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GREETING
EXPRESSIONS
GENERAL GREETINGS
(FORMAL)
 Hello!
 Good Morning/ Afternoon/ Evening/ Night
 How are you?
 How are you doing?
 How is everything?
 It’s a pleasure to meet you / Nice to meet you.
 Thank you.
 Goodbye / I must go now.
GENERAL GREETINGS (INFORMAL)

 Hi.
 What’s up?
 Good / Nice to see you.
 How are things (with you)?
 How’s it going?
 Have a good day/ week/ weekend, etc.
 Bye / See you / See you later / see you soon.
 SIMPLE DIALOGUE
Robert: Hi, I'm Robert.
Bill: Hi. I'm Bill. Nice to meet you.
Robert: Nice to meet you, too. What do you do?
Bill: I'm a university teacher. How about you?
Robert: Me too! What university do you teach at?
Bill: I teach at Kinki University. And you?
Robert: Oh, I teach at Kurume University
Bill: It was a pleasure. I must go now.
Robert: Good bye!
PAIR PRACTICE
A: Hi John.
B: Hey, Jennifer. Good to see you. (hug)
A: You too. How've you been?
B: Busy, you?
A: Pretty good. How's your new job?
B: It's okay. There's a lot to learn. What's new
with you?
A: Not much. The kids are back at school.
B: OK. See you later!
EXPRESS A NEW DIALOGUE
WITH YOUR CLOSE FRIEND