Chapter 1

greet and say goodbye| introduce yourself and others | ask how you are
feeling and respond to this | talk about yourself and others | give
numbers up to 20 | give your telephone number and e-mail address |
Hello!
1 a German international. What belongs together? Match them up.
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Spell talk about countries and languages
A the towel B the bottle C the suitcase D the sausage / the sausage
E the kindergarten F the sandwich G the sick man H the motorway
I the pasta
B What are the words called in your language? ‘bottle’ means in Spanish...
С Do you know any other German words? Collect them and make a
course poster.
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greet, introduce yourself, say goodbye
Hello! Goodbye!
2 a Hello! Who are you? Listen and read. What are the names of the
people?
A Hello Nina!
Hello Niklas! How are you?
Thank you, very well! And you?
Very well, thank you.
B Hello Nina!
Hello Julia! How are you doing?
Thank you, fine. And you?
- Fine too, thank you.
Hello, I'm Julia. And you?
Who are you?
My name is Niklas. Bye bye!
Excuse me, what's your name? Bye Julia! See you soon!
Niklas. Ciao!
B Hello and goodbye. Play the situations.
Hello!
Who are you / What's your name? My name is... I am...
How are you? / How are you? Thank you, very good!
And you? Thank you, good! / Also good,
Goodbye! / Ciao! thank you.
с Do you know any German names or Very good.
famous German people? Collect them.
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greet, introduce yourself and others, say goodbye
Good day! Goodbye!
3a. How do you do? What is your name? Listen and read. What are the
names of the people?
A Good morning. My name is Nina Weber.
Good morning, Mrs Weber! My name is Oliver Hansen.

B Good afternoon, Mrs Kowalski. Good morning

Good afternoon, Mrs Weber. How are you? Good day!
Good evening!
Thank you, fine. And you? Good night!
Fine too, thank you.

- Hello, Mrs Weber.

Hello Mr Hansen. This is Mrs Kowalski.
Good afternoon, Mrs Kowalski. My name is Oliver Hansen.
Good afternoon! Excuse me, what's your name?
Oliver Hansen.

Goodbye, Mr Hansen. Goodbye, Mrs Weber.

Goodbye, Mrs Kowalski.
Goodbye
b How? Goodbye, Mrs Weber. Play the situations.
My name is ... / My name is...
What is your name?
How are you? - Thank you, fine!
And you? - Fine too, thank you.

This is Mrs... / Mr ....

Goodbye!

You and you formal: you + first name + surname

informal: What is your name?
you + first What is your name?
name My name is Nina Weber.
What is your My name is Nina Weber.
name?
My name is Nina
Who are you? I am Nina.
G Verbs and personal pronouns
mean to be
How do you do?
my name is bin
your name is bist 11

Talking about yourself and others

Where do you come from?
4 a Read and listen. Match the answers.
Tour guide - guía de turismo - tourist guide
SELINA LANG
German Spanish English
Ludwigstraße 39-60327 Frankfurt
Phone: +49 / (0)171/8264 731
[email protected] - www.langguide.de
1. where are you from, Mrs Lang? A I speak Spanish, English and German.
2. which languages do you speak? B I come from Germany.
3. where do you live? C I live in Frankfurt.

B Vary the dialogue. W-Question declarative sentence

What is your name? How are you? My name is Jan.
My name is lan. Where do you live? I live in Zurich.
Where are you from? Where are you from? I come from Frankfurt.
- From Frankfurt.
And where do you live?
In Zurich.

c. Read and complete the verbs.

This is Mrs Lang. She comes from Germany.

Jan…………from Frankfurt. Verbs and personal pronouns

He………in Zurich. Reside come be
5 a And you? Do two interviews as in I live come am
4b: formal and informal. Make a You live come are
note. He she lives comes is
Name? from where? They live come are
Where?
b Who is this? Introduce a partner. The others guess the name.
She comes from Valencia. She lives... This is Ana Cristina.
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Name and spell numbers up to 20, telephone number and e-mail address
Numbers and letters

6 a The numbers. Listen to the numbers and then speak

Read numbers and speak

b. Listen. Make a note of the mobile phone numbers.

