English Greeting Expressions There are many ways of

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.

EXPRESS A NEW DIALOGUE WITH YOUR CLOSE FRIEND MAKE YOUR OWN WORD USING THE EXAMPLE

GOOD JOB