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Greetings and
Goodbyes
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Use to greet someone who you know or dont know.
Use FORMAL and INFORMAL greetings for differentsituations.
Greetings
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Use when you are speaking to a Person who
is new to you
or to someone who is senior to you
Formal Greetings
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Types of titles
Mr. Use for male if married or unmarried.
Miss. Use for an unmarried female.
Mrs. Use for a married female.
Ms. Use for an older female above 30+ orif they have divorced or separated.
Dr. Use for someone who has a doctorate.
Formal Greetings
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Examples
Hello, Mr Smith
Hello doctor.
Good morning/afternoon/evening.
How are you? How do you do?
Nice/Pleased/Delighted to meet you.
Formal Greetings
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Usually when we use formal greetings we also shake
hands. When it is between two males then handshake should
be firm and should last for only a second or so.
When a man is greeting a woman the handshake
should have a light touch and should be quick.
Formal Greetings
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When someone gives you a Formal Greeting there are
formal replies to use. These are the most common examples.
Hello, Mr Smith. Hello
Hello, doctor. Hello
Good morning. Good morning.
Good afternoon. Good afternoon.
Good evening. Good evening.
Formal Replies
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How are you?
I am fine thank you and you?
How do you do? How do you do?
Nice/Pleased/Delighted to meet you.
Nice/Pleased/Delighted to meet you too.
Formal replies.
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Use when you are speaking to a person who
is a friend
or is a colleague
Informal Greetings
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Examples
Hi or Hello
Morning/Afternoon/Evening.
Morning Mark!(note! use of the first name)
How are things? How you doing?
Hows it going?
Informal Greetings
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Here are some common examples of replies for
informal greetings.
Hi or Hello. Hey or Hi or Hello.
Morning ! Morning.
Afternoon! Afternoon. Evening ! Evening.
Morning Mark! Morning John.
Informal Replies
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How are things? Theyre ok or Pretty good.
How you doing? Im doing well/good.
Hows it going? Ok. Not too bad.
Informal Replies
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When greeting someone you should not say
Good night as this is an expression of goodbye.
Do not use informal when directing to a more seniorperson than yourself unless they have asked you todo so.
What not to say.
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Formal Greetings 1.
A: Hello Mr Jones. How do you do?
B: Hello Mr Smith. How do you do?
(this is a greeting and not a question!)
Example Dialogues.
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Formal Greetings 2.
A: Good morning.
B: Good morning. How are you?
A: I am fine thank you, and you?
B: I am fine thank you too.
Example Dialogues
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Informal Greetings 1.
A: Morning!
B: Morning, Hows things?
A: Theyre good. What about you?
B: Theyre ok.
Example Dialogues
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Informal Greetings 2.
A: Hi, Hows it going?
B: Hi, Its going ok. How about you?
A: Things are ok, thanks.
Example Dialogues
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We also use different language for saying Goodbye.
Use both FORMAL and INFORMAL for differentsituations.
Goodbyes
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The way you say goodbye depends on the type of
relationship that you have with a person. If they are in a senior position to you, you would be
more formal towards them.
If they are a friend or colleague you would not be as
formal.
Saying Goodbye
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Examples of Formal Goodbyes
It was nice meeting you.
Have a good day.
Good evening. Good bye.
Goodnight.
I look forward to meeting you again.
Formal style Goodbyes
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Examples of Formal Goodbyes and replies.
It was nice meeting you.
It was nice to meet you too.
Have a good day. Thank you, you too.
Good evening/Goodbye.
Good evening / Goodbye.
Formal style Goodbyes
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Goodnight. Goodnight.
I look forward to meeting you again.
I look forward to meeting you too.
Formal Style Goodbyes
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Usually used between friends and colleagues.
Take care. Bye!
Bye. Bye-bye!
See you. See you later. See you tomorrow. See ya.
Cheers!
Informal Goodbyes
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Usually used between friends and colleagues.
Take care. Bye! Take care too.
Bye. Bye-bye! Bye. Or Bye-bye.
See you. See you later. See you tomorrow. See ya.
See you. See you too. Yes, see you tomorrow. See yatoo.
Cheers! Cheers, Bye.
Informal Goodbyes