Getting to know other people 


Word:Organizing word order!

Meeting people new and old!
What are the kinds of questions you ask when meeting someone for the first time? Would you ask different questions depending on the age, social status, and gender of the person to whom you are speaking? Write down your ideas before you listen to the conversation.
Greetings: Hello, Hi, Nice to meet you, Nice to see you, Good morning (morning), Good afternoon
(afternoon), Good evening (evening).

Describing yourself
What is your name?
My name is …
I would like to introduce myself, my name is …
Tell us about yourself?
Where do you come from?
I come from … (London, Bangkok)

What is your family like?
I have a ... (big family, small family)
Do you have any brothers or sisters?
I have a … (brother and two sisters)
No I am an only child.
How old are you?
I am … years old.
Do you have a partner?
I am single/married.
I have a girlfriend/boyfriend.
Are you new here?
Are you a … ? (student)

What do you study?
I study … (biology, history)
What do you do?
I am a … (student, teacher)
I work in a … (coffee shop, office)
How are you?
Fine, thanks.
I’m fine, thanks for asking.
What about you?

Asking for help
Have we met before?
Yes last week.
I don’t think so.
Can you help me please?
Yes, what can I do?
Thank you that is very kind.
Pardon, could you please repeat that?
Excuse me, …

Making plans
Do you want to go and have coffee?
Yes that would be nice.

Introducing someone else
I’d like you to meet …
May I introduce … to you?

Ending a conversation
I have to go now.
Goodbye
Bye-Bye
Bye
See you
Goodnight (night)

Vocabulary Work!
Ask (Someone) Over

If you ask someone over, you invite the person to your house or apartment:

“My roommates and I are going to ask our English teacher over for lunch.”

Ask (Someone) Out

If you ask someone out, you invite the person to go out for a romantic encounter:

“Bill asked me out, but I turned him down (said no). He’s just not my type.”

Come Over

When a person comes over, they arrive at your house or apartment:

“Why don’t you come over to my place after class? We can work on the project together.”

Bring Over

To bring something over is to bring an object to the other person’s house or apartment:

“I’ll bring over my DVD collection so that we can watch some movies.”

Have (Someone) Over

Have over is the general word for having people visit your house/apartment:

“We’re having about 15 people over for Thanksgiving dinner.”

Pop In / Stop In / Stop By

These phrasal verbs mean to enter a place for a short period of time:

“I just stopped by to say hi – I need to go in about ten minutes.”

Drop In

Drop in means to visit unexpectedly:

“My sister always drops in while I’m in the middle of doing something important. I wish she’d call me before she came over.”

Drop (Someone) Off

Drop off is when you take somebody in your car and then leave them in another place:

“I’m going to drop my husband off at the airport. He’s traveling to London.”

Pick (Someone) Up

Pick up is the opposite of “drop off.” If you pick someone up, you go and drive to a place and someone gets into your car. Remember that you drop someone off at a place, and you pick someone up from a place.

“My husband returns from London on Thursday – I’ll pick him up from the airport around noon.”

Meet Up With (Someone)

To meet up with someone is to get together at a particular time and place:

“I’m going to meet up with some friends at the bar at 8:30.”

Bonus Idiom: “Take A Rain Check”

“We’re going to play basketball tomorrow afternoon. Do you want to join us?”

“I’ll have to take a rain check – my boyfriend and I are going to see a concert. Maybe another time!”

“I’ll take a rain check” is a response to a social invitation if you can’t go, but you hope the person asks you again in the future.

Listening: Meeting friends new and old! 

Old Friends - Link: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/b1-listening/meeting-an-old-friend
New Friends - Link: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/a1-listening/meeting-a-new-team-member

Listening Practice:  Listen - Guess and Gain Vocabulary.

https://www.elllo.org/english/Mixer001/T017-Introductions.htm

Grammar Point: Making questions - Word Order! 

The most usual form to get to know somebody is by asking questions that let you understand what their personality and perspective is. When you make questions, the word order is key.

Writing: Write-up five questions that would you ask a new person you meet and somebody you are on a date on.  See the difference. 

People Break up! Why? The one that got away!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cGoDns8wTA

Listen to the song and try to get as many reasons why the protagonist left his girlfriends!

There are more than 5 if you need to know! Get the name and the reason, they rhyme!

Discussion: Listen to these prhases a try to rephrase what they mean.