GREETINGS
PERIODS OF THE DAY
FORMAL GREETINGS
INFORMAL GREETINGS
SAYING GOODBYES
Introduction & Dialogue
PERIODS OF THE DAY
There are four periods in a day:
1. MORNING
2. AFTERNOON
3. EVENING
4. NIGHT
FORMAL GREETINGS
1. Good morning → from midnight up to noon
2. Good afternoon → from 12h01’ up to 6 pm
3. Good evening→ from 6h01’ pm up to time to
bed
4. Good night → Mostly when it’s time to go to
bed
5. Goodbye → 24/24 , all day long
INFORMAL GREETINGS
HI
HEY 24H/24H, all day long
HELLO
So long = Goodbye . Especially, when we depart
from somebody for a bit long period of time .
SAYING GOODBYES
1. Goodbye, Jack!
2. Have a nice /day/evening/weekend
3. See you /soon/ later/in a while/ tomorrow/next
time/next month/next year
4. I have to go (I gotta go)
5. Catch ya later Joyce!
6. Bye John!
7. Bye bye Ruth!
8. Take care Mike!
9. You too, Isaac!
HOW ARE YOU?
How are you? I ‘m fine, thanks. And you?
1. How is it going? I’m good. I’m very good /well.
2. How have you been? 2. I have been
3. How are things? good/well/great.
4. What’s up? 3. So far, so good.
5. What’s going on with you?
4. Not too much.
6. Long time, no see!
5. I’m ok!
7. How are you doing?
6. Life’s good.
8. How’s life?
9. How is it going? 7. I’m doing great/ good/fine/.
10. Is everything ok/alright? 8. I’m so so./I’m sick./I feel
bad.
INTRODUCTION & DIALOGUE
INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION 2
Alain: Good morning. Maj Fred: Hello. My name’s Major
My name’s Alain Kizi. Fred Kalumba.
What’s your name? What’s your name ?
Philippe: My name’s Philippe Capt Mike: Good afternoon, sir.
Busha.Nice to meet My name ‘s Captain
you, Alain. Mike Beya.
Please, call me Phil.
Maj Fred: Good afternoon,
Alain: Nice to meet you, Phil Captain Beya. Pleased
to meet you.
GREET YOUR CLASSMATES
Hello. My name’s …… My name’s……
What's your name?
Nice to meet you….. Nice to meet you too,…
Introduce Someone to Someone else
Bob: Mike, this is Eric. Eric, this is Mike.
Eric: Nice to meet you, Mike.
Mike: How do you do Eric ?
Capt Sandra: Lt John, meet Capt Abdul. He is the
batallion IO. Capt Abdul, Lt John is in charge of training.
Capt Abdul: pleased to meet you, Lt John.
Lt John: glad to meet you too, sir.
NUMBERS
1.Cardinal Numbers
2.Math Operations
3. Ordinal Numbers
CARDINAL NUMBERS(the cardinals)
To count or enumerate people, objects or other
items, we use cardinal numbers.
E.g:
one chair, two cars, five people, ten teeth, three
bags, twenty computers, forty-five men,
seventy-seven houses
CARDINAL NUMBERS
1,000 ONE THOUSAND
10, 000 TEN THOUSAND
100,000 HUNDRED THOUSAND
1,000,000 ONE MILLION
10,000,000 TEN MILLION
100,000,000 HUNDRED MILLION
1,000,000,000 ONE BILLION
READ THESE NUMBERS
2,016: Two thousand, sixteen
56,789: Fifty - six thousand, seven hundred
eighty – nine
456,243: Four hundred fifty-six thousand,
two hundred forty-three
3,333,333: Three million, three hundred
thirty three thousand, three hundred thirty-
three.
