Introducing yourself

How do you do? My

name is Mrs Hand.

Hello, Lynne Hand.

I'm the owner of this
web site.

Lynne Hand, the owner

Introducing others

Mrs Hand, may I introduce my boss, Mr

Smith

Lynne, I'd like you to meet John

Smith, our salesman. John, this
is Lynne Hand.

Lynne, meet John, my husband. John,

this is my friend Lynne

Responding to an
introduction

Pleased to meet you Mrs

Hand

Pleased to meet you

Lynne

Greetings and personal introduction

Semana 1 curso ingles en colombia
First meetings. Lee atentamente la siguiente informacin sobre presentaciones
personales, luego realice las actividades propuestas.

Subsequent meetings

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Hi, Lynne. How

are you?

Greeting

Responding

Hello, Mrs Hand. It's nice to see you again

Good morning Mrs Hand. How are you

today?

Hello Petra. How are you doing?

Hi, Dieter! How's it going?

What a pleasant surprise! How are you? It's been

a while
I'm very well thank you. And you?

Fine thanks. What's new with you?

Not too bad, busy as ever.

Note - on first meetings say, "It's nice to meet you". For future meetings say, "It's nice to see
you again".
(name), I don't think you've met (name).
I don't think you know (name)
May I introduce you to (name)
(name), do you know (name)?
(name), I'd like you to meet (name)

"She's a real social butterfly and always seems

to make friends so easily." A SOCIAL
BUTTERFLY

When you meet someone the first time, it is common to greet the person with "How do you do?" the
correct response is "How do you do." Here is a short introductory conversation:
It's a pleasure to meet you
In informal situations, especially in North America, introductions are also made simply saying: "This is
(name)." It is also common to just say "Hi" or "Hello" as a response in this informal setting.

Greetings and personal introduction

Los saludos y las presentaciones personales en ingles
pueden estar divididas entre formales e informales, su
utilizacion depende de la persona con la que estemos
interactuando ademas de como la cultura influye en el
momento de saludar, por ejemplo en nuestra cultura es
muy importante el respeto hacia los mayores por esto
la formalidad se hace presente cuando interactuamos
con una persona mayor que nosotros.
Tambien es importante reconocer las costumbres que
cada cultura posee como las que encontraremos en los
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siguientes ejemplos ( make a bow and shaking hands)

personal introduction es la expresin correcta para
describir una presentacin personal.
Esta informacin te sera util al momento de realizar la actividad 1
FORMAL GREETINGS AND INTRODUCTION
speaker 1: Good morning mister Joko(last name) nice to meet you
speaker: 2 it is nice to meet you too, what is your name?
speaker 1: my name is Martha
speaker 2: and where are you from martha?
speaker 1: I'm from Colombia and you
speaker 2: i am from japan (making a bow) (haciendo una reverencia) in my
country Japan we say hello with a BOW (reverencia)
speaker 1: OH great in my country we say hello shaking hands ( dar la mano)
speaker 2: very goos martha so, see you in other opportunity
speaker 1: ok mister Joko(last name)good bye .
as you can see it is a very formal presentation between two people.
VOCABULARY:
good morning (buenos dias)
it is nice to meet you (gusto en conocerte)
where are you from? (de donde eres)
i am from Colombia (yo soy de Colombia)
making a bow (haciendo una reverencia)
shaking hands (dando la mano)
see you in other opportunity( nos vemos en otra oportunidad)
good bye (hasta luego)
INFORMAL GREETINGS AND INTRODUCTION
speaker 1:hey how are you
speaker 2: hi i'm Jhon and you?
speaker 1: i'm Carol, nice to meet you Jhon
speaker 2: where do you live?
speaker 1: I live in Bogota
speaker 2: really, me too
speaker 1: so see you then ok?
speaker 2: all right see you
in this case the introduction was more informal
VOCABULARY:
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hey, hi (hola)
i'm Jhon ( yo soy jhon)
nice to meet you (gusto en conocerte)
really (de verdad)
me too ( yo tambien)
see you then (nos vemos luego)
all right ok ( esta bien)

Grammar focus verb to be

WH QUESTION ABOUT PERSONAL INTRODUCTIONS
what is your name?
my name is Martha o puedes decir I'm Martha
what is your last name?
Gomez
where are you from?
i'm from Colombia
how do people call you?
they call me Martica
how do you spell that?
m-a-r-t-i-c-a

VERBO TO BE (SER O ESTAR)

de la siguiente manera se conjuga el verbo to be en presente
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I am /yo soy , yo estoy

You are /tu eres , tu estas
He is /el es, el esta
she is / ella es , ella esta
it is/ esto es, esto esta
we are /nosotros somos /nosotros estamos
they are /ellos son, ellos estan
STATEMENTS WITH BE
i'm from Colombia
you're from brazil
he's from japan
she is my best friend
it's a good class
we're in teh same class
they're my classmates

WH QUESTIONS WITH THE VERB TO BE

what IS your name? My name is martha
Where ARE you from? I'm from Colombia
where ARE your parents? they are in colombia too
who IS your best friend? my best friend is Jhon
how ARE your english classes? very good

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Ingles en colombia-English in Colombia

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