Lesson 1: Meeting people (Introduction and response) Grammar: Verb “To be”

Lesson 1: Meeting people (Introduction and response)
Grammar: Verb “To be”

1.Try to match the question with the relevant response

1.	Hi. I'm Josie. What's your name?	a.	Iowa. That is in the USA.
2.	Where are you from Bill?	b.	Yes, I am.
3.	Great. And what do you do?	c.	Bill. Pleased to meet you Josie.
4.	I am a system analyst. Are you married?	d.	I am a website developer. How about you?

2. Look at the following expressions and brainstorm them into the categories below.

Meeting for the first time	Checking if it’s the person that you think it is	Expressions meaning “Nice to meet you”
Starting conversations	Meeting someone who you’ve had other contact with	Discussing business cards
Starting the conversation/ Leading into an introduction	Asking names	Making conversation

(It’s) (very) nice to meet you.

Delighted to meet you.

How do you do?

Pleased to meet you. 

It’s a pleasure to meet you. 

It’s great to see you (again). 

It’s lovely to see you (again). 

It’s so nice to see you (again).

Ah, so your office is in…

… department? Does that mean you work with…?

Sorry, how do you pronounce your family name?

Are you still...?

Did you have a good weekend?

Did you see the match (last night)?

Did you remember the route?

Can I ask your name, please?

I’m sorry, I didn’t catch your name.

And you are?

Give my love to (name). 

It was great to see you (again).

It was really nice to catch up.

I don’t know if you remember me, but…

(name)? It’s (name). We…

I’m really sorry, what was your name again?

It was so nice to see you (again). 

It’s been lovely to see you (again). 

Good afternoon. I have an appointment with (name). 

Hi, I’m here to see (name). 

I’m supposed meet (name). Is that you (by any chance)?

Here’s my business card.

Do you have a business card (on you)?

Perhaps we should exchange business cards.

It’s (all) written on my business card.

I have a business card with me (somewhere).

Let me just get my business cards./ Just a moment while I find my business cards

How’s it going?

How are things?

How’s life?

It was a pleasure to meet you.

It was nice meeting you.

It was so nice to finally meet you (face to face).

I hope we have the chance to meet again soon. 

It’s been really interesting talking to you.

It’s so nice to (finally) meet you

I’ve been looking forward to meeting you. I’ve heard so much about you

3.Complete the sentences with the forms of to be in the present simple (am, is, are).

1. I  at home.
2. She  not at home in the morning.
3. We  in the park.
4. This  my new laptop.
5. Our friends  on their summer holidays.
6. Uncle George  a good football player.
7. The dog  under the table.
8. He  very funny.
9. The shoes  white.
10. You  right.
11. Susan  good at tennis.
12. They  in the house.
13. His T-shirts  cool.
14. My sister  a good swimmer.
15. She  in Italy