’m) I am not (I’m not) Am I..? Yes, I am. No, I’m not.
You are ( You’re) You are not (You’re not) Are you…? Yes, you are. No, you aren’t.
He is (He’s) He is not (He isn’t) Is he..? Yes, he is. No, he isn’t.
She is (She’s) She is not (She isn’t) Is she..? Yes, She is. No, she isn’t.
It is (it’s) It is not (It isn’t) Is it..? Yes, it is. No, it isn’t.
We are (We’re) We are not (We aren’t) Are we…? Yes, we are. No, we aren’t.
You are (You’re) You are not (You aren’t) Are you…? Yes, you are. No, you aren’t.
They are (They’re) They are not (They aren’t) Are they..? Yes, they are. No, they aren’t.
Question (Q:) – Answer (A )

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Names and Status
Mr., Mrs., Ms. and Miss are titles that are used before surnames or full names as a sign of respect.
Mr. /ˈmɪs.tər/ Mr. Cruise/ Mr. Tom Cruise Is he married?
- yes, he is
+ full - no, he isn’t
name/ - I don’t know
Mrs. /ˈmɪs.ɪz/ last Mrs. Wood/ Mrs. Jean Wood Is she married?
name - Yes, she is.
Miss /mɪs/ Miss Rosu/ Miss Christine Red Is she married?
- No, she isn’t.
Ms. /mɪz/ Ms. Brown/ Ms. Helen Brown Is she married?
- I don’t know.

Letters of the Alphabet

Letter Phonetic transcription Pronunciation

in English in English in Romanian
1. A /eɪ/
2. B /biː/
3. C /siː/
4. D /diː/
5. E /iː/
6. F /ɛf/
7. G /dʒiː/
8. H /eɪtʃ/
9. I /aɪ/
10. J /dʒeɪ/
11. k /keɪ/
12. L /ɛl/
13. M /ɛm/
14. N /ɛn/
15. O /oʊ/
16. P /piː/
17. R /ɑːr//
18. Q /kjuː/
19. S /ɛs/
20. T /tiː/
21. U /juː/
22. V /viː/
23. W /dʌbəl.juː/
24. X /ɛks/
25. Y /waɪ/
26. Z /zɛd/

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Question:
1. Can you spell your name?
2. How do you spell your name?
3. Spell your name, please!

A, B, C… = capital letter(s)
A, b, c.. = small letter(s)

Capital Letter
- nationalities: American, British, Italian, Turkish, Mexican, Japanese
- languages: English, French, Spanish

E-mail addresses
Question:
1. Can you read your e-mail address?

 @ (‘at’ )
 . ('dot')
 _ ( ‘underscore’)
 - (dash)

george.smith@ccd-bucuresti.org = george [dot] smith [all lower case][ at] ccd [dash] Bucuresti [dot] org
andrewjones@gmail.com = andrewjones [one word] [all lower case] [at] gmail [dot] com
A.Jones@yahoo.com = A [dot] Jones [uppercase A, uppercase J] [at] yahoo [dot] com

upper case = capital letter (litera mare)

lower case = small letter (litera mica)
all upper case = toate litere mari
all small case = toate litere mici
one word = intr-un singur cuvant

FORMAL INTRODUCTIONS (Prezentari formale)

Miss Red: Professor Smith, this is Dr. Jones.

Jones: Nice to meet you, Professor Smith.
Smith: It’s nice to meet you, too.

Miss Red: Mr. Davidson, can you please introduce Mrs. Helen Brown to me?
Mr. Davidson: Miss Red, this is Mrs. Brown.
Miss Red: Pleased to meet you, Mrs. Brown
H. Brown: I am pleased to meet you, too
Informal introductions (between friends) (prezentari informale, intre prieteni)

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Patrick: Hi, Jane!
Jane: Hello, Patrick. Patrick, this is Lucy. She’s my friend from America.
Patrick: Pleased to meet you, Lucy.
Lucy: Pleased to meet you, too.

Key words and expressions (cuvinte si expresii cheie):

I am (I’m) pleased / glad/ happy to meet you. (Ma bucur sa te/va cunosc)
It is (it’s) nice / great / good / a pleasure to meet you. (E o placere sa te/va cunosc)

Can I introduce you to Miss Red? (Pot sa te prezint drei….)

Let me introduce you to Mr. Trump! (Da-mi voie sa te prezint dlui…)

Can I introduce myself? I am …….

Let me introduce myself! I am….

Introduce yourself, please!

Subject Possessive Object Reflexive

Pronoun Adjectives Pronouns Pronouns
(+verb) (+ noun)
1. I my me myself
2. You your you yourself
3. He his him himself
4. She her her herself
5. It its it itself
6. We our us ourselves
7. You your you yourselves
8. They their them themselves

Ex.
Listen to me/ you/ her / him/ us/ them!

