Teacher

of English

VAN
Qng.
Vietnamese

30

Petro-chem.
engineer

married

Unit 1

YOU AND YOUR COMPANY

1.1 People in business
By: Ms. ThuVan Bui

CONTENT

Simple present tense

Introducing yourself and

another person

LANGUAGE NOTE: Simple

present
(BE)
FORM

I
am (Im)
He/She/It
is (s)

You/We/They
are (re)

I
am not
He/She/It
is not (isnt)
You/We/They
are not (arent)

am
I
(Wh-) is
he/she/it
are
you/we/they

LANGUAGE NOTE: Simple

present

FORM

+
?

(Ordinary verbs)
He/She/It

V(s/es)

I/You/We/They
He/She/It

V(bare)

doesnt V(bare)

I/You/We/They

dont V(bare)

(Wh-) does he/she/it V(bare)?

do I/you/we/they V(bare)?

Adding -s/-es to third person singular

verbs
3. Verbs ending in a consonant + y: change _y
into _i, then add _es.
study studies

try tries

Note: Verbs ending in a vowel + y: just add _s.

buy buys

say says
Irregular verb:

have has
E.g. She has two brothers.

LANGUAGE NOTE: Simple

present
USAGE
1
AGE

4
STATUS
3

Lorella is 30 years old.

They are both about 30.

JOB
2

NATIONALITY

She is married.
You are single.
She is a designer.
We are doctors.

She is Italian.
Im Vietnamese.

LANGUAGE NOTE: Simple

present
USAGE
Complete the uses of SIMPLE PRESENT with the following phrases.
future arrangement ongoing actions
factual information
temporary situations daily activities and habits
We use the simple present to:
- give

E.g. Our company produces parts for the car industry.

- talk about..
E.g. I always check my email fist thing in the

is
works
designs
presents
makes
employs

produces
live
are

travel
plays

uses

do
play

eat

SPEAKING
From the above passage, work in pairs, make
questions and give answers about Lorella
Braglia and her husband.
For example:
A: Who is Lorella Braglia?
B: She is the founder of Dielle and also the main
designer.

is
works
designs
presents
makes
employs

produces
live
are

travel
plays

uses

do
play

eat

LANGUAGE NOTE

Meeting someone for the fist time

Meeting people for the first

time

Let me introduce you to Lisa.

Let me introduce myself. My names
Anita, this is Lisa.
Hello. Im
Anita, do you know Lisa? 3
Have you met Lisa?
1
Anita, Id like you to meet Lisa.
This is my colleague, Lisa.

How do you do? Pleased to meet you.

Nice to meet you.
2
Nice to meet you, too.

Where are you from?

6
What do you do?
Who do you work for?

4
How do you do?
Nice to meet you.

7
Im from
Im a/an What about you?
I work for And you?

LISTENING
Sally Kent is the editor of Business monthly magazine.
She introduces Simon Hastings to two other people.

Sally Kent

Jim Hastings

Victor Sanchez Akiko Takajima

LISTENING
Listen and fill in the gaps.
let me introduce
do you do
do you do

meet

This is
to meet you
to meet you too
software engineer
a journalist.

I work

Meeting people for the first

time

Let me introduce you to

Let me introduce myself. My names
Anita, this is Lisa.
Hello. Im
Anita, do you know Lisa? 3
Have you met Lisa?
1
Anita, Id like you to meet Lisa.
This is my colleague, Lisa.

How do you do? Pleased to meet you.

Nice to meet you.
2
Nice to meet you, too.

Where are you from?

6
What do you do?
Who do you work for?

4
How do you do?
Nice to meet you.

7
Im from
Im a What about you?
I work for And you?

CONCLUSION
Present simple of BE and ordinary
verbs
am/is/are
V(bare)/V(s/es)
factual information
daily activities

Using statements to introduce

yourself and another person and
making a small talk.

Thank You!