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Greetings and introduction

Greetings are used to say hello in English. It’s common to use different greetings depending on
whether you greet a friend, family or someone else. When you meet a friend, use informal
greetings. Use formal greetings when it’s really important. Formal greetings are also used with
people you do not know very well.
Greetings also depend on whether you are saying hello, or you are saying goodbye. There are
different ways to greet people in English. These are some of the most common phrases to greet
people.
Greetings
Good Morning
Morning Josh
Morning Guys
Good Afternoon
Good Night
Good Evening
Hi
Hello
How are you?
How are you doing?
Howdy?
How is it going?
Hey Matthew
Hey, What’s up
Hey, Buddy
Hey, Guys
Hey, What’s going on?
What’s new?

Useful expressions to respond to Greetings


These are some of the common ways to respond to some of the greetings above
Good to see you
Good to see you too
Great
I am fine
Fine
I am doing great
Very well thanks
Not bad
Pretty good

Useful expressions for introductions


 What’s your name? My name is (Your name here)
 This is (name of a friend)
 I am (name of a friend)
 I am happy to meet you
 Nice to see you again
 Excuse me
 Thanks / Thank you
 Please
 Nice / good to meet you
 Nice meeting you too
 I am from (place, school)

Leave-Takings
1. Bye
2. Good-Bye
3. See you
4. See You later
5. See you tomorrow
6. See you in a few minutes or hours
7. See you around
8. Later
9. Take care

Formal greetings: Arriving


 Good morning / afternoon / evening
 Hello (name), how are you?
 Good day Sir / Madam (very formal)

Respond to a formal greeting with another formal greeting.


 Hello Mr. Smith.
 Hello Ms Anderson. How are you?

Informal greetings: Arriving


 Hi / Hello
 How are you?
 How are you doing?
 What’s up? (very informal)

It’s important to note that people do not always respond to the questions How are you? Or
What’s up? If they do so, then the possible expected answers for such questions would
generally be:

How are you? / How are you doing?


 Very well, thank you and you? (formal)
 Fine / Great (informal)

What’s up?
 Not much.
 I’m just (watching TV, hanging out, cooking dinner, etc).

Informal greetings after a long time


If you haven’t seen a friend or family member for a long time, use one of these informal
greetings to mark the occasion.
 It’s great to see you!
 Where have you been?
 I haven’t seen you for quite a long time!

Formal greetings: Departing


Use these greetings when you say goodbye at the end of the day. These greetings are
appropriate for work and other formal situations.
 Good morning /afternoon / evening.
 It was a pleasure seeing you!
 Goodbye.
 Goodnight (Note: use this when you were with the person before and after 8 pm).

Informal greetings: Departing


Use these greetings when saying goodbye in an informal situation.
 Nice seeing you!
 Goodbye / Bye
 See you later.
 Later (very informal).

Notes
Greeting someone when you are introduced.

Once you have been introduced to someone, the next time you see that person it is important to
greet them. We also greet people as we leave people. In English (as in all languages), there are
different ways to greet people in formal and informal situations.

Introduction (first) greeting: How do you do?

The question ‘How do you do?’ is only a formality. In other words, the question does not need
to be answered. It is a standard phrase used when meeting someone for the first time.
E.g.
Tom: Peter, I’d like to introduce you to Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith this is Peter Thompson.
Peter: How do you do?
Mr. Smith: How do you do?

Use the following phrases to say that you are happy to meet someone when introduced for the
first time.
 It’s a pleasure to meet you!
 It’s nice to meet you!

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