- Greeting
- Hi! What is your name?
- Where are you from?
- What is your nationality?
- Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, good night.
BOOK : New Bridge to Success UNIT: 1
GRADE:9 TITLE: Personal Identification
INTRODUCTION/GREETING PATTERNS
Let’s Start (page:1)
A) Hello = Hi (=very informal)
Hello. I’m Burhan. Hi. I’m Bahri.
Hello. My name is Belma. Hi. My name is Betül.
B) Good Morning Good Afternoon
Good Evening Good Night
Good Evening Good Night
Note: “Good Night” is used only when leaving people, not when meeting them.
Reading & Speaking (page:1)
- What is your name? -What is your name?
- My name is Ayşe. -I’m Ayşe.
BANU: Hi. I’m Banu. What is your name?
BRIAN: Hello. My name’s Brian.
BANU: Nice to meet you
BRIAN: Nice to meet you too.
Nice to meet you = Glad to meet you = Pleased to meet you.
When leaving people:
FORMAL: Good morning/Good Afternoon
Good evening/Good Night
LESS FORMAL: Goodbye
INFORMAL: bye/see you/see you later/see you tomorrow
see you next week…etc
Cheers (BR. Only)/cheerio/Take care
Asking about health:
How are you? How are you? How are you?
Fine, thank you. Fine, thanks. Very well. Thank you. (Formal)
INFORMAL :
-How are things? -How’s things? -How’s it going?
-Great -Not too bad -OK/All right
-How are you doing/going(USA)
-so-so /(it)could be worse
Reading/Speaking (page:3)
Where are you from? Where are you from?
I’m from Turkey. I’m from İzmir.
What nationality are you? What nationality is Bill?
I’m Turkish. He is American.
Are you English? Is İbrahim from İzmir?
Yes, I am. No, he isn’t. He is from Urfa.
No, I am not. I am Turkish.
THANK YOU:
Formal: Thank you very much / Thank you very much indeed /
Informal: Thanks / Thanks a lot / Ta (very informal)
REPLIES TO THANKS:
A: Thanks A: Thank you very much for tea.
B: That’s Ok(all right) B: Not at all (formal)
A: Thank you. A: Thanks a lot.
B: You are welcome. B: Don’t mention it.
NOTE: Especially British People do not usually answer
when they are thanked for small things.
