GREETINGS AND INTRODUCTION
GREETINGS
Hi! Hi!
Hello! Hello!
Good morning Mr. Sebastian/morning Mr. Sebastian?
Good afternoon……..?
Good evening………..?
Goodnight…………….?
| How are you? Fine, thanks. And you?
How have you been? Very well. And you? |
| How are things? Not too bad, thanks.
How is your wife/son? She/he is fine. How do you do? How do you do! |
INTRODUCTION
Introducing oneself
Can/ May I introduce myself? My name’s Sean.
Let me introduce myself. My name’s ….
I would like to introduce myself. I’m ….
I don’t think we have met. I’m ….
Introducing someone else
Can/ May I introduce a good friend of mine? This is ….
Have you met …?
I’d like you to meet ….
I want you to meet ….
(E.g. this is Peter.
He is 34 years old
He lives in Paris
His job is in the Accounts Department in a perfume manufacturing company)
Making contact
Excuse me, are you Mrs. …? – Yes, that’s right.
Hello, you must be Mrs. ….
You are Mr. …, aren’t you?
Have we met?
How do you do? – How do you do?
Nice to meet you. – Nice to meet you, too.
Please, call me …. – Then you must call me ….
Good-byes
Good bye/ Bye/ I’ll say good bye/ See you later/ See you soon.
I must go now.
I (really) must be going.
I must be off.
I’m afraid I’ve got to go.
It’s getting (very/ rather) late.
I’ll miss my train.
They’re calling my flight.
I’ve got some things to prepare for ….
I’ve got a lot to do this afternoon.
I want to get away before the traffic gets too bad.
I’ve enjoyed talking to you.
It’s been (most) interesting talking to you.
It’s been a very useful meeting/ nice afternoon.
Thanks for everything.
Thank you for (all) your help.
Thank you for coming.
| Have a good/ safe trip/ flight. – Thank you … (same to you).
Have a good weekend. – Same to you. Enjoy the rest of your stay. – Same to you. It was nice meeting you. – I really enjoyed meeting you, too. I hope to see you again. – I hope so, too. See you on the 13th. – See you. |
I look forward to our next meeting.
I look forward to seeing you again.
I look forward to seeing you when you’re next in London.
3 Think of the most suitable reaction to the following phrases.
A) How are you? ……………………………………………………………
b) How do you do? ……………………………………………………………
c) Pleased to meet you. ……………………………………………………………
d) It was nice meeting you. ……………………………………………………………
e) Have a good weekend. ……………………………………………………………
f) See you next month. ……………………………………………………………
g) You must be Sean Sebastian. ……………………………………………………………
h) I hope to see you again. ……………………………………………………………
2 Complete the following conversations with the most appropriate words or phrases.
(a) M = Martin, S = Sebastian
M Excuse me, ____________ Sebastian Mbwillow?
S Yes, that’s ____________.
M May I ____________ myself? I’m Martin Young. How do you do?
S ____________, Mr. Young.
(b) C = Chris, F = Frank
C Hello, Chris Evans. Mind if I join you?
F Oh, ____________ not. Frank Richards.
C ____________ to meet you, Frank. So how are you finding the conference so far?
F Actually, I’ve only arrived this morning.
C All right. I …
(c) L = Lin, D = Dan, P = Peter
L Dan! Good to see you again. ____________ are things?
D Hello, Lin. Fine, thanks. Pretty busy, as always, I suppose. Can I introduce you to a colleague of
____________, Peter Winston? Peter, this is Lin Farrell.
P Nice to meet you, Ms Farrell.
L Nice to meet you, too. ____________, call me Lin.
P Then you ____________ call me Peter.
SELF INTRODUCTION
Particulars
- First name
- Middle name
- Sir name
- Religion
- Nationality
- Region
- Tribe
- age
- What is your name?
- Where are you worshiping?
- Where are coming from?
- To which religion are you belonging?
- What is your tribe?
My name is Sebastian N mbwillow, I come from Makete, but now I’m living at Luhanga. I was born in 1999. I am 40 years old. My religion is Islamic and my tribe is Chaga. My nationality is Tanzanian. I am working as a store keeper at Urafiki industry.
Are Mr. mbwillow?
- Yes, I am.
