Greetings

Introduction - Farewell
 Introduction

• How to greet people in formal and informal context

• How to make small introduction
How to greet people (informal
context)
Here are a few examples to greet them:
• Hello
• Hey Nadia, how you doing?
• Alright Matt, how’s it going?
• Alright Carrie! How are you?

In England and Australia, people usually use mate while saying

alright that means friend. So, it will be “Alright mate! How’s it
going?”
How to greet people (informal
context)
Here are a few examples to ask them how they are:
• How are you?
• Hello Carrie, you alright?
• Hey Jane, how you doing?
• Hey Jane, how you going?
• How’s it going?
How to greet people (informal
context)
Here are a few examples to respond when you’re asked how
you are:
• Fine, thanks!
• Yeah, not bad, not bad.
• Good, thanks!
• Alright, thanks
• OK, thanks!
• Very well, thanks!’
How to greet people
(formal context)
Here are a few examples:
• Good morning, sir.
• Good morning, madam.
• Good morning, sir. It’s a real honour to have you here.
• Hello Madeleine. It's lovely to see you again.
• It's been a long time, hasn’t it?
• How are things with you?
 Introduction
Hello, excuse me… I’m sorry, I don’t mean to
interrupt…um, I just wanted to introduce
myself, um, I’m Bob Reddington from
Reddington Papers.
How to introduce yourself
Starts off with the simple greeting
• Hello

then apologies for coming up to her while she is speaking to someone else
• Hello, excuse me. I’m sorry, I don’t mean to interrupt.

tell them who you are

• I just wanted to introduce myself, um, I’m Bob Reddington from Reddington
Papers.
• I like to introduce myself…
• I’d like to introduce myself…
• My name’s Miss Smith and I work in accounts.
 Introduction
A: Hello, excuse me… I’m sorry, I don’t mean to
interrupt…um, I just wanted to introduce myself,
um, I’m Bob Reddington from Reddington
Papers.
B: Oh, hello, nice to meet you. I don’t believe
we’ve met before.
A: Um, no we haven’t. I have seen you from afar
at a- I think it was one of Charles’s
pool parties.
How to respond
Expressing pleasure to have met someone:
• Nice to meet you.
• Pleased to meet you.
• It’s a pleasure to meet you.
• Very nice to meet you.

Check the relationship:

• I don’t believe we’ve met before.
• I don’t think we’ve actually met formal yet.

Returning the compliment:

• Likewise.
• And you.

“Oh, hello, nice to meet you. I don’t believe we’ve met before.”
 Conversation

A: Uh, good evening, um, Mr Jones, isn’t it?

B: That’s right, yes, hello.
A: Hi, it’s a lovely party you’ve put on here.
B: Oh, well, glad you’re enjoying it!
A: I don’t think we’ve actually met formally
yet.
B: No, no I don’t think we have.
A: My name’s Miss Smith and I work in
accounts.
 Conversation

A: Hello, Mrs. Chapman, it’s a pleasure to meet

you.
B: Likewise.
 Farewell

• How to say goodbye in English

Example
Right then, I suppose it’s time I made a move!

Right then, a way of getting attention and signals It’s time I made a move, a way of saying ‘It’s time
that speaker is about to do something or make a for me to go’.
suggestion.
Several variations of right then, I
suppose It's time I made a move.
• Well, I suppose it’s time I made a move!
• OK, I suppose it’s time we made a move!
• All right guys, I suppose it’s time to make a move!
• Anyway, I suppose it’s time I made a move!

You could also say I’m going to make a move instead of I

supposed it’s time I made a move.
Example
Right, I’m going to make a move! See you later!

See you later, an expression we hear very often when

friends say goodbye to each other, usually when they are
going to see each other quite soon.
See you later!
You could also be more specific about when you will
see them.
• That’s me finished for the day. See you all tomorrow,
everybody!
• See you tonight!
• Alright, well, I’ll see you on Monday.
• See you at the party!
Example
Right guys, I’m off, I’ll see you later!

I’m off, another quite informal way of saying that you are
going.
I’m off

• Right, lovely to see you all – I’m off now, bye!

• OK, I’m off! See you tomorrow!
• Right, that’s me off, guys!
Example
It’s been lovely to see you or good to see you again.

Another thing you might do when saying goodbye is

showing pleasure at having see the person. You
could use phrases like it’s been lovely to see you or
good to see you again.
It’s been lovely to see
you.
• It’s been lovely seeing you.
• Right, lovely to see you all. I’m off now, bye!
• Good to see you again!
• Nice to see you!
Example
It’s been nice to catch up.

If it’s someone you haven’t seen for a

while. You could say it’s been nice to
catch up or well, I’m going to have
to go but it’s been nice to catch up
or nice to catch up again and I’ll see
you soon.
And it’s always nice to wish people a
pleasant time.
• Nice to see you, have a good night!
• Bye James, have a good day!
• All right, well, have a good weekend!
If you’ve been someone’s guest, it is
of course normal to thank them.
• Andrew, thanks, it’s been a lovely evening.
• Thank you very much but we must be off, we have
to catch a train… um, thanks again for a lovely
evening!
• Thanks it’s been a lovely evening, but I ought to
think about heading home soon.
• Thanks again for all that lovely food and you must
come over to ours some time!
Another set of expressions that you might
find useful is language for leaving in a
hurry.
• I’m sorry, I’m gonna have to dash!
• I’ve just realized I’m gonna miss my train if I don’t go
now, but I’ll see you later - bye bye!
• Yikes! Is that the time! I’ve gotta go!
• I’m really sorry, but I’m gonna have to dash off to catch
my train.
• Sorry to have to leave so soon, but otherwise I’m gonna
miss my train - must dash!
• Cheerio!
Questions & answers
Invite questions from the audience