Greeting Someone

Greetings Responses
• Good morning. • Good morning.

• Good afternoon. • Good afternoon.

• Good evening. • Good evening.

• How nice to see you • Yes, it’s been so nice.

• Hello. Hello.

• How are you? • Fine, thanks.

• How do you do? • How do you do?

• How’re you doing? • Not bad.

• Hi! • Hi!

Examples in dialogue:

Dialogue 1

Ranti meets her teacher, MrBakri at the post office.

Ranti :Good afternoon, Sir.

MrBakri : Good afternoon. You are ….

Ranti :Ranti, Sir. My name is Ranti. How are you?

MrBakri : I am fine, thank you. And how about you?

Ranti : I am fine, too.

MrBakri : Well, Ranti. I have to go now. Pleased to meet you.

Ranti : Pleased to meet you, too, Sir.

B. Parting Someone

Partings Responses
• Good night. • Good night.

• Goodbye. • Goodbye.

• See you later. • See you.

• Bye • Bye.

Examples in dialogue:

Dialogue 2

Andi : Good morning. My name is Andi.

Denias : Good morning Andi. I’m Denias.

Andi :Denias, this is Adib. We were classmates the Junior High School.

Denias : Hi, Adib. How do you do?

Adib : How do you do.

Andi : By the way, did you join pencaksilat extracurricular activity in the Junior High School?

Denias : Yes, I did.

Andi : Oh, that’s great. Adib and I have never joined it before.

Adib : We hope you can help us.

Denias : Sure.

Andi : Okay, see you this afternoon.

Adib : See you Denias.

Denias :See you.

A.
Congratulating

 If someone has a baby, passes an exam, win a prize, etc., use:

 o Congratulations!
 To be informal, use:
o Great! / Well don! / Congrats!

B.
Praising

 To praise a subordinate or equal, use

o Well done!
o That was very well done.
o That’s very good.
o You did that very well.
o Your (meal) was excellent / very good / first class.
o The (food) is / was excellent.
o I was / am very pleased with (your work).

 To praise a superior, use:

o Well done!
o I thought your (work was excellent).
o I really admired / admire your (work).

 To be informal:
o Super! / Great!
o That’s / that was super/ great / fantastic.
o You were super / great / fantastic.

C.
Passing on praise

 To praise a third person, use:

o Please tell (her) I liked it very much.
o Tell (him) how good I thought (he was).
o Give my compliments to (the cook).
D.
Recovery

 Get well soon!

 Rest up! Have a relaxing time!
 A speedy recovery!

E.
General

 Cheers! (toast)
 Congratulations!
 Fortunately, luckily
 Good luck!
 Lucky fellow.
 Best of luck!
 I wish you success!
 Best wishes!
 To your health! (toast)
 Bon appétit! Enjoy your meal!
 Bon voyage! Have a good trip!

Expression Of Congratulations
Expression of Congratulations is an expression that we use give the congratulation utterance
when he or she be succeed in doing someone.
Here are some expressions of congratulations and their proper responses
CONGRATULATING RESPONDING
I’d be the first to congratulate you on…. It’s very good of you to say so
I’d like to congratulate you on….. How nice of you to say so
Please accept my warmest congratulations. Thank you very much for saying so
May I congratulate you on… I’m glad you think so
I must congratulate you. Oh, it’s nothing special actually
It was great to hear about… Oh, I have a lot to learn yet
Congratulations! Oh, not really
Congratulations on….! Oh, nothing to it, actually
Well done! / Fantastic! Oh, thank’s

Expression of greetings, introducing, meeting and parting.

1. Greetings

Good morning

Good afternoon

Good evening

How nice to see you

Hello

How are you?

How do you do?

How’re you doing?

Hi !

- How to response :

Good morning

Good afternoon

Good evening

Yes, it’s been so nice

Hello

Fine, thanks

How do you do?

Not bad

Hi !

2. Parting

Good night

Goodbye
 See you later

Bye

- How to response:

Good night

Goodbye

See you

Bye!

SOAL

1. Situation:

Siti has just got the first prize in the “Bakiak race” to celebrate Indonesia Independence day.

Beni congratulates her.

What does Beni say to congratulate Siti?

Beni : ” __________________________.”

Siti : ”Thank you.”

