Hello, nice to meet you.

Meeting and greeting people.

Introducing myself

Hi, how’s it going? I’m Ed.

Nice to meet you.

Let’s take a look at some greeting and introduction scenes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx5oXvuL_Lw

Meet and Greet!

Today we will talk about some common

ways to ask and answer “How are you?” in

English.

Common Greetings

How are you? How’s it going? How’ve you been?

“How are you?”

Someone asks: “How are you?”You respond: “I’m fine.”

You can use “How are you?” to be polite.

But Americans will usually ask this question and answer it in different ways.

How’s it going?

If someone says: “How’s it going?”(Short for “How is it going?”)(Sounds like “Howzit goin?”)

You can answer: “Pretty good.” = I’m fine.“Not bad.” = just okay or so-so.

A more casual and much more common way to greet someone. “Hey,….”

“Hey, how’s it going?”

If you’re feeling good, you can say: “Good.” “Great!” “Pretty good.” “Not bad.”

Note: These responses are specific to this question. If you respond“I’m fine” it sounds strange.

“Hey, how’s it going?”

But if you’re not feeling good, you can say:“Not so good.”“Not great.”“Not so well.”

If you answer this way, the other person will usually say: “Why, what’s wrong?”He or she may say this to be polite.

Another more casual and much more common greeting: “What’s up?”

What’s up? (another way of saying hello)

“Not much.” “Nothing much.”

Basic greetings

Hello / hi: used to greet somebody good morning / morning: greeting said in

the morning good afternoon: said after 12pm to

around 4 to 5pm good evening: said when it gets dark

outside

Other partings

See you later or see ya later! see ya later Take care Have a nice day Have a good evening

Funny Greeting: Hi new neighbor!

TV Comedy Show: The Big Bang Theory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh-5ynIgFd0

Meeting her father

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n26Tkvuz4lE

Let’s practice conversation!Girls: Hey, howzit goin? (Hey, how is it going?)

Boys: Not bad. What’s up with you?

Girls: Not much.

Boys: Whadaya doin later? (What are you doing later?)

Girls: Jus some studying. Why? (Just some studying.)

Boys: Wanna go to the movies or something?

Girls: Sure, that’s cool. What time?

Boys: Around 8?

Girls: Okay, see you then. Talk to you later!

Boys: See ya later! (See you later)

Other basic ways of saying bye.

goodbye: said when parting bye: short way of saying goodbye goodnight: said usually as a parting at

night or going to bed

Whadaya do?

What do you do?

What is your job?

What is your occupation?

What do you do for a living?

What is your job?

Americans normally do not say:

“What is your job?”

This is too direct and awkward.

What do you do?

I ‘m a doctor. I ‘m a lawyer. I ‘m an engineer. I ‘m a musician. I’m an actor.

Let’s practice!

Nora, whadaya do? I’m a __________.

Selvin, whadaya do? (occupation)

Elio, whadaya do?

Silvia, whadaya do? I work at a _______.

Jose, whadaya do? (location)

Mauricio, whadaya do?

Charitin, whadaya do? I work for ________.

Altagracia, whadaya do? (name of the company)

Polite Responses

How interesting! That must be exciting! Oh really! That’s cool! That’s awesome!

Memo

Whadaya do? What do you do? Whadaya doin? What are you doing?

Now let’s talk about introducing people.

First we will look at some scenes. Try to notice how the phrase “this is…” is being

used.

Introducing people 1 (various short clips)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeEJhW0_gqA&feature=related

Introducing people 2 (scene from “Friends”)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQSObrt5t2k&feature=related

Activity Time!

Introduce yourself Tell me about your occupation Introduce the person next to you Tell me about his or her occupation

Example

Me: Hi, my name is Edward. Nice to meet you.

You: Hi, I’m ___________. Nice to meet you too!

Me: What do you do?

You: I am a nurse. (or) I work for Disney.

Me: Who is this? (or) Who’s this? (the person next to you)

You: This is ____________. He / she is a ____________. He / she is from __________.

Me: Nice to meet you!

Saying Good-bye

Page 13 examples

I’m sorry, but I have to go now. I’ll see you

later. Have a nice day!

Thanks, you too.

Break time

I say, why don’t we all take a break!