Greetings
Teacher: Luciana Viter
• Hi! (less formal)• Hello!• Good Morning.• Good afternoon.• Good evening.• How are you?
• Goodbye (bye).• See you.• See you later.• See you next week.• Good night.• Have a nice day
(stay) (trip) ...
Greetings Farewells
Greetings Gestures around the World
Other Greeting Gestures
A wave Thumbs up
Thumbs down
Other Greeting Gestures
A high five A fist bump
Greetings ResponsesMore
formal
Less formal
- How are you?- How’ve you been?- How do you do?
- What’s up?- What’s happening?- What’s new?
- How are you doing?- How’s it going?
- Fine, thanks. And you?- Not bad, thank you.
- Nothing.
- Not much.
- Pretty good.- OK.- Not bad.
Pre-closings ResponsesMore
formal
Less formal
- Well, I’m afraid I have to go. (I’ve got to get up early tomorrow.)
- It’s been a pleasure.- Thank you for the advice.
- It’s getting late. I really must go now. - It was nice to see you.
- Thank you for coming.
- My pleasure.- It was good (nice) to see you.
- See you again.- Ok, see you.
Closings ResponsesMore
formal
Less formal
- Until the next time.- Good night.
- Have a nice (day, evening, weekend…).- Talk to you later.
- See you later (tomorrow).- Keep in touch.- Stay in touch.
- Goodbye- Good night.
- You, too.- Bye. Take it easy.
- So long. - Take care.
Polite Expressions (Thanks)Thanks
• Thank you.
• Thank you so much (stronger).• Thank you (for your help (...).
• Thanks (less formal).• Thanks a lot (less formal).
Common Responses• You’re welcome.*
• Not at all.• (It’s) my pleasure.• The pleasure was mine.• Don’t mention it.
• That’s ok (less formal).• No problem (less formal).• Any time (less formal).
Polite Expressions (Excuses)Excuses
• Excuse me.
• Sorry.• I’m sorry.• I’m sorry for it.• I am so sorry.
• Pardon me (more formal)• I beg you pardon (more formal)• I apologize for ... (more formal)
Common Responses• It’s all right.• It’s fine.
• It’s ok.• No problem.• It doesn’t matter.
• Don’t worry about it.• Don’t mention it.• Apology accepted.
Reference
ESCOBAR, Albina. English Around You 1 - Students Pack. 1. ed. São Paulo: Pearson Education do Brasil, 2011. (English Around You).