A. Sure, Good luck.

B. Congratulate to Siti

C. Congratulations, Siti.

D. Thanks, I will do my best

2. Dayu : ”Who won the football match yesterday?”

Udin : ”Our team did. We won two to one.”

Dayu : ”Well done. _________________________.”

Udin : ”Thank you.”

A. I’m glad to hear that.

B. That’s too bad

C. I’m sorry.

D. You’re welcome

3. Edo : ”Happy birthday, Lia.”

Lia : ”Thank you Edo. You are the first who congratulate me.”

Edo : ”Oh really? Here is a little present for you. I hope you like it.”

Lia : ”Thank you very much. You are really my best friend.”

Why does Edo give Lia a present?

A. Because Lia likes present.

B. Because today Dayu’s birthday.

C. Because Edo has a lot of money.

D. Because Lia is celebrating her birthday today.

The following text is for questions 4 and 5.

Dear Esther

CONGRATULATIONS

Ever since I heard about your success as the first winner of singing contest of FLS2N. I know
how long and how hard you practiced. We are all very proud of you. We wish you all the best in
pursuing your dream to be a popular singer some day.

Rudy
 Chair person of Class 9 A

4. The text above shows that . . .

A. the writer is one of the contestants
B. Esther is the best student
C. Esther is the best singer
D. Rudy is Esther's special friend

5. The text is for . . . of FL2SN.

A. the best student
B. the best teacher
C. the best singer
D. the best graduate student

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Completing the Dialog

Adi : Good morning Uncle Bob. My parents say that you are getting married. Is that true?
Bob : Yeah,,,
Adi : Gee, ________________________. Who’s the lucky woman?
Bob : Carol, a classmate in senior high.
Adi : Well, I _________________________________
Bob : thanks! But don’t just wish me the best. You have to come to the wedding party.
Adi : When is the big day?
Bob : The 13th next month. I will send you an invitation. Please do come!
Adi : Sure thing! _____________________________
Bob : I can see you are! Thanks again.

ACTIVITY 1

Create your own short dialog with your friends (choose one topic: Promotion, New baby,
Scholarship, Competition, engagement, first rank, etc) by using the congratulatory expression
and perform your dialog in front of the class.

ACTIVITY 2
Make a congratulation card to your friends, family, teachers and ect.
F.
Graduation

 Congratulations…
 Congratulations… on graduating with a master’s degree!
 Congratulations… on graduating with a doctorate!
 Best wishes…
 Congratulations… on graduating from college

G.
Marriage & Anniversary

 Congratulations, on the happy event! (new baby)

 Congratulations, on your golden/silver wedding anniversary!
 Congratulations, on your engagement!
 Congratulations, on your wedding!
 Wish you a happy Married life.

H.
Birthday

 Best wishes…
 Happy Birthday to you!
 Many happy returns of the day!
 Many Many happy returns of the day!

I.
Other Occasions.

All the best…

Best wishes…
Congratulations….
Congratulations…on your name day!
Congratulations on passing your masters test!
Best wishes on your new job!
Congratulations on your promotion!
Wish you a happy retired life!
Congratulating…
Congratulations!
Your essay has won first prize.
I’m so glad! My heartiest congratulations!
Hey, you’ve got that job? Congratulations.
Let me offer you my congratulations.
Congratulations! You deserve it!
 I was delighted to hear about it.
Splendid! You must be very pleased.
I couldn’t have been more pleased!
I congratulate you. You’ve done a fine job, John!
That was excellent. Congratulations!
I was thrilled to hear about your new job.
You deserve all the luck in the world!

Everyday Greetings

"Good morning."

"Good afternoon."

"Good evening."

"Goodbye."

+ "Good night."

+ "Good night."

Special Greetings
 "Happy Christmas." or "Merry Christmas."

00.01 - 1st January "Happy New Year!"

"Happy Easter."

"Good Luck!"

or etc....

"Congratulations!" or "Well done!"

or etc...

"Get well soon."

Shaking Hands

When meeting someone formally for the first time, we shake their hand
and say "How do you do?" or "Pleased to meet you."

"How do you do?" isn't really a question, it just means "Hello".

 When young people meet informally they sometimes say "Give me
five!" and slap their hands together (high five).

Generally we do not shake hands with people we know well.

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Naturally speaking

You say hello, and I say goodbye!

