Two Students (at University)

Nadia: Hello, my name is Nadia. Welcome to our university.

Alicia:_________(1)

Nadia:___________(2)

Alicia: Nice to meet you too.

Nadia: Where are you from Alicia?

Alicia: I am from Nicaragua, how about you?

Nadia: ___________(3)

Alicia: ____________(4)

Nadia: No, I have been living in London for about three years now.

Alicia: I see, have you been studying here for all that time?

Nadia: Yes, this is my third year here, I have got one more year to go.

Alicia: What are you studying?

Nadia: ______________(5) I want to be a linguist. How about you?

Alicia: Sounds cool. _______________(6)

Nadia: ____________(7)

Alicia: I have always wanted to study abroad, so I came to London.

Nadia: Nice! Yeah I love it here, I am actually planning to live here even after I graduate.

Alicia: _____________ (8). I will need to go back once I graduate anyway.

Nadia: I see, well, good luck to you. I have to go to class now. It was nice talking with you.

Alicia: Thank you!_____________(9).

Nadia: Good-bye

a) Is this your first time in London?

b) Nice to meet you.

c) I want to be a network engineer.

d) I love London, but I am just here for school.

e) Hi, I am Alicia.

f) I'm from Russia.

g) You too, and have a good class.

h) That's great!

i) I'm studying English Literature.

8. Fill in the spaces with suitable verbs and articles.

a) Hello! I ___ Kim. I ______ as ___ receptionist in a construction company. I _____ my job very much. I ______ in New Jersey and I ____ 24 years old. My hobby _____ reading. I love to read novels.

b) Hello. My name ____ Alexander. I ____ 20 years old. I ___ Russian. I _____ born in Samara, but now I _______ in Berkeley, California. I _____ here to study. My parents and my younger sister _____ in Samara. As for my hobbies, I like _______ basketball. I ____ a big fan of Chicago Bulls.

c) Shelly: Hi! My name ____ Shelly. I ____ from Atlanta. What ___ your name?

Brian: I ___ Brian.

Shelly: And where ____ you from, Brian?

Brian: I ____ from Texas.

Shelly: Oh, really? Nice to meet you.

Brian: Nice ______ you, too.

Shelly: By the way, what ___ you do?

Brian: I ____ _____ engineer. And how about you?

Shelly: I ____ a dancer instructor.

d) Giovanni: Hello.

Vera: Hi.

Giovanni: Excuse me, _____ you from Italy?

Vera: No, I ____ from Russia.

Giovanni: Oh? What city ____ you from?

Vera: I ____ from Moscow.

Giovanni: Oh really? By the way, my name ____Giovanni.

Vera: Hi, I ___ Vera.

Giovanni: _____ you on vacation here?

Vera: No. I ____ not. I ____ studying English.

 

9. Make special questions to get the following answers. Use question words what, how, where.

- Hi! I’m Oliver. 1)_________________?

- I’m Barbara.

- 2)________________?

- Fine, thanks.

- 3)__________________?

-  I’m from Britain. 4) __________?

- And I’m from Australia. Nice to meet you, Barbara.

- Pleased to meet you.

 

10. Remember we use formal language for business communication. Look at the dialogue below. Find the examples of typical grammar and vocabulary used in formal communication. Which forms and words are informal? Use the formal language instead.

A Job Interview

T: Welcome to ABC Controls, David. I’m Tom.

D: Hi, it's nice to meet you.

T: Nice to meet you too, how is it going today?

D: I am well, and you?

T: Great, thanks. First of all, let me introduce myself. I’m the manager of our engineering department here and we’ve got an open position, so we’re interviewing applicants to fill the position now.

D: Yes sir, I read about the position on your website, and I think I am a good fit.*

T: We have several ongoing projects and the team is working hard at present. We hope to keep busy for a long time.

D: What are the essential qualifications required for the position?

T: This is an entry-level engineering position*, we provide a lot of training here. But we require that you have at least a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering. Previous experience in the field is a plus.

D: My final school project was actually developing a mobile app, so I’m fairly competent in developing mobile and web apps.

T: That's good to hear.

*to be a good fit = to be qualified and to meet the requirements for the job
*an entry-level position = a job offered to an inexperienced person, that usually provides the prospect of future advancement

 

11. When you are in an English class you need to use the appropriate level of formality too. Tick the column in the table that the sentence suits best.

	Talking to a teacher (formal or neutral)	Talking to a friend (informal)
1) May I go out please?
2) Which book?
3) Would you pronounce the word “…” again, please?
4) I’m sorry, I am late. May I join the group?
5) Can I borrow your pen?
6) Can you give me a sheet of paper?
7) May I open / close the window?
8) What page?
9) Would you give us an example?
10) I’m sorry, I forgot to bring my homework.
11) What’s the homework?
12) Could you repeat the homework, please?