This document contains lesson material for introducing greetings and small talk in English. It includes dialogues, exercises, and tasks focused on learning how to greet others, ask how they are, introduce yourself, and say goodbye. The lesson covers common phrases like "Hello", "Goodbye", "How are you?", "I'm fine", and "What's your name?". Students practice these expressions through matching activities, filling in blanks, rewriting sentences, and roleplaying conversations. The goal is to help students feel comfortable greeting new people and making small talk in English.

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Making
friends
LEVEL NUMBER
SKILLS
LANGUAGE
Beginner A1_1012X_EN English

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■ Learn phrases for greeting
and parting
■ Practise greeting and
parting
Goals

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Every day is a good day.

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Hello
How are you?
My name is…
I’m from
Canada.
What is your
name?
Where are you
from?
Bye!
I’m fine.
Review introductions

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Bye! See you later.
Hello. Nice to meet you.
Greetings and partings

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Introduce yourself
Hi! I’m Martin. What is your name?
Where are you from?
My name is Lucy.
I’m from China.

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Hi! _____________!
Find the opposite

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I’m not fine! _____________.
Find the opposite

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A
B
C
D
Hello! Goodbye!
Coming or going?

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Complete the sentences
1. Hi! _____________
2. Goodbye! _____________
See you later.
How is it going?

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How is it going?
Hello Michael, how is it going?

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I’m doing well, thank you.
How is it going? I’m doing well, thank you.

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I’m having a bad day.
Please excuse me, I’m having a bad day.

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I’m doing OK.
I’m doing OK. How about you?

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And yourself?
I’m fine, thank you. And yourself?

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Not so good. I’m having
a bad day.
We are doing well, thank you.
How is it going?

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How is it going?
Hi Kieran. How is it going?
I’m not so good. I’m having a bad day.
I’m doing OK. And yourself?
I’m sorry to hear that. Take care.

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Choose the correct option
1. How _____________ (is / are) you?
2. I‘m _____________ (doing / do) well.
3. And _____________? (myself / yourself)
4. I‘m _____________ (had / having) a bad day.
5. I‘m doing well, _____________ (thank /
thanks) you.

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a. And yourself? b. Hi!
c. I’m doing well, thank you. d. How is it going?
Put the conversation in order
1. ________________ 2. ________________ 3. ________________ 4. ________________

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Good morning!
Good morning! Do you want breakfast?

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Good afternoon!
Good afternoon! Do you want to go to the beach?

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Good night!
Goodnight! See you tomorrow.

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Take care!
Take care and have a safe journey!

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See you later!
Thanks for a great weekend. See you later!

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Bye! See you tomorrow.
Goodbye, see you later!
Parting ways

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Greeting
Good morning! Are you hungry?
Good night! See you in the morning.
Good afternoon! Nice to meet you.
Take care! See you tomorrow.

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Hello! _____________
Find the opposite

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Complete the dialogue
_____________ afternoon!
I’m doing well, thank you. And _____________ ?
What’s _____________ matter? Can I help?
OK. _____________ care.
How is it _____________ ?
Not so good. I’m _____________ a bad day.
No, I’m fine. Thank _____________ .

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How is it going?
Answer this question in five different ways

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Practice making friends with a classmate.
Use words and phrases from this lesson.
Making friends
What’s your name?
Where are you from?
How is it going?

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■ Make a dialogue about meeting
someone for the first time.
■ Use phrases from the lesson.
■ Practice with another student.
Making conversation

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Go back to the second slide of the lesson and check
if you have achieved all the goals of the lesson.
yes no
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_______________________________
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Reflect on the goals

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Think about everything you have seen in this lesson.
What were the most difficult activities or words? The easiest?
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+
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– If you have time, go over
the most difficult slides again
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Reflect on this lesson

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Exercise
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Bye
Exercise
p.8
I’m
fine.
Exercise
p.9
8.
Greeting:
B,
C
–
Parting:
A,
D
Exercise
p.10
1.
How
is
it
going?
–
2.
See
you
later.
Exercise
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1.
are
–
2.
doing
–
3.
yourself
–
4.
having
Exercise
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1.
B
–
2.
D
–
3.
C
–
4.
A
Exercise
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Bye!
/
Goodbye!
Exercise
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Good
–
going
–
yourself
–
having
–
the
–
you
–
Take
Answer key

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Homework

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1. Hello. _______________ is your name?
2. My _______________ is Lukas.
3. How is it _______________ ?
4. I’m _______________ OK, thanks.
5. _______________ are you from?
6. _______________ care.
What
going
doing
name
Where
Take
Fill in the gaps

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Vocabulary lists
List 1: _____________ List 2: _____________
Check the first five words of the lesson.
Sort them into two lists.
Give your lists a name.

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Choose five words or phrases from the lesson
and write them down in your list of My favourite words.
My favourite words
Word one
Word two
Word three
…

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Make flashcards out of paper and
copy down four words or phrases from this lesson that
are hard for you.
Make flashcards
Hello! My name is…

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Choose five example sentences from this lesson.
Copy them and rewrite them about
a group of people (or using the pronoun them).
Sentences in the third person plural
Examples:
She is a doctor
→ Hannah and James are doctors.
He speaks English and French
→ They speak English and French.
…

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Homework answer key
Exercise
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1.
What
–
2.
name
–
3.
going
–
4.
doing
–
5.
Where
–
6.
Take

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