slowly and clearly please for beginner students of English - British English preferred for target audience.
1 Survival language (Ref.: A1)
1.1. Basic interaction
a) Hi
b) Hello
c) Goodbye
d) Good morning
e) Good afternoon
f) Good evening
g) Good night
h) Yes
i) No
j) OK
k) Please
l) Thank you
m) You’re welcome
n) Excuse me
o) Sorry
1.2 Greetings
a) Hi
b) Hello (phone)
c) How are you?
d) Nice to meet you
e) Pleasure to meet you
1.3. Good-byes
a) Goodbye (formal)
b) Bye (informal)
c) See you later
d) See you tomorrow
e) Till next time
f) Have a nice weekend
g) Thanks for a good time
h) All the best
i) Thanks for inviting me
1.4. Comprehension phrases and questions
a) I don’t understand
b) I don’t know
c) I don’t speak Portuguese
d) Do you speak English?
e) What did you say?
f) Please speak slowly
g) Just a little bit
h) Sorry, I don’t understand
i) Can you write that down for me please?
j) Can you repeat that, please?
k) I think so
l) I don’t believe so
m) A moment, please
n) No problem
o) Absolutely
p) I’m learning Portuguese
q) What’s the Portuguese for this?
r) What do you call this in Portuguese?
s) What does it mean?
1.5. Small talk and plesantries
a) How are you?
b) Fine
c) Where are you from?
d) I’m from Germany
e) I’m Canadian
f) My name’s John
g) What’s your name?
h) Nice to meet you
i) Where do you live?
j) Where are you from?
k) Where do you work?
l) What do you do?
m) How old are you?
n) Are you Brazilian?
o) Do you have children?
1.6 Special occasions
a) Have a nice trip
b) Bon appetite
c) Happy birthday!
d) Happy Easter!
e) Happy new year!
f) Merry Christmas!
g) Congratulations!
1.7 Cardinal numbers
1 one
2 two
3 three
4 four
5 five
6 six
7 seven
8 eight
9 nine
10 ten
11 eleven
12 twelve
13 thirteen
14 fourteen
15 fifteen
16 sixteen
17 seventeen
18 eighteen
19 nineteen
20 twenty
21 twenty-one
22 twenty-two
23 twenty-three
24 twenty-four
(...)
29 twenty-nine
30 thirty
40 forty
50 fifty
60 sixty
70 seventy
80 eighty
90 ninety
100 one hundred, a hundred
101 one hundred and one
102 one hundred and two
(…)
125 one hundred and twenty-five
(…)
200 two hundred
300 three hundred
400 four hundred
500 five hundred
600 six hundred
700 seven hundred
800 eight hundred
900 nine hundred
1,000 one thousand, a thousand
(…)
1,020 a thousand and twenty
(...)
1,345 – a thousand, three hundred and forty-five
(...)
2,000 two thousand
3,000 three thousand
1,000,000 a million
2,000,000 two million
4,456,739 four million, four hundred and fifty-six thousand, seven hundred and thirty-nine
1,000,000,000 – one billion
1.8 Ordinal numbers
1st first
2nd second
3rd third
4th fourth
5th fifth
6th sixth
7th seventh
8th eighth
9th ninth
10th tenth
11th eleventh
12th twelfth
13th thirteenth
14th fourteenth
15th fifteenth
16th sixteenth
17th seventh
18th eighteenth
19th nineteenth
20th twentieth
21st twenty-first
22nd twenty-second
30th thirtieth
40th fortieth
50th fiftieth
100th hundredth
101st one hundred and first
1000th thousandth
1.9 Measurements
a) centimeter
b) feet
c) inch
d) kilometer
e) meter
f) mile
g) millimeter
h) yard
1.10 Dimensions
a) height
b) depth
c) length
d) width
1.11 Percents
a) 10% ten percent
b) 20% twenty percent
c) 100% one hundred per cent
1.12 Fractions
a) ½ one half
b) ¼ one fourth
c) ¾ three fourths
d) whole
e) 0.5 zero point Five
f) 3.4 three point four
1.13 Days of the week
a) Monday
b) Tuesday
c) Wednesday
d) Thursday
e) Friday
f) Saturday
g) Sunday
1.14 Months of the year
a) January
b) February
c) March
d) April
e) May
f) June
g) July
h) August
i) September
j) October
k) November
l) December
1.15 The time
a) Do you have the time, please?
b) What time is it please?
c) It’s two o’clock
d) It’s (a) quarter past seven
e) It’s half past three
f) It’s ten to eight
1.16 Colors
a) beige
b) black
c) blue
d) brown
e) dark green
f) gray (grey)
g) green
h) light blue
i) orange
j) pink
k) purple
l) red
m) white
n) yellow
1.17 Questions words
a) Where?
b) When?
c) At what time?
d) To where?
e) With whom?
f) From where?
g) What?
h) Who?
i) How?
j) Whose?
k) Why?
l) Why not?
m) To whom?
n) Which one?
o) What kind?
p) How much?
q) How much is it?
r) How many?
s) About whom?
