Hello!

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the wordsVocabulary exercise
4. 4Check the wordsVocabulary
5. 5CountriesVocabulary exercise
6. 6True or false?Reading comprehension
7. 7Read and thinkReading comprehension
8. 8Listen: Mia's messageListening comprehension
9. 9Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
10. 10What does it mean?Grammar exercise
11. 11Find the short formsGrammar exercise
12. 12I'm, you're, he's, she'sGrammar rule
13. 13Who are they?Grammar exercise
14. 14Say it rightSpeaking practice
15. 15Role-play: a new classmateSpeaking practice
16. 16Let's talkDiscussion
17. 17Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: what do you say?Vocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: a message from ChicagoGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: hello, class!Discussion

Words

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  hello/həˈloʊ/

  a word you say when you see or meet someone

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  good morning/ˌɡʊd ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/

  hello in the morning, before 12 o'clock

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  good afternoon/ˌɡʊd ˌæftərˈnuːn/

  hello after 12 o'clock in the day

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  good evening/ˌɡʊd ˈiːvnɪŋ/

  hello at the end of the day, after about 6 o'clock

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  good night/ˌɡʊd ˈnaɪt/

  goodbye late in the evening, or before you go to bed

• goodbye/ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ/

  a word you say when you leave

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  name/neɪm/

  what we call a person, like Ana or Kenji

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  nice to meet you/ˌnaɪs tə ˈmiːt juː/

  a friendly thing to say when you meet someone for the first time

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  city/ˈsɪti/

  a big town, like Tokyo or Chicago

• country/ˈkʌntri/

  a place like Brazil, Japan or Egypt, with its own flag

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Hello! Let's start.

1. Hello! What is your name?
2. Where are you from?
3. How do you say "hello" in your language?

Grammar rule

I'm, you're, he's, she's

be: am, is, are

Long form	Short form	Example
I am	I'm	I'm Ana.
you are	you're	You're in my class.
he is	he's	He's from Italy.
she is	she's	She's from South Korea.
it is	it's	It's a big city.
we are	we're	We're students.
they are	they're	They're from Egypt.

When we speak, we usually use the short forms.

Say I'm from Brazil, not I from Brazil. The sentence needs am, is or are.