8/17/2019 Formal vs Informal Chart

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ENGLISH CULTURE

Formal Conversation

Greetings Introductions Good-byes

Sample sentence Sample response Sample sentence Sample response Sample sentence Sample response

Hello, Mr. Smith Hello. Dr. White, I’d liketo introduce ou to

R!chel.

It’" ! #le!"ure tomeet ou. $ %le!"ed

to meet ou.

It &!" nice meetin'ou.

It &!" nice meetin'ou too.Hello, doctor. Hello.

Good mornin'. Good mornin'. It &!" nice to "ee ou. S!me to ou.

Good !(ternoon. Good !(ternoon.

Good e)enin'. Good e)enin'. H!)e ! 'oodd!$!(ternoon$e)enin'$

&eekend

Th!nk ou. *outoo.

Ho& !re ou+ ine, th!nk ou.

-er &ell th!nk

ou.

Good ni'ht. Good ni'ht

Ho& do ou do+ Ho& do ou do+ Goode. Goode.

Informal Conversation

Greetings Introductions Good-byes

Sample sentence Sample response Sample sentence Sample response Sample sentence Sample response

He. Hi. He. Hi. /nn, thi" i" 0im.

He’" in m cl!"".

Hi 0im. Nice to

meet ou.

 Nice meetin' ou.

*ou too.Ho& !re !+ I’m 'ood. /ll ri'ht. T!ke it e!".

Ho& !re thin'"+ %rett 'ood. Hi. M n!me’"

0ohn.

I’m D!)e. Nice to

meet ou.

T!ke c!re.

Ho&’" it 'oin'+ 12. Not !d. I’m o((. 12, e.

Ho& ou doin'+ I’m doin' 'ood. I h!)e to 'o.

See ou. See oul!ter. 3e.

Wh!t’" u#+ Nothin' much. Not! &hole lot.

 Nothin'. Nothin'"#eci!l. Not much.

So lon'.

Wh!t’" ne&+ See ou.

Wh!t’" h!##enin'+ See ou l!ter.

Wh!t !re ou u# to+ 3e.

Wh!t’" 'oin' on+