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Please Call Me Chuck.

The following is a summary of terms (Key Vocabulary and Expressions) taught in this unit. Puzzles use these words as answers. (See Puzzle Corner in Resources.)
 
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KEY VOCABULARY

Nouns
back
bow
cheek
class
Dad
engineering
female
friend
greeting
handshake
hug
kiss
male
Mom
(first/last/full) name
nickname
parents
pat
student
(baseball/volleyball) team
women

Titles
Miss
Mr.
Mrs.
Ms.

Adjectives
married
same
single
Articles
a
the

Verbs
am
are
is

Adverbs
here
(over) there
too

Prepositions
from (Paris/France)
in (English 102/Canada)
on (the volleyball team/
    the back)

Conjunctions
and
but

Interjections
oh
well

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EXPRESSIONS

Greeting someone
Hello.
Hi.

Exchanging personal information
What's your name?
    I'm . . . ./My name is . . . .
Where are you from?
    I'm from . . . .
How's everything?/How are you?
    Not bad.
    Pretty good, thanks.

Introducing someone
This is . . . ./These are . . . .
    Nice to/Pleased to/Good to meet you.

Asking about someone
Who's that?
    That's . . . .
Who are they?
    Their names are . . . and . . . .

Checking information
How do you pronounce . . . ?
    It's Mandel, with the accent on the "del."
How do you spell . . . ?
What do people call you?
    Please call me . . . .
    You can call me . . . .
    Everyone calls me . . . .
Excuse me, what's . . . again?
    It's . . . .
Are you studying . . . ?/Are you on vacation?
    Yes, I am./No, I'm not.

Agreeing
That's right.
OK.

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