Essential English for Everyday Conversations

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MATERI

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GREETING AND INTRODUCTION

1. USEFUL GREETING - Hello ! - Hi !

- Good morning - Good afternoon - Good Evening - Good night*

- Hey, John

RESPONSE - Hello

- Hi

- Good morning - Good afternoon - Good Evening - Good night

* Good night is a farewell (good bye) Phrase. It’s NOT a greeting to use at night time.

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 How are you ?

 How are you doing?

 How are you getting on?

 How’s life?

 What’s news?

 How goes it?

2. ASKING SOMEONE CONDITION

Slang Inform al

forma l

Inform al



Fine, thank you.



I’m doing fine, thank



Pretty fine, thanks



Not too bad, thanks



I’m sick, I get Illness



Not so well.

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 I’m glad to see you

 I’m happy to see you

 Nice to meet you

RESPONSE

 Me too

 So do I

 Nice to meet you too

* Good night is a farewell (good bye) Phrase. It’s NOT a greeting to use at night time.

3. PLEASED TO MEET SOME

4. LEAVING

See you later

See you soon

See you tonight

So long

Good night

RESPONSE



See you



Good night

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INTRODUCING OURSELVES

A. FORMAL SITUATION

 Introducing ourselves in front of audience / public Hello everyone

Let me to introduce my self. My name is Gema, everyone calls me Gema. I am from America.

In this occasion, I would like to introduce my self to you. My name is....

In this golden opportunity, Allow me to introduce my self to you.

My name is....

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B. FORMAL SITUATION

 Introduction ourselves to someone Hi,

It’s me pater parker. Most of people call me peter.

Nice to meet you

 Introducing someone to the third person

Well, I’m going to introduce you my best friend,

Justin. He lives in Sydney Australia, and he has been there for about 3 years. He studies in Melbourne

university. Please say tio Justin.

Hi Justin

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PRACTICE

Hi guys, good morning

I don’t think we’ve met before Well, my name is ...

I’m ... Years old

I’m from ...

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Supporting Question

How many brothers and sisters, do you have?

- I have ... Brothers and .... Sisters.

What child are you ?

- I am ... Child (ordinal number)

What class are you in?

- I am ... Class (ordinal number)

How old are you ?

- I am ... Years old (cardinal number)

Where do you come from ? - I am from ...

What can I call you ? - You can call me ...

Note : when you meet foreigner / native speaker, don’t ask their privacy, their status (married/not), politic and religion.

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ALPHABETS

ENGLISH ALPHABETS

A B C D E F G H I

ei bi si di i ef ji ej Ai

J K L M N O P Q R

jei kei el em en ou pi kyu ar

S T U V W X Y Z

es ti yu vi Doubel yu eks wai Zi/zed Notes :

• Five of the latters in the English Alphabets are vowels :

• A-I-U-E-O

• The remaining 21 letters are consonants :

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VOCABULARY

English Indonesia English Indonesia

Want to Ingin Dentist Dokter gigi

Like Suka Jobless Pengangguran

Work Bekerja Lecterer Dosen

Live Tinggal Housewife Ibu rumah

tangga

Stay Tinggal Can Bisa

Come Datang Call Memanggil

Allow memperboleh

kan

Goal/

dream

Tujuan /Cita- cita

Employee Karyawan Arcrobatics Senam

Midwife Bidan Cooking memasak