Let me introduce myself! (dati-mi voie [mie] sa ma prezint .. pe mine insumi/insami)

Let him introduce himself! (sa-i dam voie [lui] sa se prezinte … pe sine insusi)
Let her introduce herself! (sa-i dam voie [ei] sa se prezinte … pe sine insasi)
Let them introduce themselves! (sa-i lasam [pe ei] sa se prezinte … pe ei insisi/insele)
Introduce yourself! (prezinta-te singur/singura..pe tine insuti/pe tine insati)
Introduce yourselves! (prezentati-va singuri .. pe voi insiva/inseva)

NUMBERS (no., nos.)

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Questions: Can you count from 1 to 100? (poti sa numeri de la 1 la 100?)
Can you read this number? (poti sa citesti acest numar?)
Can you write this number? (poti sa scrii acest numar?)

Cardinal Numbers Ordinal Numbers

1 one 1st first
2 two 2nd second
3 three 3rd third
4 four 4th forth
5 five 5th fifth
6 six 6th sixth
7 seven 7th seventh
8 eight 8th eighth
9 nine 9th ninth
10 ten 10th tenth
11 eleven 11th eleventh
12 twelve 12th twelfth
13 thirteen 13th thirteenth
14 fourteen 14th fourteenth
15 fifteen 15th fifteenth
16 sixteen 16th
17 seventeen 17th
18 eighteen 18th
19 nineteen 19th
20 twenty 20th twentieth
21 twenty-one 21st twenty-first
22 twenty-two 22nd twenty-second
23 twenty-three 23rd twenty-third
24 twenty-four 24th twenty-fourth
25 twenty-five 25th
26 twenty-six 26th
27 twenty-seven 27th
28 twenty-eight 28th
29 twenty-nine 29th
30 thirty 30th thirtieth
40 forty 40th fortieth
50 fifty 50th fiftieth
60 sixty 60th sixtieth
70 seventy 70th seventieth
80 eighty 80th eightieth
90 ninety 90th ninetieth

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0 zero
1 one
10 ten
100 one hundred
1,000 one thousand
1,000,000 one million
1,000,000,000 one billion

101 one hundred and one

199 one hundred and ninety-nine
201 two hundred and one
225 two hundred and twenty-two
1,572 one thousand five hundred and seventy-two
353,321 three hundred and fifty-three thousand three hundred and twenty-one

We use numbers to express:

- phone numbers (numere de telefon)[0 in nr. de tel. se citeste /oʊ/]
- addresses (adrese)
- age (varsta)
- prices (preturi)
- temperature/degrees (grade Celsius)
- size (masuri)
- dates (date): years (ani), months (luni), days (zile)

Questions:
1. What is your phone number? What’s his phone number?
My phone number is…………….. His phone number is…………..
2. What’s your address?
42, Green Street.

3. How old are you?

I am 27 years old. / I’m 27.
How old is he?
He is sixty-five years old./ He’s sixty-five.
How old are they?
They’re 80.

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4. What year is this? Can you read it? Can you read this year?
(Ce an e acesta? Poti sa-l citesti? Poti sa citesti acest an?)
1998 = nineteen ninety nine
2018 = twenty eighteen; two thousand and eighteen

Other questions:
- What’s your job?
I’m a teacher.
- What’s his job?
He’s an actor.
- What’s her job?
She’s an actress.
- What’s our job?
We are teachers.

- Where are you from?

I am from Australia. I am Australian.
- Where are you from?
We are from England. We are English.
- Where is he from?
He is from Italy. He’s Italian.

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to fill in = a completa
Ex. to fill in a form (a complete un formular)
to fill in a questionnaire (a completa un chestionar)..
to fill in the gaps/ blanks (a completa pe spatiile goale)
task = sarcina de lucru
homework = tema
high school = liceu
kindergarten = gradinita
neighbour(s) = vecin(i)
primary school = scoala primara

Dictionaries:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/
http://www.wordreference.com/

Homework

Task 1:
Fill in: ‘m, ‘s, ‘re, ‘m not, isn’t or aren’t.
1. She isn’t from Spain. She ………….. from Mexico.
2. You ………………….. Hungarian. You are Italian.
3. I am British. I …………………. French.
4. My favourite sport is tennis. It ………………….. football.
5. We aren’t musicians. We ……………………students.
6. I ……………………..a musician. I’m not a teacher.
7. Tony’s sixteen years old. He ………………… sixty years old.
8. They aren’t from Egypt. They …………………from Brazil.

