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Everyday Greetings

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Presented By

Nakhon Phanom University Language Institute

Mr. Joel D. AldrichB.A. Elementary EnglishM.A. English Comprehension

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Everyday Greetings

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Formal Greetings

• "Good morning.“

• "Good afternoon."

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Formal Greetings 2

"Good evening."

"Goodbye."

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Good Night

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"Good night."

"Good night."

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Special Greetings

"Happy Christmas."

"Merry Christmas."

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00.01 - 1st January

"Happy New Year!"

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"Happy Easter."

or etc....

"Good Luck!"

Special Greetings

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or etc...

"Congratulations!" "Well done!" or

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"Get well soon."

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Shaking Hands

When meeting someone formally for the first time, we shake their hand and sayor

isn't really a question, it just means

"How do you do?""Pleased to meet you."

"How do you do?""Hello".

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• There are many ways to greet someone. We’ll learn about the most common ways to greet someone in this lesson. We’ll give a variety of example sentences.

Greeting - Basic

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• "Hi, my name is Steve. It’s nice to meet you.“• You can respond to this by saying,• "It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m Jack."

• Another common question to ask is• "What do you do for a living?"

• You can respond to this by saying, • "I work at a restaurant.“• "I work at a bank.“• "I work in a software company.“• "I’m a dentist."

Greeting someone you never met:

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• Usually, you will not need to ask for a name. It is implied that each person should say their name. But in case they don’t, you can ask,

• "What is your name?"

• Many times, I don’t hear the name. If you would like for them to repeat their name, you can say,

• "What was that again?“• "Excuse me?“• "Pardon me?"

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• "Hey John, how have you been?”• "Hi Bob, how are you?”• "Hi Nancy, what have you been up to?”• "

Andy, it’s been a long time, how are you man?"

Greeting Someone you Know

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• If you meet someone unexpectedly, you can say,

• "Hey Jack, it’s good to see you. What are you doing here?’’

• Or

• "What a surprise. I haven’t seen you in a long time. How have you been?"

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• If you see the person at a restaurant, you can say,

• "Do you come to this restaurant often?"

• Or at the movie theatre,

• "What movie did you come to see?"

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• "Hi Steve, my name is Mike. It is nice to meet you as well."

• "I heard a lot about you from John. He had a lot of good things to say."

• "Wow. How long has it been? It seems like more than a year. I’m doing pretty well. How about you?"

Appropriate responses:

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• A typical response to this type of greeting is simple.• "Not too bad."

• If asked what you have been up to, you can respond with, • "Same ole same ole." • Or, • "The same as usual."

Appropriate Responses 2

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• "I’m pretty busy at work these days, but otherwise, everything is great.“

• "I’m doing very well.“

• "I finally have some free time. I just finished taking a big examination, and I’m so relieved that I’m done with it."

Here are some other example responses.

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• "I’ve been here a couple of times, but I don’t come on a regular basis.“

• "I come pretty often. This is my favorite restaurant.“

• "I can’t believe we haven’t seen each other before. I come here at least twice a week."

Restaurant Responses

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• "I came here to see Matrix Revolution. How about you?"

Movie Response

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• A: “Hi, how are you doing?”• B: “I’m doing great. How about you?”• A: “Not too bad.”• B: “Do you come to this restaurant often?”• A: “I’ve been here a couple of times, but I

don’t come on a regular basis. What have you been up to?”

• B: “I'm pretty busy at work these days, but otherwise, everything is great.”

• A: “Well, have a good evening.”• B: “You too.”

Examples

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• A: “It’s nice to meet you. My name is Jack.”• B: “I’m Steve. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”• A: “What was your name again?”• B: “Steve.”• A: “So Steve, What do you do for a living?”• B: “I work at the public library. How about

you?”• A: “I'm a University student.”• B: “That’s great. It was nice meeting you.”• A: “Yeah. It was a pleasure meeting you.”

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• A: “Hey Jack, it’s good to see you.”• B: “Wow. How long has it been? It seems

like more than a year. I’m doing pretty well. How about you?”

• A: “Not too bad.”• B: “What movie did you come to see?”• A: “I came here to see Matrix Revolution.

How about you?”• B: “I’m going to watch Finding Nemo.”

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Give me five!

When young people meet informally they sometimes say "Give me five!" and slap their hands together (high five).