English Greeting Expressions

There are many ways of greeting people, both formal and informal

General greetings (Formal)

• Hello! • How are you? • How are you doing? • How is everything? • How’s everything going? • How have you been keeping? • I trust that everything is well.

General greetings (Informal)• Hi. • What’s up? • Good to see you. • How are things (with you)? • How’s it going? • How’s life been treating you?

Greeting a person you haven’t seen for a long time (Formal)

• It has been a long time. • It’s been too long. • What have you been up to all these

years? • It’s always a pleasure to see you. • How long has it been? • I’m so happy to see you again.

Greeting a person you haven’t seen for a long time (Informal)

• How come I never see you? • It’s been such a long time. • Long time no see. • Where have you been hiding? • It’s been ages since we last met.

The Responses• I’m fine• I’m Good• Not too bad• I’m good, What about you?

Simple Dialogue

Robert: Hi, I'm Robert Chartrand.Bill: Hi. I'm Bill Pellowe. Nice to meet you.Robert: Nice to meet you, too. What do you do?Bill: I'm a university teacher. How about you?Robert: Me too! What university do you teach at?Bill: I teach at Kinki University. And you?Robert: Oh, I teach at Kurume University

Pair Practice

A: Hi Corey.B: Hey, Jennifer. Good to see you. (hug)A: You too. How've you been?B: Busy, you?A: Pretty good. How's your new job?B: It's okay. There's a lot to learn. What's new with you?A: Not much. The kids are back at school.

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GOOD JOB