Marie Pleased to meet you, Colin. My name's Marie.
Collin Nice to meet you, too, Marie. What do you do?
Marie I'm a doctor. What about you?
Collin I work for an advertising company.
1b. Listen to the conversation again and repeat each sentence twice.
2. Read the language note. Study the rules.
1. We use a before a consonant (b, c, d ... ).
2. We use an before a vowel (a, e, i, o, u).
NOTE We say a university because the u sound is /ju:/ and not /u:/.
I'm a student. / an engineer.
I work in a shop. / for an advertising company.
This is our dog. Its name is Rover.
Their names are Rami and Nelson.
What's this? It's a bag.
3b. Answer about your friends or members of your family.
She's a secretary. His name's Omar.
4. Listen and repeat the alphabet.
Marie Hello. My name's Marie Casson.
Man Sorry. What's your surname again?
Man How do you spell that, please?
Man Oh, yes. Here's your badge.
5b. Listen to the conversation again and repeat each sentence twice.
6. Listen and write the surnames.
7. Practice the conversation in exercise 5. Use your own name.
- their first name only. Hello, I'm Collin.
- OR their first name and surname. Hello, I'm Collin Blake.
NOT Hello, I'm Blake. OR Hello, I'm Mr Blake.