English For Today chapter 1: Greetings, Farewells, Introductions and Numbers

Greetings, Farewells, Introductions and Numbers

Hello

A. Listen and say.

Figure

Description: Two children stand on a school ground under a tree. A girl in a blue dress, on the left, has her hand on her chest and is speaking; a boy in a white shirt and blue shorts, on the right, raises one hand in greeting. A red school building and the national flag are in the background.

Fatiha: Good morning. What’s your name?

Sanjoy: Good morning. My name’s Sanjoy.

Fatiha: How are you?

Sanjoy: I’m good, thanks. And you?

Fatiha: I’m also good.

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Hello

B. Listen and say.

Figure

Labels: Hello, Rahat. How are you? / Hi, Faria. I’m fine. Thank you. Description: A girl with a white bow, in a blue dress, waves toward a boy wearing glasses and a white shirt, who holds a book and raises one hand. Each speaker has a speech bubble above: the girl's bubble is on the left, the boy's on the right. A low wall and a blue gate are in the background.

C. Pairwork: Act out the dialogue in activity B with your friend.

Let’s practise

1. Look at activity A. Write the correct word in the box.

a) Rana: Good morning. What’s your name? Sima: ________________, My name’s ____________.

b) Sarah: ________________, What’s your name? Manik: ___________________, My name’s _________.

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Talking about myself

A. Chain drill.

Figure

Description: A classroom with four children standing at the front, clapping, and two children seated at desks in the foreground, one on each side, facing them and raising a hand. The two front-row children clap in the middle; the two seated children are the first and last in the chain.

S1: Alex is my name.

Football is my game.

Red is my colour.

Rose is my flower.

S2: (Name) is my name.

_____ is my game.

_____ is my colour.

______ is my flower.

Continue.................

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Talking about myself

B. Listen and say.

Figure

Description: A boy in a white shirt and blue shorts holds a cricket bat over his shoulder and a red ball in one hand. A girl in a blue dress holds a football and raises her other hand in greeting. A school building with the national flag stands in the background.

Sakiba: Hello, Zahid. What’s your favourite game?

Zahid: Hi, Sakiba! Cricket is my favourite game. And yours?

Sakiba: I like to play football.

Zahid: What’s your favourite subject, Sakiba?

Sakiba: English is my favourite subject.

Zahid: Oh, I like English, too.

C. Act out the dialogue in activity B with your friend.

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Let’s practise

1. Put tick (√) mark to the correct answer.

Here ‘favourite’ means

a) most liked

b) disliked

Here ‘game’ means

a) sport

b) reading book

2. Ask and answer the following questions.

a) What is Zahid’s favourite game?

b) What is Sakiba’s favourite subject?

c) What do Zahid and Sakiba talk about?

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Greetings

A. Listen and say.

Figure

Labels: Good morning, students. / Good morning, teacher. Description: A teacher stands at the classroom door facing the students; students sit at desks with books, and several raise their hands. Speech bubbles show the greetings.

B. Listen and say.

Figure

Labels: Hello students, Good afternoon. / Good afternoon, teacher. Description: A teacher stands at the front of the classroom holding a book, facing the students seated at desks. Speech bubbles show the greetings.

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Greetings

C. Look, listen and say.

Figure

Description: Three students stand on a path between trees. A boy on crutches with glasses stands on the left, a girl in the middle gestures with her hand raised, and a girl in a headscarf stands on the right.

Rahat: Good evening, Faria.

Faria: Good evening, Rahat.

Rahat: Who is she?

Faria: She is my cousin, Rita. And Rita, he is my friend, Rahat.

Rita: Nice to meet you.

Rahat: Nice meeting you, too.

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Goodbye 1

A. Look, listen and say.

Figure

Labels: Goodbye, students. It’s time to go. / Goodbye, teacher. Description: A teacher stands on the left holding a book and waving, with students standing on the right; a boy sits in a wheelchair and girls and a boy stand near a pillar. Speech bubbles show the goodbyes.

B. Listen and say.

Figure

Labels: Goodbye, Ripa. / Goodbye, teacher. Description: A teacher stands on the right holding a book and waving, while a girl on the left places her hand on her chest facing him. Speech bubbles show the goodbyes.

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Goodbye 1

C. Listen and say.

Rahat: Hello Namira, how are you?

Namira: I’m fine, thanks. And you?

Rahat: I’m good. Where are you going?

Namira: I’m going to buy some medicines.

Rahat: Okay, goodbye. See you later.

Namira: Goodbye!

Figure

Description: Rahat and Namira on a road beside a roadside shop with a blue roof. Namira, in a red dress, raises her hand and holds a paper; Rahat, in a blue shirt and brown shorts, walks away toward the right. A shopkeeper stands inside the shop.

D. Act out the dialogue in activity C with your friend.

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Goodbye 2

A. Listen and say.

Figure

Labels: Good night, see you tomorrow. / Good night, see you in the morning.

Description: Two boys stand outdoors at night under a crescent moon. The boy on the left, in a yellow shirt, says "Good night, see you tomorrow." The boy on the right, in a blue shirt, says "Good night, see you in the morning."

B. Listen and sing.

It’s time to go home, It’s time to go home, It’s time to go home, It’s time to say goodbye.

I had so much fun, And you had so much fun, We all had so much fun, And now we say goodbye.

Goodbye, Goodbye, See you again. Goodbye, Goodbye, See you again.

C. Group work. Sing the song in groups.

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Let’s practise

1. Look at activity C of lesson 3. Write the correct word in the box.

Roton : Good evening, Salma.

Salma : ________________, Roton.

Roton : Meet my friend, Tanim. And Tanim, she is my friend, Salma.

Tanim : Nice to _______ you.

Salma : _________ meeting you, too.

2. Look at activity C of lesson 4. Write the correct word/words in the box.

Asif : Hello Rina, how are you?

Rina : I’m _____________, _____________. And you?

Asif : I’m _____________. ___________are you going?

Rina : I’m going to the nearby shop.

Asif : _________, goodbye. _________ you ___________ .

Rina : _________________ !

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Numbers 1-30

A. Look at the calendar page. Read the numbers.

Figure: September- 2026

Labels: September- 2026; Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30

Description: A wall calendar page for September 2026 on a green spiral binding, with the weekday names across the top and the dates 1 to 30 in their weeks.

B. Read and write the numbers in words.

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Numbers 1-30

C. Write the numbers in the calendar page for the month of June. One is done for you.

Figure

Labels: June-2026; Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Description: A blank monthly calendar grid for June-2026 with seven day columns from Sunday to Saturday and six empty week rows. The Monday cell of the first row contains the number 1 as an example.

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