Greeting/ Starting A Conversation

Greeting/ starting a conversation
Formal Greetings Responses

- Good morning. - Hello.
- Good afternoon. - Hello, good afternoon.
- Good evening. - Good evening.
- Hello, how are you? - I’m fine. Thank you.
- Very well, thank you.
Informal Greetings Responses

- Hi, how’s life? - Terrific. And you?
- What’s news? - Just fine, thanks.
- How’s everything? - Great, thanks.
- How’s business? - Pretty well. What about you?
- Good to see you.
Ending a conversation
Leave Takings Responses
- Sorry, I have to go now. - Yes of course. See you.
- I’ll talk to you later. - Sure. See you later.
- It’s been nice talking to you. - So long.
- Good bye. - Take care.
- Bye-bye / Bye. - Keep in touch.
- See you tomorrow. - See you at school.
Introducing
Introducing oneself Responses
- Hi, I’m Baskara. - Hi, I’m Renata. Glad to meet you.
- Hello, my name’s Baskara. - Hello. My name’s Renata. Pleased to meet
- Good evening. My name is Baskara. you.
- May I introduce myself? I’m Baskara. - Good evening. I’m Renata. How do you do?
- Let me introduce myself. My name - How do you do? My name is Renata. Nice
is Baskara. to meet you.
- How do you do? My name is
Baskara.
Introducing others Responses

- Do you know Baskara? - No, I don’t think so.
- Have you met Baskara? - No, I haven’t.
- This is a friend of mine, Renata. - Hi, glad to meet you. I’m Renata.
- Baska this is Rena, my friend. - Hello, Renata. Pleased to meet
you.
- May I introduce our new member, Mr. - I’m glad to know you.
Rafael Romero? - It’s nice to meet you.
- Please allow me to introduce our new - How do you do?
District Manager. - How do you do? It’s very nice to
- Let me introduce you to Mr. Iskandar our meet you.
Marketing Manager. Mr. Iskandar, this is Mr.
Hermawan from Borneo Plantation Company.
Pronoun
Subject Object Possessive Adjective Possessive Pronoun
(+ noun)
I Me My Mine
You You Your Yours
He Him His His
She Her Her Hers
It It Its Its
We Us Our Ours
They Them Their Theirs
Talita Her Her ( Talita’s ) Hers
Bojes Him His ( Bojes’) His
Tita and Rena Them Their Theirs
Descriptive Text: Pronoun

Mr. Wayan visited friends in Barru, South Sulawesi. He visited Mr. And Mrs. Imam. They
invited him to their home for dinner. He gave some seashells to the Imam children. They asked
him many questions about it, especially about a large black one. The shells fascinated them.
They looked at it for a long time. The Imams served dinner at 8:00. After dinner the children
listened to some stories for a while and then they went to bed. When the children had gone to to
bed, the Imams took Mr. Wayan into the den and showed him some recent photographs. They
talked about old times and old friends. The Imams asked Mr. Wayan about his family. They all
discussed a great many subjects. Finally, they made vacation plans for the two families. All of
them planned to meet in June at Monas (National Monument). At midnight, Mr. Wayan said
good
night to them and left. “Thank you for a delightful evening,” he said. “You should come to see us
more often,” said Mrs. Imam. “We are always delighted to see you.” Mr. Wayan went back to
Makassar, he told his wife about his visit with the Imams. She enjoyed hearing the news about
his friends and asked many questions about their house, their activities, and their children. Then
they discussed the vacation plans. Mr. Wayan told her about his conversation with Imam on this
subject. She liked his plans. Soon they will all pack their bags for Monas (National Monument).
Noun
Singular Plural Rule
a book books Add –s to most nouns.
a pen pens
a bag bags
a chair chairs
a table tables
a bridge bridges
a boy boys
a city cities Change –y nouns to –ies

a baby babies if –y follows a consonant.
a gallery galleries
a reality realities
a country countries
a class classes Add –es to –ss, -sh, -ch, and

a bus buses –x nouns.
a dish dishes
a match matches
a watch watches
a box boxes
a potato potatoes Add –es to –o nouns if –o

a hero heroes follows a consonant.
a radio radios Add –s to –o nouns if –o

a studio studios follows a vowel.
a piano pianos Exception for -o

a solo solos
a casino casinos
a knife knives Irregular form of plurals.
a leaf leaves * in some cases, i.e in
a life lives biology, often spelled with –
a shelf shelves es for plural species of fish.
a child children
a man men
a woman women
a foot feet
a tooth teeth
a mouse mice
a fish fish*
a deer deer*
SHOPPING
George : I’m going out. Do you want anything?

