WELCOME ! this is our first English lesson....

QUESTION WORDS:

WHAT = COSA

WHICH= QUALE

WHO = CHI

WHERE= DOVE

WHEN= QUANDO

WHY= PERCHE'

HOW = COME

SIMPLE PRESENT:

+ SOGG + VERBO SENZA TO

ES: I WORK

- SOGG + DON'T / DOESN'T + VERBO SENZA TO

ES: I DON'T WORK

? (wh-) DO/ DOES + SOGG + VERBO SENZA TO ?

ES: DO YOU WORK?

si usa DON'T CON I YOU WE THEY E I NOMI PLURALI

si usa DOESN'T CON HE SHE IT E I NOMI SINGOLARI

SIMPLE PRESENT : TO HAVE

I/YOU/WE/ THEY HAVE

NB: HE/SHE/IT HAS

SIMPLE PRESENT: TO BE

I AM

YOU ARE

HE/SHE/IT IS

WE ARE

YOU ARE

THEY ARE

GREETINGS:

HI/HELLO!

GOOD MORNING/AFTERNOON/EVENING/NIGHT

BYE BYE/GOOD BYE/ SEE YOU SOON/ KEEP IN TOUCH/ BYE

PRESENTATION:

HI ! MY NAME IS ........

NICE TO MEET YOU/ PLEASED TO MEET YOU/ HOW DO YOU DO/ I'M PLEASED TO MEET YOU

I'M ..... YEARS OLD

I LIVE IN ........

MY FAMILY IS COMPOSED OF .... PEOPLE

MY FAVOURITE THING IS .......

NOW I'M WAITING FOR A JOB / I'M UNEMPLOYED

MOST COMMON VERBS AT WORK:

TO WRITE= SCRIVERE

TO PHONE/CALL = CHIAMARE

TO READ = LEGGERE

TO LISTEN TO = ASCOLTARE

TO SPEAK = PARLARE

TO TELL/SAY = DIRE

TO ORDER = ORDINARE

TO RECEIVE = RICEVERE

TO MEET = INCONTRARE / CONOSCERE UNA PERSONA

TO KNOW = SAPERE

TO UNDERSTAND= CAPIRE

TO HOLD ON= STARE IN ATTESA

TO PUT YOU THROUGH= METTERTI IN CONTATTO CO

TRANSLATE:

IO STO SCRIVENDO SUL PADLET

ANNA STA LEGGENDO UNA E-MAIL

FIORELLA STA INCONTRANDO PAOLA

FRANCESCA STA PARLANDO CON ANNA

FRANCESCA STA CHIAMANDO AL TELEFONO

STAR FACENDO QUALCOSA

+ SOGG + AM/IS/ARE + VERBO SENZA TO + ING = STO FACENDO QUALCOSA

- SOGG + AM/IS/ARE + NOT + VERBO SENZA TO + ING = NON STO FACENDO QUALCOSA

? (5WH) + AM/IS/ARE + SOGG + VERBO SENZA TO + ING ...?

Anna is reading a e-mail

Fiorella is meeting Paola

Francesca is talking with Anna

Francesca is calling at the phone

SECOND EXAMPLE

A) Hallo? this is John Harrison from Smith and sons Ltd.

B) Good morning Mr Harrison, this is Marco Verdi from Graphitalia Bergamo.

A) Good morning.

B) Can I speak to Mrs Laura Baxter please?

A) Yes sure! Please wait for a minute. I’ll put you through

(after a while….)

C) Hallo?

A) Hi Laura. This is John. Could I put you through Mr Marco Verdi from Graphitalia please?

C) Oh… I’m busy now…. I’m sorry….but I can’t…. I will phone him later. Ask him his phone number and his e-mail address please. Let me see…….. If you want, James isn’t busy now. He can help you.

A) Ok ! thank you… bye

D) Hallo?

A) Hi James. This is John. Laura is busy now and Mr Marco Verdi is holding on… could I put you through?

D) yes ! of course!

A) thanks !

(after a while….)

B) hallo?

D) hallo? this is James Collins, Laura’s colleague. How can I help you?

……………………

D) please, give me your phone number and your e-mail address

B) my mobile phone number is…. And my e-mail address is…..

D) oh… could you speak more slowly please? I’m writing....

B) certainly!

……………..

D) thanks for ringing. Bye bye