CARDINAL NUMBERS: THE YEAR
1879 eighteen seventy-nine
1945 nineteen forty-five
2000 two thousand / twenty oh oh
2009 two thousand and nine/twenty oh nine
2010 Two thousand and ten/ twenty ten
CARDINAL NUMBERS
We have four operations:
1. Addition
2. Subtraction
3. Multiplication
4. Division
ADDITION
10 + 20 = 30
Ten plus/and twenty equals thirty
SUBTRACTION
30 _ 10 = 20
thirty minus ten equals twenty
MULTIPLICATION
40 x 5 = 200
forty times five equals two hundred
DIVISION
10 ː 5 = 2
ten divided by five equals two
THE CLOCK TIME: Civilian Time
9:00 a.m.: It’s nine o’clock in the
morning (It’s nine am)
8:00 p.m.: It’s eight o’clock in the
evening (It’s eight pm)
4:00 p.m.: Four o’clock in the
afternoon (It’s four pm)
THE CLOCK TIME: Civilian Time
8:07 a.m.: seven minutes past eight
a.m.
8:57 a.m.: three minutes to nine a.m.
2:35 a.m.: Twenty-five to three a.m.
8:00 a.m.: Eight o’clock a.m.
Military time (24-hour)
13:00 thirteen hundred hours
15:15 fifteen fifteen
18:30 eighteen thirty
20:00 twenty hundred hours
05:53 five fifty-three
14:45 fourteen forty-five.
22:55 twenty-two fifty five
ORDINAL NUMBERS
WE use ordinal numbers to rank, rate, scale, or
order people, objects or other items.
E.g: the first floor, the second avenue, the third
street, the twenty-first president…..
ORDINAL NUMBERS
The first up to the tenth The eleventh up to the twentieth
• l St the first • 11th the eleventh
• 2nd the second • 12th the the twelfth
• 3rd the third • 13th the thirteenth
• 4th the fourth • 14th the fourteenth
• 5th the fifth • 15th the fifteenth
• 6th the sixth • 16th the sixteenth
• 7th the seventh • 17th the seventeenth
• 8th the eighth • 18th the eighteenth
• 9th the ninth • 19th the nineteenth
• 10th the tenth • 20th the twentieth
ORDINAL NUMBERS
• 21st the twenty-first
• 22nd the twenty-second
• 23rd the twenty-third
3Oth the thirtieth
• 31st the thirty-first
• 32nd the thirty-second
33rd the thirty-third
ORDINAL NUMBERS
• 40th the fortieth • 60th the sixtieth
• 41st the forty-first • 61st the sixty-first
• 42nd the forty-second • 62nd the sixty-second
• 43rd the forty-third • 63rd the sixty-third
• 50th the fiftieth • 70th the seventieth
• 51st the fifty-first • 71st the seventy-first
• 52nd the fifty-second • 72nd the seventy-second
• 53rd the fifty-third • 73rd the seventy-third
Eightieth up to Ninety-third Hundredth up to Hundred third
80th the eightieth 100th the hundredth
81st the eighty-first 101st the hundred first
82nd the eighty-second 102nd the hundred second
83rd the eighty-third 103rd the hundred third
90th the ninetieth
91st the ninety-first
92nd the ninety-second
93rd the ninety-third
DAYS OF THE WEEK
There are seven days in the week:
1. Sunday is the first day.
2. Monday is the second day.
3. Tuesday is the third day.
4. Wednesday is the fourth day.
5. Thursday is the fifth day
6. Friday is the sixth day.
7. Saturday is the seventh and last one.
8. Saturday and Sunday are weekend.
9. How many days are there in the week?
DAYS OF THE WEEK
1. What day is today? Today is
Thursday.
2. What is the day tomorrow? Tomorrow is
Friday.
3. What is the day after tomorrow? After
tomorrow is Saturday.
4. What was the day yesterday? Yesterday was
Wednesday.
5. What was the day before yesterday? Before
yesterday was Tuesday.
6. There is class on weekdays.(Monday up to Friday)
7. There is no class on weekends and holidays.
MONTHS OF THE YEAR
1. January is the first 1. July is the seventh.
month. 2. August is the eighth.
3. September is the ninth.
2. February is the second 4. October is the tenth.
month.
5. November is the eleventh.
3. March is the third.
6. December is the twelfth
4. April is the fourth. and last one.
5. May is the fifth.
6. June is the sixth.
MONTHS OF THE YEAR
1. My birthday is the first of
August.
