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Learning formal greetings introductions and goodbyes basic conversation English lesson

Greetings, introductions and goodbyes conversation

Introducing and greeting someone are the first thing we say to someone or meet someone new. In this English lesson you will learn how to greet, introduce, and say good bye to a person. The first part of the lesson shows how to greet, introduce and say goodbyes in a formal manner the part of the lesson shows how to do it in an informal way.

Formal and informal

Formal is more polite and also if you don't know the person.

In formal is used when talking to friends only!

Simple formal greetings, introductions and goodbyes conversation

Greetings		Introductions		Good-byes
Sample sentence	Sample response	Sample sentence	Sample response	Sample sentence	Sample response
Hello, Mr. Jones	Hello.	Teacher Paul, I’d like to introduce you to my friend Linda	It’s a pleasure to meet you. / Pleased to meet you.	It was nice meeting you.	It was nice meeting you too.
Hello, teacher.	Hello.			It was nice meeting you.	It was nice meeting you too.
Good morning.	Good morning.			It was nice to see you.	Same to you.
Good afternoon.	Good afternoon.			It was nice to see you.	Same to you.
Good evening.	Good evening.			Have a good day.	Thank you. You too.
How are you?	Fine, thank you.			Good night / Goodbye.	Good night / Goodbye.

Simple informal greetings, introductions and goodbyes conversation

Greetings		Introductions		Good-byes
Sample sentence	Sample response	Sample sentence	Sample response	Sample sentence	Sample response
Hey. Hi.	Hey. Hi.	Jane, this is John. He’s in my class.	Hi John. Nice to meet you.	Nice meeting you.	You too.
How are ya?	I’m good. All right.	Jane, this is John. He’s in my class.	Hi John. Nice to meet you.	Take it easy.
How are things?	Pretty good.	Hi. My name’s Jason.	I’m Jack. Nice to meet you.	Take care.
How’s it goin?	OK. Not bad.	Hi. My name’s Jason.	I’m Jack. Nice to meet you.	I’m off.	OK, bye.
How ya doin?	I’m doin good.			I gotta go.	See ya. See ya later. Bye.
What’s up?	Nothin much. Not a whole lot. Nothin. Nothin special. Not much.			So long.
What’s new?				See ya.
What’s happenin?				See ya later.
What are you up to?				Bye.
What’s goin on?

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