Hello, nice to meet

you.
Meeting and greeting people.
 Introducing myself

Hi, hows it going? Im Ed.

Nice to meet you.
Lets take a look at some greeting and
introduction scenes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx5oXvuL_Lw
 Meet and Greet!

Today we will talk about some common

ways to ask and answer How are you? in
English.
 Common Greetings

How are you?

Hows it going?
Howve you been?
 How are you?

Someone asks: How are you?

You respond: Im fine.

You can use How are you? to be polite.

But Americans will usually ask this question

and answer it in different ways.
 Hows it going?

If someone says: Hows it going?

(Short for How is it going?)
(Sounds like Howzit goin?)

You can answer:

Pretty good. = Im fine.
Not bad. = just okay or so-so.
A more casual and much more common way
to greet someone. Hey,.
Hey, hows it going?

If youre feeling good, you can say:

Good. Great!
Pretty good.
Not bad.

Note: These responses are specific to this question. If you respond

Im fine it sounds strange.
Hey, hows it going?

But if youre not feeling good, you can say:

Not so good.
Not great.
Not so well.

If you answer this way, the other person will

usually say:
Why, whats wrong?
He or she may say this to be polite.
Another more casual and much more
common greeting: Whats up?

Whats up? (another way of saying hello)

Not much.
Nothing much.
Basic greetings
Hello / hi: used to greet somebody
good morning / morning: greeting said in
the morning
good afternoon: said after 12pm to
around 4 to 5pm
good evening: said when it gets dark
outside
Other partings

See you later or see ya later!

see ya
later
Take care
Have a nice day
Have a good evening
 Funny Greeting: Hi new neighbor!

TV Comedy Show: The Big Bang Theory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh-5ynIgFd0
 Meeting her father

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n26Tkvuz4lE
 Lets practice conversation!
Girls: Hey, howzit goin?
(Hey, how is it going?)

Boys: Not bad. Whats up with you?

Girls: Not much.

Boys: Whadaya doin later?

(What are you doing later?)

Girls: Jus some studying. Why?

(Just some studying.)

Boys: Wanna go to the movies or something?

Girls: Sure, thats cool. What time?

Boys: Around 8?

Girls: Okay, see you then. Talk to you later!

Boys: See ya later!

(See you later)
 Other basic ways of saying bye.

goodbye: said when parting

bye: short way of saying goodbye
goodnight: said usually as a parting at
night or going to bed
 Whadaya do?

What do you do?

What is your job?
What is your occupation?
What do you do for a living?
 What is your job?

Americans normally do not say:

What is your job?

This is too direct and awkward.

 What do you do?

I m a doctor.
I m a lawyer.
I m an engineer.
I m a musician.
Im an actor.
 Lets practice!
Nora, whadaya do? Im a __________.
Selvin, whadaya do? (occupation)
Elio, whadaya do?
Silvia, whadaya do? I work at a _______.
Jose, whadaya do? (location)
Mauricio, whadaya do?
Charitin, whadaya do? I work for ________.
Altagracia, whadaya do? (name of the company)
 Polite Responses

How interesting!
That must be exciting!
Oh really!
Thats cool!
Thats awesome!
 Memo

Whadaya do? What do you do?

Whadaya doin? What are you doing?
 Now lets talk about introducing people.

First we will look at some scenes.

Try to notice how the phrase this is is being
used.
Introducing people 1 (various short clips)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeEJhW0_gqA&feature=related
Introducing people 2 (scene from Friends)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQSObrt5t2k&feature=related
 Activity Time!

Introduce yourself
Tell me about your occupation
Introduce the person next to you
Tell me about his or her occupation
 Example

Me: Hi, my name is Edward. Nice to meet you.

You: Hi, Im ___________. Nice to meet you

too!

Me: What do you do?

You: I am a nurse. (or) I work for Disney.

Me: Who is this? (or) Whos this? (the person next to you)

You: This is ____________. He / she is a ____________.

He / she is from __________.

Me: Nice to meet you!

 Saying Good-bye

Page 13 examples

Im sorry, but I have to go now. Ill see you

later. Have a nice day!

Thanks, you too.

 Break time

I say, why dont we all take a break!