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Introducing and Greeting2

This document provides examples of formal and informal greetings, introductions, and goodbyes in English. It includes sample dialogues demonstrating how to greet someone formally by saying things like "Hello Mr. Jones" or "Good morning" and shaking hands. Sample informal greetings include "Hey" or "What's up?". The document also gives examples of introducing people to each other both formally, by saying "Teacher Paul, I'd like to introduce you to my friend Linda" and informally by just saying names. Common farewells both formally like "Have a good day" and informally like "See ya" are provided.

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Introducing and Greeting2

This document provides examples of formal and informal greetings, introductions, and goodbyes in English. It includes sample dialogues demonstrating how to greet someone formally by saying things like "Hello Mr. Jones" or "Good morning" and shaking hands. Sample informal greetings include "Hey" or "What's up?". The document also gives examples of introducing people to each other both formally, by saying "Teacher Paul, I'd like to introduce you to my friend Linda" and informally by just saying names. Common farewells both formally like "Have a good day" and informally like "See ya" are provided.

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Learning formal greetings introductions and goodbyes

basic conversation English lesson

Greetings, introductions and


goodbyes conversation

Introducing and greeting someone are the first thing we say to


someone or meet someone new. In this English lesson you will learn how to
greet, introduce, and say good bye to a person. The first part of the lesson
shows how to greet, introduce and say goodbyes in a formal manner the
part of the lesson shows how to do it in an informal way.

Formal and informal

Formal is more polite and also if you don't know the person.

In formal is used when talking to friends only!


Simple formal greetings, introductions and goodbyes conversation

Greetings Introductions Good-byes


Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample
sentence response sentence response sentence response
Hello, Mr. Hello. Teacher It’s a It was nice It was nice
Jones Paul, I’d like pleasure to meeting meeting you
Hello, Hello. to introduce meet you. / you. too.
teacher. you to my Pleased to
Good Good friend Linda meet you. It was nice Same to
morning. morning. to see you. you.
Good Good
afternoon. afternoon.
Good Good Have a good Thank you.
evening. evening. day. You too.
How are you? Fine, thank Good night / Good night /
you. Goodbye. Goodbye.

Simple informal greetings, introductions and goodbyes conversation

Greetings Introductions Good-byes


Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample
sentence response sentence response sentence response
Hey. Hi. Hey. Hi. Jane, this is Hi John. Nice Nice
John. He’s in to meet you. meeting
my class. you.
How are ya? I’m good. All Take it easy. You too.
right.
How are Pretty good. Hi. My I’m Jack. Nice Take care.
things? name’s to meet you.
How’s it goin? OK. Not Jason. I’m off. OK, bye.
bad.
How ya doin? I’m doin I gotta go.
good.
See ya. See
What’s up? Nothin So long.
ya later.
What’s new? much. Not a See ya.
Bye.
What’s whole lot. See ya later.
happenin? Nothin.
What are you Nothin Bye.
up to? special. Not
What’s goin much.
on?

Learn English Basics

English Greetings

EVERYDAY GREETINGS

"Good morning."
"Good afternoon."
"Good evening."
"Goodbye."

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".


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,


Mrs Breuer: Michael this is Mr Bean my English teacher.

Mr Breuer: Pleased to meet you.

Pleased to meet you too. Are you from Germany,


Mr Bean: Mr Breuer?

Yes, East Germany, from Dresden. And you, are


Mr Breuer: 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.
 Lynne  Lynne,  Hi, Lynne.  Bye. It
Hand. meet John, How are was nice
my you? to meet
husband. you.
John, this is
my teacher
Lynne.

INFORMAL
SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS
FORMAL POSSIBLE GREETINGS POSSIBLE RESPONSES
 Hello, Mrs  What a pleasant
Hand. It's surprise! How are you?
nice to see It's been a while.
you again.

 Good morning  I'm very well thank


Mrs Hand. How you. And you?
are you today?

 Good afternoon,  Thank you. It's nice to


Mrs Hand. It's see you too. How are
good to see you. you?

 Hello Lynne. How  Fine thanks. What's


are you doing? new with you?
 Hi, Lynne! How's  Not too bad, busy as
it going? ever.

 Hi, Lynne. How  Oh fine. You know how


are things? it is.

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