Nice_to_Meet_You_Activities (1) (1)

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• English
• Upper Secondary (Key Stage 4)
• BTEC

Correct the Questions

Add the missing auxiliary verb(s).

1. How long ___ you been living in this area?

2. What ___ you doing before you came here?

3. ___ you ever met anyone interesting while travelling?

4. Where ___ you usually go when you want to relax?

5. What ___ your friends say about you?

6. ___ you planning to stay here for long?

7. What ___ you do if you had a free weekend?

8. Why ___ you decide to move to this city?

9. ___ you be interested in joining us for coffee sometime?

10. What ___ you been doing since you finished school?

Answer Key

1. How long have you been living in this area?

2. What were you doing before you came here?

3. Have you ever met anyone interesting while travelling?

4. Where do you usually go when you want to relax?

5. What do your friends say about you?

6. Are you planning to stay here for long?

7. What do you do if you had a free weekend?

8. Why did you decide to move to this city?

9. Are you be interested in joining us for coffee sometime?

10. What have you been doing since you finished school?

What do you say when you meet someone for the first time?

1. Listening – First meeting

Listen to two conversations in which people meet for the first time. Answer the questions for each conversation:

1 Where do they meet?

2 Why are they there?

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Conversation 1: Where do they meet?

at a college or in a language school

Conversation 2: Where do they meet?

At an academic conference

Conversation 1: Why are they there?

Alfie wants to practice speaking French more.

Conversation 2: Why are they there?

Giulina is just going to the talks,but Noah is presenting a talk at the conference

Work in pairs. Try to answer the questions. Then listen again and check your answers.

Conversation 1

1 How is Anne feeling? Why?

2 Is Holly a new student?

3 When did Alfie start studying in France?

4 What does he think his strengths and weaknesses are?

5 According to Holly, where is French an official language?

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nervous

No she was there last year

three years ago

reading and vocab

EU(European Union and UN (United Nations

Conversation 2

6 How did Noah feel about the talk he attended?

7 Where is Noah from – and where is he living now?

8 When did Noah move to his current home?

9 Has Giuliana visited the city Noah is living in?

10 What does Noah do for a living?

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He is university researcher working on a climate change.

Yes (loads of time)

Two years ago

He is from Halifaxin Canada.

He didn't like it

3. Speaking – Meet your partner

With your partner, take turns to tell each other as much as you can about the last new person you met.

Try to include:

• where you met

• why you met

• what you talked about

• what you remember about the person

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Check you understand the words in bold in the sentences below. Then decide which two words/phrases in bold you could use to talk about people in your family. Tell your partner.

1 My friend Marcin is from Poland.

2 My husband is a software engineer.

3 My brother works in a university.

4 My mum speaks good French and a bit of Russian.

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Germany and Japan, France(name of countries)

a civil cervant/ a translator (job)

an office/ a warehouse (place of work.

Portuguese/Arabic (languages)

Check you understand the words in bold in the sentences below. Then decide which two words/phrases in bold you could use to talk about people in your family. Tell your partner.

5 My sister is doing a degree in law at the moment.

6 My parents are really into travelling.

7 My grandmother is the youngest of six kids.

8 My aunt Maria is single.

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sports, reading (hobbies/interest)

Medicine and Economics( degree subject)

a twin/ an only child

married/separated (marital status)

Think of one more word or phrase that could replace each word in bold from Exercise 4.

Examples:

• country / nationality

• job / profession

• place of work

• language

• subject / course

• hobby / interest

• family relationship

• relationship status

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UK/ France)

history, languages

German/Jananies

hospital/school

teacher, doctor

dancing, football

one of two boys/ the eldest of three

engaged/ divorced

Work in groups. Use language from Exercises 4 and 5 to say five true things about people you know.

Your group can ask one follow-up question after each statement.

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7. Grammar – Auxiliary verbs

Look at these questions from the conversations. Work in pairs and answer the questions below.

A Do you know it?

B Did you study here before?

C Have you visited Moscow?

D Where are you working?

E What are you doing here? Are you working?

F How long have you been learning French?

1 Which two questions use the main verb do?

2 Which two auxiliaries go with the past participle (often -ed)?

3 Which auxiliary goes with the -ing form of the verb?

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be( am, is,are)

have/ has

do (did)

8. Pronunciation – Auxiliary verbs

Listen to the questions from Exercise 7. First, listen slowly and clearly. Notice that in fast speech, the auxiliary verbs are hardly heard at all.

Practice saying each question twice:

• slowly and clearly

• naturally and quickly

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9. Pronunciation – Fast speech

Listen again to the faster version. Practise saying the questions as fast as you can.

Focus on:

• weak auxiliary verbs

• natural rhythm

• linking words together

• clear question intonation

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Complete the questions with the correct auxiliary verbs.

1 Where ______ you live?

2 Who ______ you live with?

3 How long have you ______ living there?

4 Where ______ you born?

5 How long ______ it usually take you to get to work / school?

6 What ______ you do last weekend? Anything interesting?

7 Why ______ you studying this school?

8 ______ you ever been to an English-speaking country?

9 ______ anyone else in your family speak English?

10 ______ anyone you know ever lived abroad?

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Complete the questions with the correct auxiliary verbs.

1 Where _____________ you live?

2 Who ______________ you live with?

3 How long have you ____________ living there?

4 Where _____________ you born?

5 How long ___________ it usually take you to get to work / school?

6 What _____________ you do last weekend? Anything interesting?

7 Why _________________ you studying this school?

8 ____________ you ever been to an English-speaking country?

9 ______________ anyone else in your family speak English?

10 _________________ anyone you know ever lived abroad?

were

do

been

do

does

are

did

Has

Does

Have

11. Speaking – Ask and answer

Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in Exercise 10.

Conversation challenge:

After each answer, ask one extra follow-up question.

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Match questions 1–6 with the pair of possible follow-up questions a–f.

1 What are you studying?

2 Where are you studying?

3 What do you do when you're not studying?

4 What do you do at the weekends?

5 What did you do at the weekend?

6 Which class were you in? Where did you learn your English?

a Who class were you in? Where did you learn your Englishyour teacher?

b What year are you in? What does that involve?

c Where do you work? Do you enjoy it?

d What did you do there? Did you see anything interesting?

e How long have you been doing that? What kind of music do you like?

f Where did you go? What did you do?

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Match questions 1–6 with the pair of possible follow-up questions a–f.

1 What are you studying?

2 Where are you studying?

3 What do you do when you are not studying?

4 What do you do at the weekends?

5 What did you do at the weekend?

6 Which class were you in? Where did you learn your English?

a Who class were you in? Where did you learn your English your teacher?

b What year are you in? What does that involve?

c Where do you work? Do you enjoy it?

d What did you do there? Did you see anything interesting?

e How long have you been doing that? What kind of music do you like?

f Where did you go? What did you do?

d

c

f

a

b

13. Developing conversations – Write a follow-up

Write one more follow-up question you might ask after someone answers questions 1–6 in Exercise 12.

Aim for questions that show interest and keep the conversation going.

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14. Developing conversations – Follow-up practice

Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions. What follow-up questions do you hear?

Try to use at least three different follow-up questions during your conversation.

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15. Conversation practice – Six questions

Choose six questions from this lesson that you think are useful for conversations when you meet people.

Then think of two other questions you could also ask.

Write your eight questions before you start speaking.

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16. Conversation practice – Meet someone new

Choose one task:

1 Imagine you are new students. Have conversations to get to know other students.

2 Imagine you are at a party or networking session. Pretend to be someone else. Have conversations to get to know other people.

Use your questions, listen carefully and ask follow-up questions.

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