Sally : Could you buy some stuff from the shop?
George : All right. What do you want?
Sally : Well, we haven’t got much milk.
George : How much milk do you want?
Sally : We need two bottles of milk.
George : How about strawberry jam? Have we got any jam?
Sally : Oh yes, there isn’t any jam left. We need a jar of strawberry jam. And also we’ve finished
the butter. We need some butter.
George : OK. I think I‘ve finished the last beer. I’ll buy 5 or 6 bottles of beer.
Sally : OK. There's a little oil left. Please, buy a bottle of oil.
George : No problem. Do you want to eat fish at dinner?
Sally : Ah, yes. I want you to buy four tins of fish, and also some bread. There isn’t much bread
left.
George : How many loaves of bread do you want?
Sally : A loaf of brown bread is enough. Would you like some coffee after dinner?
George : Of course.
Sally : Then, buy us a bag of coffee. At last, we only have few packets of pasta. Could you buy
some more pasta? You know we eat pasta almost every day.
George : OK, no problem.
Sally : One more thing. Don’t buy any nuts. We have got a lot.
George : All right!
When someone gives you something

Thanking Responses
- Thanks (a lot). - You are welcome.
- Thank you very much (followed by): - No problem.
- It’s very nice/ beautiful. - It’s OK/alright.
- It’s just what I want. - Don’t mention it.
- But you really didn’t have to / You - I’m glad you like it
shouldn’t have (if the gift is not
expected)
When someone does a favor or helps you

Thanking Responses
- Thanks (a lot) for your help. - You are welcome.
- Thanks (a lot) for helping me. - No problem.
- I really appreciate your help. - That’s OK/ alright.
- It was very kind of you to help - Never mind.
me. - Forget it.
- I’m very grateful to you for your - Any time.
visit. - Think nothing of it.
- I’m very grateful to you for - I’m glad I could help.
inviting me. - Don’t mention it.
- It was my pleasure/ My pleasure.
- It’s no trouble at all.
Adjectives
COLOURS ANSWERS
COLOURS 1 . What colour is your shirt? 1. It’s blue.
2. What colour are your eyes? 2. They’re black.
QUALITIES 1. What’s the quality of your watch? 1. It’s good.
2. What’s the quality of this picture? 2. It’s bad
SIZE 1 . How big is your house? 1. It’s very big.
2. What size are your shoes? 2. They are medium.
SHAPES 1 . What shapes is the earth? 1. It’s round.
2. What shape are the tiles? 2. They’re square.
MATERIALS 1 . What is a spanner made of? 1 . It’s made of steel.
2. What are your shoes made of? 2. They’re made of leather
ORIGIN AND 1. a. Where are you from? 1. a. I’m from Indonesia.
NATIONALITIES b. Where do you come from? b. I come from Indonesia.
2. a. What nationality are you? 2. I’m Indonesian.
b. What is your nationality?
3. a. Where’s he from? 3. a. He’s from Vietnam.
b. Where does he come from? b. He comes from Vietnam.
4. a. What nationality is he? 4. He’s Vietnamese.
b. What is his nationality?
5. a. Where are they from? 5. a. They’re from Iraq.
b. Where do they come from? b. They come from Iraq.
6. a. What nationality are they? 6. They’re Iraqi.
b. What is their nationality?
PROFESSIONS 1 . a. What’s your job? 1. I am a teacher.
b. What’s your profession?
c. What’s your occupation?
d. What are you?
e. What do you do?
2. a. What’s her job? 2. She’s a secretary.
b. What’s her profession?
c. What’s her occupation?
d. What is she?
e. What does she do?
3. a. What are their jobs? 3. They’re farmers.
b. What are their professions?
c. What are their occupations?
d. What are they?
e. What do they do?
Opinion Descriptive Adjectives

Adjectives Size Shape Age Color Origin Material Noun
lovely/nice big circular old brown Javanese wooden table
expensive small - new metallic Japanese - car
good big flat new - - - TV
pretty small square old white - stone house
Apologizing
APOLOGY RESPONSE
Forgive me. I’m terribly sorry about … That’s quite all right
Please accept my apology for … I completely understand
Please excuse … (e.g., my cat) You don’t need to apologize.
I would like to apologize for … Oh, that’s all right. It can happen to anyone.
I apologize for … It’s not your fault.
I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to … Don’t worry about it
I’m sorry that … It’s OK
Sorry… No problem.
Forget it.
Expressing sympathy
I’m sorry to hear that.
What a pity.
a nuisance.
That’s ashamed.
a pity.
too bad.
How awful.
terrible.

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Formal Greetings Responses

Informal Greetings Responses

Introducing others Responses

Descriptive Text: Pronoun

a city cities Change –y nouns to –ies

a class classes Add –es to –ss, -sh, -ch, and

a potato potatoes Add –es to –o nouns if –o

a radio radios Add –s to –o nouns if –o

a piano pianos Exception for -o

George : I’m going out. Do you want anything?

When someone gives you something

When someone does a favor or helps you

Opinion Descriptive Adjectives

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