GREETING

GREETING

Everyday Greetings

 Morning

                English listening "Good Morning."

 Afternoon

                English listening "Good Afternoon."

 Evening

                English listening "Good Evening."

Goodbye

                English listening "Goodbye."

Night

                English listening "Good Night"

               

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bed

                "Good night."';

Special Greetings

Santa Claus                      English listening "Happy Christmas." or English listening "Merry Christmas."-=[

00.01 - 1st January              English listening "Happy New Year!"

Easter                             English listening "Happy Easter."

drivetest or Testetc....   English listening "Good Luck!"

Pass Test or Graduation etc...     English listening "Congratulations!" or English listening "Well done!"

Get well                               English listening "Get well soon."

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".

High 5

                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?

Mrs Breuer:        Not too bad. Mr Bean, this is my husband Michael, Michael this is Mr 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.

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Formal to Informal Greetings and Introductions

First meetings

               

Formal 

- Introducing yourself

               

- Introducing others

               

Responding to an introduction  

On Leaving

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    How do you do? My name is Mrs Nadia.

    Mrs Hand, may I introduce my boss, Mr Smith.

    Pleased to meet you Mrs Nadia.

    Goodbye. It's a pleasure to have met you.

    Hello, Lynne Hand. I'm the owner of this web site.

    Lynne, I'd like you to meet John Smith, our salesman. John, this is Lynne Hand.

    Pleased to meet you Lynne.

    Goodbye. Nice to have met you.

    Lynne Hand.  

    Lynne, meet John, my husband. John, this is my teacher Lynne.

    Hi, Lynne. How are you?          

    Bye. It was nice to meet you.

 

Informal              

Subsequent meetings

               

Formal

Possible Greetings

               

Possible responses

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    Hello, Mrs Hand.  It's nice to see you again.

    What a pleasant surprise! How are you? It's been a while.

    Good morning Mrs Hand.  How are you today?

    I'm very well thank you.  And you?

    Good afternoon, Mrs Hand.  It's good to see you.

    Thank you.  It's nice to see you too.  How are you?

    Hello Lynne.  How are you doing?

    Fine thanks.  What's new with 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