English Greetings, Introductions and Farewells

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English Greetings, Introductions and Farewells

Naturally Speaking

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 nglish teacher.

Mr Breuer: !leased to meet you.

Mr Bean:!leased to meet you too. "re you from Germany, Mr Breuer?

Mr Breuer:#es, ast Germany, from $resden. "nd you, are you from %ondon?

Mr Bean:No, I'm from $erby, but I li&e in %ondon now.

Mrs

Breuer:ell, goodbye. Mr Bean, it was nice to see you.

Mr Bean: #es, goodbye.

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What to say

Everyday Greetings

"Good morning"

"Good afternoon"

"Good evening"

"Goodbye"

+ "Good night"

+ "Good night"

->Meeting


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o How are you? 0ine thanks. or 12.

o How are you? Not too bad thanks.

hen lea&ing, you say Goodbye.

Bye is more informal.

hen lea&ing at night, you say Goodnight.

hen going to bed you say Goodnight.

Special Greetings

!peia# Greetings

"$appy %hristmas&"or "Merry %hristmas&"

''&'( - (st )anuary "$appy *e ,ear"

"$appy Easter&"

or et&&&&

"Good .u/"

or et&&&

"%ongratu#ations"or"0e## done"

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"Get e## soon&"

Shaking Hands

hen meeting someone formally for the first time, we

shake their hand and say "$o do you do1 or

"#eased to meet you&"

How do you do? isn't really a 4uestion, it 5ust means

$e##o.

hen young +eo+le meet informally they sometimes

say Give me five6 and sla+ their hands together 7highfi&e8.

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*atura##y spea/ing

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 nglish teacher.

Mr Breuer:!leased to meet you.

Mr Bean:!leased to meet you too. "re you from Germany, Mr Breuer?

Mr Breuer: #es, ast Germany, from $resden. "nd you, are you from%ondon?

Mr Bean:No, I'm from $erby, but I li&e in %ondon now.

Mrs Breuer: ell, goodbye Mr Bean, it was nice to see you.

Mr Bean: #es, goodbye.

Formal to Informal Greetings and Introductions

2irst meetings

2orma# 3ntroduing yourse#f 3ntroduing others Responding to an

introdution

How do you do? My

name is Mrs Hand.

Mrs Hand, may I

introduce my boss,Mr :mith.

!leased to meet you

Mrs Hand.

Hello, %ynne Hand.

I'm the owner of thisweb site.

%ynne, I'd like you

to meet ;ohn :mith,our salesman. ;ohn,

this is %ynne Hand.

!leased to meet you

%ynne.

%ynne Hand, the %ynne, meet ;ohn, Hi, %ynne. How are


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owner. my husband. ;ohn,this is my friend

%ynne.

you?

3nforma#

!ubse4uent meetings

2orma# Greeting Responding

Hello, Mrs Hand. It's nice tosee

you again.

hat a +leasant sur+rise6 How are

you? It's been a while.

Good morning Mrs Hand. How

are you today?

I'm &ery well thank you. "nd you?

Good afternoon, Mr =eed. It's

good to see you.

>hank you. It's nice seeing you

too. How are things going?

Hello !etra. How are you doing? 0ine thanks. hat's new with you?

Hi, $ieter6 How's it going? Not too bad, busy as e&er.

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