GREETINGS AND INTRODUCTIONS

 Greetings  Good-byes

Hello, …/ Hi, … Good bye/ Bye/ I’ll say good bye/ See you later/
Good morning/ afternoon/ evening. See you soon.
Good/ Nice to see you again. I must go now.
I’m glad/ happy/ pleased to see you.

How are you? - Fine, thanks. And you?

How have you been? - Very well. And you?
How are things? - Not too bad, thanks.
How is your girlfriend? - She’s fine

 Introductions

Dialogue 1 Study toolbox

A - Hi! My name's Carmen. What's your Expressions to introduce yourself:
name?
B - I'm Paula.  My name is ...
A - Are you a new student?  I’m...
B - Yes, I am. I'm from Brazil. And where
 Let me introduce myself; I'm ...
are you from?
 I'd like to introduce myself; I'm ...
A - I'm from Spain.
 Nice to meet you; I'm ...
B - Nice to meet you.
A - Nice to meet you, too.  Pleased to meet you; I'm ...

Dialogue 2

Mike: Hi! Don.

Don: Hi! Mike. Who’s your friend?
Mike: Have you met Tina before?
Don: No, I don’t think so.
Mike: Don, this is my friend Tina. Tina,
this is my colleague Don.
Don: Hello Tina, it’s nice to meet you.
Tina: It’s nice to meet you, Don.

Study toolbox
Useful responses when introducing
yourself or other people:

 Nice to meet you.

 Pleased to meet you.
 Happy to meet you.
 How do you do?
A. Formal and Informal Greetings plus The Responses
Formal Greetings The Responses
- Good morning - Good morning
- Good afternoon - Good afternoon
- Good evening - Good evening
- How do you do? - How do you do
- How are you? - Very well, thanks / I am fine thanks / I
am not very well / Just so so / I am ok
Informal Greetings The Responses
- Hi - Hi
- Hello - Hello
- How are you doing? - Fine, thanks. And you?
- How have you been? - Very well, and you?
- How are things going? - Not too bad, thank.
- How’s it going? - I’m great.
- How’s everything? - Pretty good.
- How’s life? - Not so good. Not so bad.
- What’s new? - Nothing. I’m just studying.
- What’s happening? - I’m going to lunch.
- What’s going on? - I’ll go home soon.
- What’s up? - Not much. I’m tired.

Farewell
-It has been a pleasure, goodbye - I have to go now, bye
-Thank you for your time, goodbye - I’ll see you later/around
- Have a nice day, bye - Good bye/ Bye
- I’ll say good bye - See you later
- See you soon. - I must go now.

B. Introduction
Expressions to introduce yourself: Here are expressions to introduce Useful responses when introducing
others: yourself or other people:
 My name is ...
 I’m...  Cesar, please meet Nicolas.  Nice to meet you.
 Let me introduce myself; I'm ...  Cesar, have you met Nicolas?  Pleased to meet you.
 I'd like to introduce myself;  I’d like you to meet Ana.  Happy to meet you.
I'm...  I'd like to introduce you to Rina.  How do you do?
 Nice to meet you; I'm ...  Rina, this is Rebecca. Rebecca, this
 Pleased to meet you; I'm ... is Rina

Dialogue 1 Dialogue 2
Mike: Hi! Don.
Don : Hi! Mike. Who’s your friend?
Mike: Have you met Tina before?
Don : No, I don’t think so.
Mike: Don, this is my friend Tina. Tina, this is my
colleague Don.
B : Nice to meet you. Don : Hello Tina, it’s nice to meet you.
Tina : It’s nice to meet you, Don.
C. Let’s Write Yourselves Introduction

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D. Make Your Own Dialogue As The Example Above, Work In A Team

Dialogue 1, Introduce your salve.

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Dialogue 2, Introduce someone.

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