- No! I’m Peter. From Mugabe primary school, I’m here to greet you.
NUMBERS
1 CARDINAL NUMBERS
1 one 11 eleven 21 twenty-one 40 forty
2 two 12 twelve 22 twenty-two 50 fifty
3 three 13 thirteen 23 twenty-three 60 sixty
4 four 14 fourteen 24 twenty-four 70 seventy
5 five 15 fifteen 25 twenty-five 80 eighty
6 six 16 sixteen 26 twenty-six 90 ninety
7 seven 17 seventeen 27 twenty-seven 100 a/ one hundred
8 eight 18 eighteen 28 twenty-eight 1,000 a/ one thousand
9 nine 19 nineteen 29 twenty-nine 10,000 ten thousand
10 ten 20 twenty 30 thirty 100,000 a/ one hundred thousand
Note the spelling!
Three thirteen thirty
Four fourteen forty
Five fifteen fifty
101 one hundred and one (BrE)/ one hundred one (AmE)
165 one hundred and sixty-five
1,000 one thousand
1,060 one thousand and sixty
1,265 one thousand, two hundred and sixty-five
1,000,000 one million
1,000,000,000 one billion
Note:
One hundred two hundred
One thousand three thousand
One million four million
But you say: hundreds of students, thousands of birds, millions of people
ORDINATE NUMBERS
first eleventh twenty-first fortieth
second twelfth twenty-second fiftieth
third thirteenth twenty-third sixtieth
fourth fourteenth twenty-fourth seventieth
fifth fifteenth twenty-fifth eightieth
sixth sixteenth twenty-sixth ninetieth
seventh seventeenth twenty-seventh hundredth
eighth eighteenth twenty-eighth
ninth nineteenth twenty ninth
tenth twentieth thirtieth
Note the spelling!
Five fifth
Twelve twelfth
Twenty twentieth
When using numbers in sentences note the following points:
For numbers below ten, words are often preferable to numerals:
Not There were 4 students missing in the class.
Use There were four students missing in the class.
Use numerals for page numbers, dates, figures, addresses and with %:
Not twenty-third July , Fig. six, Two Eastwood Rd., three %
Use 23 July, Fig. 6, 2 Eastwood Rd., 3%
For ordinate numbers, words are often preferable to numerals:
Not This is our 7th project in the last two years.
Use This is our seventh project in the last two years.
Do not use two numerals in succession:
Not 3 4 man teams
Use Three four-man teams
Do not use numerals at the beginning of a sentence:
Not 10 students failed in the examination.
Use Ten students failed in the examination.
Do not use numerals for round number estimates:
Not We have done roughly 20 exercises this week.
Use We have done roughly twenty exercises this week.
FRACTIONS
½ a half
1/3 a third
¼ a quarter
1/5 a fifth
1/8 an eighth
5/4 five quarters
3/19 three nineteenths or three over nineteen
1 2/3 one and two thirds
- MATHEMATICAL PROCESSES
Addition to add +
Subtraction to subtract –
Multiplication to multiply x
Division to divide :
Addition
2 + 2 = 4 two and two is/ are/ comes up to four
625 + 542 = 1167 six hundred and twenty-five plus five hundred and forty-two is/ equals
one thousand, one hundred and sixty-seven
Subtraction
6 – 4 = 2 six take away four leaves/ is two
267 – 194 = 73 two hundred and sixty-seven minus one hundred and ninety-four equals seventythree
Multiplication
4 x 6 = 24 four times six is/ makes twenty-four
42 x 63 = 2646 forty-two multiplied by sixty-three equals two thousand, six hundred and forty-six
Division
24 : 6 = 4 twenty-four divided by six equals four
- BASIC FORMULAE (FORMULAS)
( ) brackets [ ] square brackets
A, B, C capital letters
a, b, c small letters
(a – b) (a + b) = y
a minus b in brackets times a plus b in brackets equals y.
a (6 – b) = x
a open brackets six minus b close brackets equals x.
x [(a – b) (a + b) – 7] = 0
x open square brackets a minus b in brackets times a plus b in brackets minus seven close
square brackets equals naught
TELEPHONE NUMBERS, EMAIL ADDRESSES
543 476 706 five four three four seven six seven oh (zero) six
234 226 589 two three four two two (double two) six five eight nine