Mr Klein: Mrs Big:
c. Ask your partner for the telephone number. Make a note.
What is your mobile phone number? Zero eight...
What is your mobile phone number?
7 a.The alphabet. Listen first and then read aloud.

b.Listen to the conversation. Make a note of the e-mail addresses.

ruben-gonzalez@... Say email address
c. Vary the dialogue. You spell it: @ You say:
What is your name? ät
Alexis Barbos. dot
And what's your email address? minus
[email protected]. underscore
Excuse me? Can you spell that?
ALE...
Well said: Excuse me?
Excuse me, once again please.
I don't understand.
Please slow down a bit.

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Talking about countries and languages
Countries and languages
Olivia Miller comes from the USA. She lives in San Francisco. She speaks
English and German.She is learning Spanish.
Gabriel Santos comes from Brazil. He lives in Germany, in Cologne. He
speaks Portuguese, German and English.
Alessia Conti speaks Italian, French and German. She comes from
Switzerland and lives in Lugano.
8a. Read more. Where do the people come from? Where do they live?
What languages do they speak and learn? Complete the table.
comes from... lives in ... speaks... learns...
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Talking about countries and languages
Boris Walder comes from Austria. He lives in Salzburg. He speaks German
and English. He is learning Arabic.
Saki Tanaka lives in Berlin.She comes from Japan, from Tokyo. She speaks
Japanese and German. She is learning English.
Kateb Brahim comes from Algeria. He speaks Arabic, French and is
learning German. He lives in Paris.
b Complete the country or language.
German| Germany | English | Portuguese | France | Italy | Japanese |
Poland | Russia |Spanish | Turkish | Arabic | German
C Speak in pairs. Where are you from?
Where are you from? - From...
Which languages do you speak? Which
from Spain - from Mexico - ...
languages are you learning? but:
Which languages do you speak? I from Switzerland - from Turkey -
speak... from Ukraine - from the USA
Where are you from?
d What are the countries in 8b called in your language?
eWho are you? Write a short text. Name | Country | City | Languages

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hear and see
The network flat share
9.I am Anna. Watch scene 1: Who lives in the network flat share? Tick
the box.
10. Welcome, Anna! Watch scene 2. What do you know about the
characters? Match them up.
1 Max, Bea and Luca…
A is at university.
2 Anna is new. She…
B comes from Berlin.
3. bea…
C comes from Hanover
4 Luca
D comes from Munich.
5 Max is not here, he.
E live in Munich.
11 And your number? Watch
scene 3 and write down Max and Anna's mobile phone numbers and Bea's
surname.
12.What do the people say? Match the speech bubbles to the photos.
Then watch the whole film again and check.
1 Bea, this is Anna.
2 No, you're in the wrong place.
3 Where are you from?
4 Ah, you're new here. I'm Luca.
5 And what's your number?
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short and clear: phrases and grammar
greet Say goodbye
Hello Nina! / Hello Niklas! Bye! Ciao!
Hello / Good morning, Mr Hansen! Goodbye!
Good morning! / Good evening! Good night!

Introduce yourself and others My name is Julia / My name is Niklas. My

Who are you / What's your name is Nina Weber. This is Mr/Mrs ...
name?
What is your name? / What is
your name?

talk about yourself and others

Where do you live? / Where do you How are you? / How are you? / How are
live? you?
Where are you from / Where do I live in Frankfurt / In Frankfurt. I come
you come from? from Spain. / From Spain. I speak German
What languages do you speak? / and Russian.
What languages do you speak? 065032...
What is your telephone number? [email protected] This is Selina
What is your e-mail address? Lang.
Who is this?
Ask how you are feeling and Thank you, very good. Thank you,
respond good. Very good.
How are you? / How are you? / And you? And you?
How are you?

W-question
declarative Subject verb
sentence I am Julia
W-word verb I hot Nicholas
Who are You you comes From japan
How is called You I live In zurich
From where comes Ms. i speak german
Where reside Tanaka
Which speak She
languages she
Be Be called Come Live
Verbs and personal pronouns
I Am Am called Come live
You Are Are called Come Live Personal pronouns in texts
He or she Is Is called Comes Lives
they are Are called come Live
This is Mrs Lang. She comes from Germany. She lives in Frankfurt.
This is Jan. He comes from Frankfurt. He lives in Zurich.
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