Task 2:
Fill in: is, are, ‘s, ‘re, ‘m, aren’t or isn’t.
1. Q: ………….he from Mexico?
A: No, he ………………. He………………….from Japan.
2. Q: ……………..they Spanish?
A: No, they …………………….. They are Canadian.
3. Q: What ……………………….your favourite sport?
A: My favourite sport …….............. basketball.
4. Q: …………………….she twenty-five years old?
A: No, she ……………………… She……………………. twenty-two.
5. Q: ………………………. Helen from Hungary?
A: Yes, she …………….. She ………………. from Budapest.
6. Q: How old …………………you?
A: I …………………… thirty-three.

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Task 3:
Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb ‘TO BE’:
Hi, I (1) ……………….George. I (2)………………. a pilot. This (3)…………… my friend, Mary. Mary and I
(4)………………….neighbours. We (5) …………………….also good friends. I (6)……………………thirty-three years
old and Mary …………………….twenty-seven. We ………………… from Edinburgh, Scotland.

Task 4:
Fill in the gaps with the correct personal pronouns:
1. Q: Where are …………. from? A: ……………’m from Italy.
2. Q: Who are ………………….? A: ………………… are my neighbours, Ann and David.
3. Q: How old is Margaret? A: ………………is eighteen.
4. Q: Where is John? A: ……………..is at the party.
5. Q: Are Jane and Tony from London? A: Yes, …………………. are.
5. Q: Is this your umbrella? A: No, ………………….isn’t.

Task 5:
Complete the dialogues, as in the example:
Julie/a dancer? No/a teacher
Q: Is Julie a dancer?
A: No, she is a teacher.

2. You/from Canada? No/from Australia

Q:
A:
3. she/a high school teacher? No/a kindergarten teacher
Q:
A:
4: she/17? No/ 15.
Q:
A:
5: Bob/married? No/single.
Q:
A:
6. he/from Turkey? No/from Poland
Q:
A:
7. Debbie/an artist? No/a doctor
Q:
A:
8. You/a college teacher? No/a primary school teacher.
Q:
A:
9. We/from Italy? No/from Japan.
Q:
A:
10. You/a waiter? No/a postman.
Q:
A:

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Task 6:
Complete the dialogues with the correct word:
1. Q: …………………….. are you? A: ………………’m 19 years old.
2. Q: Who is …………………..? A: …………………..is my friend, Anna.
3. Q: Where is George? A: …………………..’s at school.
4. Q: Are Julie and Mary sisters? A: Yes, ……………….. are.
5. Q: Is this your book? A: Yes, ………………….. is.
6. Q: Are …………………….. a policeman? A: No, ………………………’m not a policeman.

Task 7:
Fill in the gaps:
Alex: Hello, John. John, this is Cindy. She’s my friend from Canada.
John: Pleased to meet you.
Cindy: ………………………………………….

Helen: Hello, Tracy. Tracy, this is Steve. He’s my friend from Spain.
Tracy: …………………………………………..
Steve: Nice to meet you, too.

Task 8:
Fill in the missing questions:
John: Hello. I’m John Taylor. (1)……………………………………………………………………..?
Beth: My name is Beth White.
John : (2) ……………………………………………………….?
Beth: I’m nineteen years old.
John: (3) ………………………………………………………..?
Beth: I’m from Manchester, England. Are you from Manchester, too?
John: No, I’m not. I’m from Birmingham.
Beth: (4) …………………………………………………………?
John: I’m a vet.
Beth: (5)……………………………………………………?
John: I’m thirty years old.

Task 9:
Complete the dialogues using the phrases below:

 Excuse me. Are you John Edwards?

 How old are you?
 You too. Goodbye.
 Nice to meet you!
 How are you?

1. A: Goodbye. Have a nice evening.

B:

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2. A: ………………………………………..
B: I’m ten.
3. A: Hi! I’m your neighbour.
B: ……………………………………………
4. A: ……………………………………………..
B: Not bad. And you?
A: Ok.
5. A: ……………………………..
B: Yes, I am.

Task 10:
Write these numbers using letters:

51
235
3,567
44,120

Task 11:
Ask as many questions as possible:
(Puneti cat mai multe intrebari posibile si raspundeti, pe baza informatiilor furnizate)
Use ‘you’ or ‘she’ to ask the questions:
(Folositi ‘you’ sau ‘she’ in intrebari)

Miss ::::::::::::::
Bucuresti, Romania
English teacher
Birth year: 1970
Phone number: 0722222354
E-mail address: :::::::::::::::::::
Favourite sport: tennis
Favourite actor: Charlie Chaplin
Favourite movie/film: The Kid

Task 12:
Write a short paragraph about yourself. Introduce yourself! – 3 or 4 lines
(Scrie despre tine, prezinta-te!) - 3 sau 4 randuri

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