The diagram below will help you to organize your conversation. Practice your conversation so that you can act it out for the rest of the class.

Introducing people Peter, this is Steve. Anita, do you know Dr. Olafson? Alex, I’d like you to meet Steve Jones. Mr. Smith, let me introduce Prof. Rich to you. Have you met Miss Fonda?

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Greeting people Good morning/afternoon. Good to see you. Hello/Hi! How are you? Hello! Haven’t seen you for ages!

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Responding Pleased/nice to meet you. How do you do?

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Responding Thanks, fine. Good to see you again.

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Making small talk You’re interested in social sciences, aren’t you? I hear / believe you’re from...? I’ve been told that you’re majoring in...? Is this your first visit to...? Have you been here /to... before? Are you interested in the new project?

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Saying good-bye Good-bye. See you later/soon/next week/ at the party. Have a good weekend. It’s been really nice to know you. Keep in touch. You’ve got my e-mail, haven’t you?

PART B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

4 Grammar Review: Basic Word order. Word order in questions

1.The basic word order for a statement in English is:   The academic year has (not) begun. Subject verb The students study English. Subject verb object We do not study French. Subject verb object We are (not) students. Subject verb complement   2. In questions the word order is changed. Questions can begin with a question word:  

what Ÿ who(m) Ÿ where Ÿ when Ÿ which Ÿ why Ÿ how (long, far) Ÿ whose

3. After the question word we normally use an auxiliary (вспомогательный) verb, changing the word order (меняя порядок слов) of the statement:

My last name is Subich. – What is your last name?

I have lived in Minsk for 5 years. – How long have you lived in Minsk?

I was born in Borisov. – Where were you born?

According to this rule you may make questions with the forms of the verb to be: am/is/ are and have/has/had

4. If there is no an auxiliary word in the statement, we form the question adding the verb (добавляя глагол) do/does/did

I study at University. – Where do you study?

She studies at school. – Where does she study?

He went to the USA last year. – Where did he go last year?

5. You may ask questions without a question word (the so-called general questions). Start these questions with auxiliaries:

Are you a first-year student?

Is she working?

Does he live in Minsk?

6. We usually do not give long answers to the questions but shorten them using auxiliaries.

a. Do you live near here?

Yes, I live near here. – Yes, I do.

b. Do the rest of your family speak English?

No, my parents don’t speak English. – No, they don’t.

c. Are you a first year student?

Yes, I am a first year student. – Yes, I am.

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