2. DRC independance day is in June
the thirtieth.
3. The USA independance day is
July the fourth.
MONTHS OF THE YEAR
I have an appointment with
Doctor Smith on December
23rd, 2019 at half past eleven
in the morning.
MONTHS OF THE YEAR
In January, February, March, April
1. I was in Paris in January.
2. I had been in Kananga in February
3. In March, I was in kinshasa.
4. In April, I don’t move.
WRITING THE DATE
• Monday, January 1st 1789
• Tuesday, February 2nd 1845
• Wednesday, March 3rd 2004
• Thursday, April 4th 2008
• Friday, May 5th 1999
• Saturday, June 6th 2017
• Sunday, July 7th 1983
TO BE: Present – Past -Future
1. Affirmative: long and short form
2. Negative: long and short form
3. To Be + - Name
- Age
- Adjective
-Time
- Date
- Profession & job
4. WH – question + to be
TO BE: Present Affirmative & Negative
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
Long form Short form Long form Short Form
1. I am I’m 1. I am not I’m not
2. You are you’re 2. You are not you aren’t
3. He is not He isn’t
3. He is He’s
She is not She isn’t
She is She’s
It is not It isn’t
It is It’s 4. We are not We aren’t
4. We are We’re 5. You are not You aren’t
5. You are you’re 6. They are not They aren’t
6. They are They’re
TO BE: EXAMPLES
affirmative NEGATIVE
I am a teacher. / I’m a teacher. I am not/ I’m not a teacher.
You are a nurse. / You’re a You are not/you aren’t a nurse.
nurse. He is not/he isn’t a cook.
He is a cook. / He’s a cook. She is not/she isn’t a iudge.
She is a judge. /She’s a judge. It is not/it isn’t a nail.
It is a nail. / It’s a nail. We are not/we aren’t sailors.
We are sailors. / We’re sailors. You are not/you aren’t farmers.
You are farmers. / You’re They are not/they aren’t
farmers. drivers.
They are drivers. / They’re
drivers.
TO BE: PRESENT
Affirmative Question Negative Question
I am a barber./ Am I a barber? Am I not a barber?
You are a seller./Are you a seller? Are you not/Aren’t you a seller?
He is a clown./Is he a clown? Is he not/Isn’t he a clown?
She is a dancer./Is she a dancer? Is she not/Isn’t she a dancer?
It is a pineapple./Is it a pineapple? Is it not/Isn’t it a pineapple?
We are students./Are we students? Are we not/Aren’t we students?
You are janitors./Are you janitors? Are you not/Aren’t you janitors?
They are ushers./Are they ushers? Are they not/Aren’t they ushers?
TO BE: PRESENT
1. My name is Joey. (to be + name)
2. You are forty-five years old.(to
be+age)
3. She is young. (to be+adjective)
4. It is ten hundred hours. (to be+clock
time)
5. Today is April 17th. (to be + date)
To Be: Affirmative Question long
& short answers
1. Am I a teacher? Yes, I am a teacher/Yes, I am.
2. Are you a student? Yes, I am a student/yes, I am.
Yes, she is a doctor/yes, she is.
3. Is she a doctor?
Yes, it is a dog/yes it is.
4. Is it a dog? Yes, we are in the store/yes we
5. Are we in the store? are.
6. Are you in the house? Yes, we are in the house/yes,
we are.
7. Are they tired?
Yes, they are tired/yes, they
are.
To Be: Negative Question & answers
1. Am I not a nurse? 1. yes, i am/no, i’m not
2. Aren’t you a farmer? 2. Yes, i am/no, i’m not
3. Isn’t he professor? 3. Yes, he is/no, he isn’t
4. Isn’t she a journalist? 4. Yes, she is/no, she isn’t
5. Isn’t it a ball? 5. Yes, it is/no, it isn’t
6. Aren’t we sailors? 6. Yes, we are/no, we aren’t
7. Aren’t you fishermen? 7. Yes, we are/no, we aren’t
8. Aren’t they miners? 8. Yes, they are/no, they
aren’t
