GreetingFormal greetings The formal uses to express to the older people Formal greetings Typical responses:•good morning•good afternoon•good evening•how are you?•how do you do? (first meeting)•good morning•good afternoon

Responses:•I am pretty good, thanks•I am just fine, thank you•every thing is always fine•I am very well•how do you do?

Informal greetings The informal commonly uses

for friends only Informal greetings

hello !hi !what’s up?how’s life?Typical responses :pretty goodwell I am okfine, thanksnot too bad

The dialogue cornerJohn : Hi..Tom,

how are you doing today?

Tom : pretty good thanks

John : is there any home work today?

Tom : yes, have you finished to do it?

John : yes I haveTom : well…glad to

see youJohn : glad to see

you too.

The Dialogue Corner Doni : Good morning Mr.

Tom Mr. Tom : Good morning Doni : How are today? Mr. Tom : I’m pretty

good, thanks Doni : excuse me Mr.

Tom, what company do you work for?

Mr. Tom : I work for Philips, what about you?

Doni : I work for coca cola. What do you do?

Mr. Tom : I see. I work in finance department

Doni : ok Mr. Tom it’s pleasure to talk to you, see you next time

Mr. Tom : see you

Introducing yourself and others

There is a range of ways tointroduce yourself andpeople

Introducing yourself:Here are expressions to

introduce yourself:My name is ...I'm ....Nice to meet you; I'm ...Pleased to meet you; I'm ...Let me introduce myself; I'm ...I'd like to introduce myself;

I'm ...

Introducing yourself and othersThere is a range of ways to introduce yourself and

people

Introducing yourself:Here are expressions to introduce yourself:My name is ...I'm ....Nice to meet you; I'm ...Pleased to meet you; I'm ...Let me introduce myself ; I'm ...I'd like to introduce myself ; I'm ...

Useful responses when introducing yourself or other people:

Nice to meet you.Pleased to meet you.Happy to meet you.How do you do?

Dialogue:Alex is talking to the new manager and his assitant.

Notice how they introduce themselves:Alex:Hi! My name is Alex Litterman, the new

manager.William:Hi! I'm William O'Brian. Nice to meet you, Mr Alex Litterman.John:William, please meet Mr Steve Lynch, my assistantJack:How do you do?Nicolas:How do you do?Things to remember:

When introducing yourself or other people in a formal situation use full names. ("I'm Alex Litterman.")

"How do you do?" isn't really a question, it just means "Hello