1.18 Useful words and phrases
a) A little
b) A lot
c) And
d) Another
e) Bad
f) Big
g) But
h) Closed
i) Come in!
j) Congratulations!
k) Entrance
l) Everything
m) Exit
n) For
o) Get out!
p) Good
q) Good luck!
r) Here
t) I feel ill
u) I want to see a doctor
v) I’ll phone you
x) I’m hungry
w) I’m thirsty
y) I’m tired
z) It’s boring
aa) It’s cold
cc) It’s great!
dd) It’s hot
ee) It’s near here
ff) It’s too far away
gg) Later
hh) Left
ii )Less
jj) More
kk) Nothing
ll) Now
mm) Open
nn) Pull
oo) Push
pp) Quickly
qq) Right
rr) Sit down!
ss) Slow down!
tt) Slowly
uu) Small
vv) Something
xx) Sometimes
ww) Stop!
yy) Straight on
zz) That
aaa)This
bbb) Today
ccc) Tomorrow
ddd) What’s the matter?
eee) With
fff) Without
ggg) Yesterday
1.19 Time expressions
a) A bit later
b) A couple of days ago
c) A long time ago
d) After
e) Always
f) At night
g) Before
h) Early
i) Early in the morning
j) Every now and then
k) Every other Day
l) In a couple of weeks
m) In Autumn (or in Fall)
n) In Spring
o) In Summer
p) In the afternoon
q) In the evening
r) In the morning
s) In Winter
t) Last month
u) Last night
v) Last Saturday
w) Last week
x) Last year
y) Late
z) Later
aa) Never
bb) Next Sunday
cc) Next time
dd) Next week
ee) Now
ff) Nowadays
gg) On Christmas Eve
hh) Yesterday
ii) Some days before
jj) Some years ago
kk) Sometimes
ll) The day after tomorrow
mm) The day before yesterday
nn) This morning
oo) Three years ago
pp) Today
qq) Tomorrow
rr) Tomorrow morning
ss) Tonight
tt) Too late
uu) Two weeks ago
vv) Very late
1.20 Typical oral expressions
After you!
All set?
All the best!
Alone at last!
And how!
And that’s all!
Anybody home?
Are you OK?
As you say
Big deal!
Bless you! (sneezing)
Calm down!
Cheer up!
Coming!
Count me in
Count me out
Cross my heart!
Cut it out!
Damn (it)!
Dinner is served
Don’t I know it?
Don’t mention it
Don’t you dare!
Enjoy yourself
For heaven’s sake!
Forget it!
Get lost!
Get well soon
Go for it!
God only knows!
Guess what?
Hands off!
Have a good time!
Have a nice day!
Have a safe trip!
Have fun!
Have you heard the latest?
Heads or tails?
Heaven forbid!
Help yourself!
Help!
Here you are!
Hold your horses!
How dare you?
How have you been?
Hurry up!
I beg your pardon?
I couldn’t care less!
I didn’t mean to hurt you
I hope I’m not disturbing you
I love you
I mean it!
I miss you
I see!
I’d love to...
I’ll be right back
I’ll get it
I’m sorry to hear that
It never rains, but it pours
It’s not what you think!
It’s on me!
It’s up to you
Keep the change
Knock on wood!
Ladies first!
Listen to this!
Look who’s here!
Make yourself at home
May I come in?
May I have your attention, please?
Mind your own business!
Mum’s the word!
My pleasure!
My sympathy
Nice talking to you
No comment!
No kidding!
No way!
Nothing doing!
Now what?
Says who?
Scram!
Serves you right!
Shame on you!
Shut up!
Sleep tight
So what?
Sweet dreams!
Take your time
That’s all!
That’s very nice of you
The same to you
This way, please
Time’s up
Wait a minute!
Wait and see!
Wanna bet?
Watch out!
Watch your step
What a pity!
What a shame!
What are you doing here?
Who do you think you’re talking to?
Will you marry me?
You bet!
You can’t miss it!
You don’t say!
You said it!
You tell ’em!
You’re my guest
Your tough luck!
