English as a Second Language (ESL) ELT » provides http://www.elt-ingilizce.com ELT-English tools and resources for students, teachers, learners and academics. Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:49:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 English Greetings http://www.elt-ingilizce.com/english-greetings/ http://www.elt-ingilizce.com/english-greetings/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:43:26 +0000 Ahmet YILDIRIMOĞLU http://www.elt-ingilizce.com/?p=226 Everyday Greetings
morning
 “Good morning.”
afternoon
 “Good afternoon.”
evening
 “Good evening.”
Goodbye
 “Goodbye.”
night
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Goodbye
 “Good night.”
night
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bed
 “Good night.”

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Special Greetings

Santa Claus “Happy Christmas.” or  “Merry Christmas.”
00.01 – 1st January “Happy New Year!”
Easter “Happy Easter.”
drivetest or Testetc…. “Good Luck!”
PassTest orGraduation etc… “Congratulations!” or  “Well done!”
Get well “Get well soon.”

Shaking Hands

Introductions
 When meeting someone formally for the first time, we shake their hand and say “How do you do?” or “Pleased to meet you.”

“How do you do?” isn’t really a question, it just means “Hello”.
High 5
 When young people meet informally they sometimes say “Give me five!” and slap their hands together (high five).
Generally we do not shake hands with people we know well.

Naturally speaking

You say hello, and I say goodbye!

Follow the dialogue.

Mr Bean meets Mrs Breuer, one of his students, and her husband in the street.

Mr Bean: Good morning, Mrs Breuer.
Mrs Breuer: Good morning, Mr Bean. How are you?
Mr Bean: I’m fine thanks, and you?
Mrs Breuer: Not too bad. Mr Bean, this is my husband Michael, Michael this is Mr Bean my English teacher.
Mr Breuer: Pleased to meet you.
Mr Bean: Pleased to meet you too. Are you from Germany, Mr Breuer?
Mr Breuer: Yes, East Germany, from Dresden. And you, are you from London?
Mr Bean: No, I’m from Derby, but I live in London now.
Mrs Breuer: Well, goodbye Mr Bean, it was nice to see you.
Mr Bean: Yes, goodbye.

Formal to Informal Greetings and Introductions

First meetings
Formal
Introducing yourself
Introducing others
Responding to an introduction
On Leaving
  • How do you do? My name is Mrs Hand.
  • Mrs Hand, may I introduce my boss, Mr Smith.
  • Pleased to meet you Mrs Hand.
  • Goodbye. It’s a pleasure to have met you.
  • Hello, Lynne Hand. I’m the owner of this web site.
  • Lynne, I’d like you to meet John Smith, our salesman. John, this is Lynne Hand.
  • Pleased to meet you Lynne.
  • Goodbye. Nice to have met you.
  • Lynne Hand.
  • Lynne, meet John, my husband. John, this is my teacher Lynne.
  • Hi, Lynne. How are you?
  • Bye. It was nice to meet you.
Informal
Subsequent meetings
Formal
Possible Greetings
Possible responses
  • Hello, Mrs Hand.  It’s nice to see you again.
  • What a pleasant surprise! How are you? It’s been a while.
  • Good morning Mrs Hand.  How are you today?
  • I’m very well thank you.  And you?
  • Good afternoon, Mrs Hand.  It’s good to see you.
  • Thank you.  It’s nice to see you too.  How are you?
  • Hello Lynne.  How are you doing?
  • Fine thanks.  What’s new with you?
  • Hi, Lynne! How’s it going?
  • Not too bad, busy as ever.
  • Hi, Lynne. How are things?
  • Oh fine. You know how it is.
Informal

!Note – on first meetings say, “It’s nice to meet you“. For future meetings say, “It’s nice to see you again“.

Regular Video:

with Closed Captions (English subtitles):


This video includes both versions. First the Regular version, and then the same video with Closed Captions:


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