I DON'T KNOW HER VERY WELL

 This topic helps students learn how to talk about acquaintances and describe their level of familiarity with people. It focuses on expressing limited knowledge about someone and exploring ways to discuss relationships and interactions. Students will practice using simple present tense, negative sentences, and expressions to talk about relationships at a basic level.

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GRAMMAR

1. Present Simple Tense for Facts and Opinions

The present simple is used to express facts or opinions about someone.

• I know her.
• I don’t know her very well.

Form:

• Positive: Subject + base verb (+ s/es for third person singular).
  (She knows him.)
• Negative: Subject + do/does not + base verb.
  (I do not know her.)
• Question: Do/Does + subject + base verb?
  (Do you know her?)

2. Use of Pronouns (Subject and Object)

• She is nice. (Subject pronoun)
• I don’t know her very well. (Object pronoun)

3. Adverbs of Degree

Adverbs like very well, a little, not at all describe how much you know someone.

• I know her a little.
• I don’t know him at all.

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VOCABULARY

1. Know: To have information about someone or something. (I know her name.)
2. Acquaintance: Someone you know but not very well. (She is just an acquaintance.)
3. Familiar: Knowing something or someone. (This place looks familiar.)
4. Friend: Someone you like and spend time with. (He is my best friend.)
5. Stranger: A person you do not know. (She is a stranger to me.)
6. Relationship: The way people are connected. (We have a good relationship.)
7. Meet: To see and talk to someone for the first time. (I met her last week.)
8. Talk: To communicate with someone. (We talk sometimes.)
9. Well: To a good degree. (I don’t know her well.)
10. Opinion: What you think or believe about something. (What’s your opinion of her?)

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USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

• I don’t know her very well.
• We’ve only met a few times.
• She seems nice.
• I don’t have much information about her.
• We are not close friends.
• Do you know her?
• What is she like?
• I’ve seen her a couple of times.

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SENTENCES

Positive Sentences

1. I know her name.
2. She seems like a kind person.
3. We’ve talked a few times.

Negative Sentences

1. I don’t know her very well.
2. She doesn’t talk to me often.
3. We are not close friends.

Questions

1. Do you know her?
2. What do you think of her?
3. Does she seem friendly?

Answers

1. Yes, I know her a little.
2. I think she’s very kind.
3. No, I don’t know her at all.

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CONVERSATION

John: Hey, do you know Sarah?
Emily: I’ve seen her a few times, but I don’t know her very well.
John: She’s in my English class. She seems really nice.
Emily: Oh, that’s good to hear. Does she talk a lot in class?
John: Yes, she does. She always has interesting opinions.
Emily: Maybe I’ll get to know her better soon.

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READING

"Getting to Know Someone"

Anna and Mike are classmates, but they don’t know each other very well. They have only spoken a few times during group projects. Anna thinks Mike is friendly, but she doesn’t know much about him.

One day, Mike starts a conversation with Anna after class. He asks her about her favorite subjects, and they find out they both like history. They decide to study together for their next exam. Over time, they get to know each other better and become good friends.

Anna learns that Mike enjoys reading books about history, and he learns that Anna loves painting. Even though they didn’t know each other very well at first, their friendship grows stronger every day.

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Questions and Answers

1. Q: How do Anna and Mike know each other?
   A: They are classmates.

2. Q: What do they both like?
   A: They both like history.

3. Q: How does their friendship start?
   A: It starts when Mike talks to Anna after class.

4. Q: What does Mike enjoy doing?
   A: He enjoys reading books about history.

5. Q: What does Anna love to do?
   A: She loves painting.