Beginner Speaking Practice
Level: A1
Skill: Speaking
Topic: Greetings & Introductions
Time: 15–20 minutes
exercise 1: responses (substitution drill)
Say each response until comfortable.
Nice to meet you too!
It’s nice to meet you!
Really? Me too!
Oh, that’s interesting!
Sorry, could you repeat that?
Sorry, could you say that again?
Now say the response dialogue.
A: Hello! My name is … . Nice to meet you!
B: [choose a response]
A: I’m from Ho Chi Minh City, in Vietnam. Where are you from?
B: Really? [choose a response]
A: I work as a teacher. What do you do?
B: Oh, [choose a response]
Repeat until comfortable.
Change the response each time.
exercise 2: pronoun cycle (be verb — questions)
Say the pronoun cycle for each question.
name
What is my name?
What is your name?
What is his name?
What is her name?
What are our names?
What are your names?
What are their names?
from
Where am I from?
Where are you from?
Where is he from?
Where is she from?
Where are we from?
Where are you from?
Where are they from?
job
What do I do?
What do you do?
What does he do?
What does she do?
What do we do?
What do you do?
What do they do?
Repeat until comfortable.
exercise 3: nice to meet you (dialogue)
Say the dialogue for each phrase.
nice to meet you
A: Nice to meet you!
B: Sorry?
A: I said, nice to meet you!
B: Oh, nice to meet you too!
pleased to meet you
A: Pleased to meet you!
B: Pardon?
A: I said, pleased to meet you!
B: Oh, pleased to meet you too!
lovely to meet you
A: It’s lovely to meet you!
B: Sorry?
A: I said, it’s lovely to meet you!
B: Oh, how lovely! Thank you!
Repeat until comfortable.
exercise 4: sorry (dialogue)
Say the dialogue for each phrase.
nice to meet you
A: Nice to meet you!
B: Sorry?
A: I said, nice to meet you!
B: Oh, nice to meet you too!
my name is
A: My name is … .
B: Pardon? Could you say that again?
A: I said, my name is … .
B: Oh, lovely to meet you … !
I’m from
A: I’m from … .
B: Sorry, could you speak more slowly, please?
A: I said, I’m from … .
B: Oh, how interesting!
I work as
A: I work as a … .
B: Pardon? Could you repeat that, please?
A: I said, I work as a … .
B: Oh, that’s interesting! Thank you!
Repeat until comfortable.
exercise 5: full introduction (dialogue)
Say the full dialogue.
A: Good morning! My name is … . Nice to meet you!
B: Good morning! Nice to meet you too! My name is … .
A: Where are you from?
B: I’m from … . Where are you from?
A: I’m from … . What do you do?
B: I am a … . What do you do?
A: I work as a … . How long have you lived here?
B: I have lived here for … years. / I have lived here since … .
A: Oh, that’s interesting! Well, it was nice meeting you!
B: Nice meeting you too! Take care!
A: You too! Goodbye!
B: Goodbye!
