Pre-Intermediate Practice Lesson 1. Introduction and nationalities. Whereabouts?

1. Complete the conversation. Use the expressions in the box.

Where are you from Do you know it What's your name again

And you Pleased to meet you Whereabouts

Danny	Hi. My name's Danny.
Melia	, Danny. I'm Melia.
Danny	Sorry. ?
Melia	It's Melia. M-E-L-I-A.
Danny	Oh, OK. Nice to meet you, too, Melia.
Melia	, Danny?
Danny	I'm from Ireland. ?
Melia	I'm from Greece.
Danny	Oh, really? ?
Melia	Skiathos. ?
Danny	Yes, I do. We were last year on holiday. It was great.

2. Complete the conversations. Use the information in the table.

Country	Town / City	District
Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	Ipanema
England	London	Docklands

1 A	Where are you from, João?	2 A	Where are you from, Christine?
B	I'm from .	B	I'm from .
A	Oh. Whereabouts?	A	Oh. Whereabouts?
B	.	B	.

3. Complete the conversation. Give your own answers.

A: Where are you from? B: I'm from ... . (country) A: Oh, Whereabouts? B: ... .

4a. Complete the table.

Country

Nationality

-ese

Portugal

Japan

China

-ish

Ireland

Poland

Spain

-an

Germany

Russia

the USA

-ian

Canada

Brazil

Egypt

Irregular

the Netherlands

France

Greece

4b. Write the countries and nationalities.

Yuri's from Japan. She's .
Miguel's from . He's Spanish.
Ben's from the USA. He's .
Jamila's from . She's Egyptian.
Elena's from Greece. She's .

Tomasz comes from . He's Polish.
Nathalie's from France. She's .
Diane's from . She's Canadian.
João's from Brazil. He's .
I'm from . I'm . (write about you)

5. Complete the conversation. Give your own answers.

You: Hi. My name's ... Zoltan: Pleased to meet you, ... . I'm Zoltan. You: ... ? Zoltan: It's Zoltan. Z-O-L-T-A-N. You: Oh, OK. ... ? Zoltan: I'm from Hungary. You: ... ? Zoltan: Budapest. Do you know it? You: ... , ... .