FORMAL AND INFORMAL ENGLISH GREETINGS

GREETING FORMAL INFORMAL

HELLO

Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. Hello, (name). Hello!

Hey! Hi, (name) Hi there. Hello. Morning. Yo! What’s up?

ANSWERING (after “Hello”

greeting)

How are you? How are you doing? How are you this morning/afternoon/evening?

What’s new? What’s going on? How are ya? How have you been? What have you been up to? Whatcha been up to?

RESPONSES

Very well, thank you. And you? I am well. And you? Thank you for asking.

Nothing much. You? Not a whole lot. Just chilling. Just watching TV. I’m good. You? Not bad. Nothing to complain about.

GOODBYE

Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. It was nice talking with you. Goodbye. Have a great day. I hope to see you again soon. Take care.

Bye. See ya. See you later. Later. Great seeing you. Have a good one. Have fun. Take it easy.

English for Everyone – E4E – 8/23/2017