TOPIC 1: INTRODUCTIONS

UNIT 1 – INGLÉS I
REVIEWING THE BASICS: THE ALPHABET
Check pronunciation in this video: https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SZgw4Dp7IM
 REVIEWING THE BASICS: INTRODUCTIONS
WHEN WE MEET PEOPLE AT PARTIES, THESE PHRASES ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE PHRASES WE USE
WHEN WE GREET FRIENDS. READ THESE PHRASES AND PRACTICE THEM IN THESE SHORT
CONVERSATIONS.

1. Hello, my name
2. My name is
is
…………………….
………………………
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.

4. This is my
3. This is my friend classmate
………….. …………..
 INTRODUCTIONS: HELLO AND GOODBYE

Starting a conversation Finishing a conversation

Hi/Hey Have a good day
Hello Good night
Good morning/good afternoon/good Bye
evening/good night/
How are you? /How’s it going?/What’s up? See you later / see you tomorrow / talk to
you later

Note: The expressions in purple are for informal

conversations.
 USEFUL EXPRESSIONS
My name’s
Carlos. Other variations:
How do you spell Can you spell _______?
that? How do you spell
It’s C-A-R-L-O-S
(si –ei- a(r)-el-ou- _______?
es) How do you spell your
last name?
 INTRODUCTIONS: WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

• IN ENGLISH, WE ASK: “WHERE ARE YOU FROM?” TO GET INFORMATION

ABOUT THE COUNTRY, CITY, OR NATIONALITY.

Where
I’m from
are you
Chile!
from?

I’m
Chilean!
TO BE + FROM + CITY I am from
TO BE + FROM + COUNTRY I Sydney.
am from
TO BE + NATIONALITY
Australia.
I am Australian.
 VANCOUV
He FROM VENICE He FROM
ER
is
He is
FROM ITALY He FROM CANADA
is is
He ITALIAN He CANADIAN
is is
WHERE ARE YOU
 NATIONALITIES

Country Nationality Language Country Nationality Language

Afghanistan Afghan Persian - Pashto Ecuador Ecuadorian Spanish
Argentine Egypt Egyptian Arabic
Argentina Spanish
Argentinian El Salvador Salvadorian Spanish
Australia Australian English England English English
Belgium Belgian French / Flemish Estonia Estonian Estonian
Bolivia Bolivian Spanish Ethiopia Ethiopian Amharic
Brazil Brazilian Portuguese Finland Finnish Finnish
Cambodia Cambodian Cambodian France French French
Cameroon Cameroonian French / English Germany German German
Canada Canadian English / French Ghana Ghanaian English
Chile Chilean Spanish Greece Greek Greek
China Chinese Chinese Guatemala Guatemalan Spanish
Colombia * Colombian Spanish Haiti Haitian French / Creole
Costa Rica Costa Rican Spanish Honduras Honduran Spanish
Cuba Cuban Spanish Indonesia Indonesian Indonesian
Denmark Danish (Dane) Danish Iran Iranian Persian
Dominican Republic Dominican Spanish Ireland Irish Irish / English
Country Nationality Language Country Nationality Language
Israel Israeli Hebrew
Puerto Rico Puerto Rican Spanish
Italy Italian Italian
Romania Romanian Romanian
Japan Japanese Japanese
Russia Russian Russian
Jordan Jordanian Arabic
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabic
Kenya Kenyan Swahili
Scotland Scottish English
Laos Laotian Laotian
South Korea Korean Korean
Latvia Latvian Latvian
Lebanon Lebanese Arabic Spain Spanish Spanish
Lithuania Lithuanian Lithuanian Sweden Swedish Swedish
Malaysia Malaysian Malay / Malaysian German, French,
Switzerland Swiss
Italian, Romansh
Mexico Mexican Spanish
Taiwan Taiwanese Chinese
Morocco Moroccan Arabic / French
Netherlands Dutch Dutch Tajikistan Tajik Tajik (Persian)
New Zealand New Zealander English / Maori Thailand Thai Thai
Nicaragua Nicaraguan Spanish Turkey Turkish Turkish
Norway Norwegian Norwegian Ukraine Ukrainian Ukrainian
Panama Panamanian Spanish (The) United Kingdom British English
Paraguay Paraguayan Spanish (The) United States American ** English
Peru Peruvian Spanish Uruguay Uruguayan Spanish
Philippines Filipino Tagalog / Filipino Venezuela Venezuelan Spanish
Poland Polish Polish Vietnam Vietnamese Vietnamese
Portugal Portuguese Portuguese Wales Welsh Welsh / English