Follow the dialogue.

Mr Bean meets Mrs Breuer, one of his students, and her husband in the street.

Mr Bean: Good morning, Mrs Breuer.

Mrs Breuer: Good morning, Mr Bean. How are you?
Mr Bean: I'm fine thanks, and you?
Not too bad. Mr Bean, this is my husband Michael, Michael this is Mr
Mrs Breuer:
Bean my English teacher.
Mr Breuer: Pleased to meet you.
Mr Bean: Pleased to meet you too. Are you from Germany, Mr Breuer?
Mr Breuer: Yes, East Germany, from Dresden. And you, are you from London?
Mr Bean: No, I'm from Derby, but I live in London now.
Mrs Breuer: Well, goodbye Mr Bean, it was nice to see you.
Mr Bean: Yes, goodbye.

Formal to Informal Greetings and Introductions

First meetings

Formal Introducing Introducing Responding to an On Leaving

yourself others introduction
 How do  Mrs Hand,  Pleased to  Goodbye. It's
you do? may I meet you a pleasure to
My name introduce Mrs Hand. have met you.
is Mrs my boss,
Hand. Mr Smith.

 Hello,  Lynne, I'd  Pleased to  Goodbye.

Lynne like you to meet you Nice to have
Hand. I'm meet John Lynne. met you.
the owner Smith, our
of this web salesman.
site. John, this is
Lynne
Hand.

 Lynne  Lynne,  Hi, Lynne.  Bye. It was

Hand. meet John, How are nice to meet
my you? you.
husband.
John, this is
my teacher
Lynne.

Informal

Subsequent meetings

Formal Possible Greetings Possible responses

 Hello, Mrs Hand. It's nice to  What a pleasant surprise! How
see you again. are you? It's been a while.

 Good morning Mrs  I'm very well thank you. And

Hand. How are you today? you?
  Good afternoon, Mrs  Thank you. It's nice to see you
Hand. It's good to see you. too. How are you?

 Hello Lynne. How are you  Fine thanks. What's new with
doing? you?

 Hi, Lynne! How's it going?  Not too bad, busy as ever.

 Hi, Lynne. How are things?  Oh fine. You know how it is.

Informal

!Note - on first meeting say, "It's nice to meet you", and when departing "It was nice to meet
you".

For future meetings say, "It's nice to see you again", and when departing, "It was nice to see
you again."

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SOAL GREETING

Asep : Hello, let me introduce myself. My name is Ali. I study at SMAN 19 Bandung.
Denias : Hi, I’m Denias, I’m from Papua. Nice to meet you.
Asep : Nice to meet you too. Let’s go to the crowd.
Denias and Asep go to the crowd and they meet a girl.
Sri : Hi, Asep. How are you?
Asep : I’m fine. How about you?
Sri : I’m fine too. Thank you.
Asep : Elvi, this is Denias, my new friend.
Denias : Hi. How do you do? Pleased to meet you.
Sri : How do you do? Pleased to meet you too.
Denias : By the way, what is your hobby?
Sri : I like cooking very much. I can spend my whole day for cooking.
Denias : Wow, great. My hobby is cooking too. Will you tell me how to cook special foods
from your province? I’d like to know them.
Asep : Alright my friends, let’s talk about cooking later. We should go to the palace to meet
the President of Indonesia.
Denias and Sri : Let’s go. We can talk about cooking later.

 1. It is 07.00 o'clock in the morning. We say . . .

o A. Good evening
o B. Good morning
 o C. Good afternoon
 2. I go home from school at 12.30 p.m. I say . . . . to my teacher
o A. Good afternoon
o B. Good evening
o C. Good night
 3. When I want to leave someone, I say . . . . to him/her
o A. Good morning
o B. Good luck
o C. Good bye
 4. My mother says . . . . when I go to bed
o A. Good bye
o B. Good night
o C. Good day
 5. The sun is gong to set in the west. I greet . . . . to my friends
o A. Good morning
o B. Good night
o C. Good evening
 7. Good bye, see you later. The expression belongs to . . . . expression
o A. Greetings
o B. Partings
o C. Congratulations
 9. Good morning sir. The expression belongs to . . .
o A. Birthday
o B. Parting
o C. Greeting
 10. I have my dinner in the . . .
o A. Evening
o B. Afternoon
o C. Morning