Greetings& introductions 1
- 1. Greetings & Introductions Teacher: Phacharida
- 2. Greeting People Formal Informal Responses Hello Morning IF GOOD Good morning Hi / Hey / Yo Great/nice/Fantastic How are you? What's up? IF SO-SO How do you do? How is it going? Not bad/so so/ How’re you doing? I can’t complain. How is everything? How are things? IF BAD Bad/Lousy/ Not good
- 3. Example 1 : Informal (You can use it greet your friends or a familiar person.) • Bob : Hello, Joy. • Joy : Hi Bob. Nice to see you. How’re things? • Bob : So….so, thanks. • Joy : How was your birthdays? • Bob : It was very lovely, that’s a pity. You didn’t join us. • Joy : Sorry. I hope to join with us later. • Bob : Don’t worry. Bye, see you then. • Joy : Bye. Lucky you!
- 4. Example 2 : formal (You can use it greet someone you do not know well or older then you. ) • Mr. Somsak: Good morning, Mr. Peter. • Mr. Peter.: Good morning, Mr. Somsak. How are you? • Mr. Somsak : I'm very well, thank you. And how are you? • Mr. Peter.: Quite all right, thank you.
- 5. Example 3 : formal (Meeting someone for the first time) • Tony : Hello, my name’s Tony. • Pattrick : Hi, Tony. I’m Pattrick. How do you do? • Tony : How do you do? *How do you do? = use a formal greeting when you meet somebody for the first time and the reply to this question is to repeat the phrase, How do you do?
- 6. Introduction People Introducing yourself Introducing other people Can/ May I introduce myself? Can/May I introduce my My name’s …. friend? Let me introduce myself. This is … . My name’s … . Have you met … ? I would like you to meet … Hello. My name is…..? I want you to meet …
- 7. Additional sentences • How do you do? - How do you do? • Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, too. • Please, call me … . - Then you must call me …
- 8. Practice • Make up a conversation about “Greetings” in pair. Example Mike : Good morning, Mr.Barry. Barry : Good morning, Mike. Mike : How are you this morning? Barry : Very well, thank you. Mike : Did you have a nice week-end? Barry : Yes, thank you.