1. How to Greet?

2. Formal and Informal
• Formal greetings are
usually used when you are
speaking with your
employer or someone of
high authority examples
include Hello, Good
morning, Nice to meet you.
Informal greetings are
usually used when
speaking with friends or
relatives examples, hey,
how are ya, what's up.

3. Formal Greetings

4. Formal Greetings
• When meeting someone under formal circumstances such as in a business meeting or
meeting an important person for the first time, you might use some of these more formal
greetings. If you are ever in any sort of doubt as to whether you should use a formal or
informal greeting, it is always better to opt for the formal to avoid causing offence. If the
situation calls for an informal greeting, the other speaker will likely signal this.
• Good morning/afternoon/evening/day – These formal greetings are used as a replacement
for the word ‘hello’ and are often used in a formal setting depending on the time of day.
Usually, before 12 pm, you say ‘good morning,’ after 12 pm you say ‘good afternoon‘ and from
around 6 pm you say ‘good evening.’ You can use the term ‘good day’ at any point during the
morning or afternoon.
• How do you do? – This is quite an old-fashioned greeting, but it is still widely used in very
formal situations. You are likely to hear a reply such as ‘very well, thank you’ when asking this
question.
• Pleased to meet you – This is a greeting which is often used when meeting someone for the
first time. It is common in formal circumstances but may also be used in a less formal situation
on a first meeting.
• How are you doing? – This is a polite way of asking how someone is and is often used in
conjunction with words like ‘hello’ or ‘good morning/afternoon/evening’ etc

5. Informal Greetings

6. Informal Greetings
• There are many more informal greetings in English than there are formal ones and this is because most
situations call for a more laid back tone. We are now going to take a look at some informal greetings which
you can use with English speaking friends, family or anyone else that you are familiar with.
• Hi – This word, which is another word for ‘hello‘ is probably one of the most commonly used greetings in the
English language and something you will hear very frequently.
• Hiya – This is another take on the above mentioned ‘hi’ and is commonly used in the UK.
• Hey (there!) – Another variation on the word ‘hello’. this is used as a friendly, upbeat greeting.
• How’s it going? -This is an informal way to ask someone how they are and is used often in place of ‘hello.’
• How you doing? – Once again, this is a way of asking how someone is and is something that is commonly
said in English.
• Alright! – This is a very common greeting which is used to say hello to someone and is very common in the
UK.
• ‘Sup – More common in the USA, this greeting is a slang term meaning ‘what’s up?’ Many people will use
the term ‘what’s up’ but often it is shortened to ‘sup.
• Yo – This is another one which is more common in the USA, and is simply another way to say ‘hey, what’s
up?’
• How’s things/how’s life? – Rather than asking the more formal question ‘how are you?’ many people use
this less formal term.
• Long time, no see – This greeting is usually used when bumping into a person who you have not seen for a
long time.

7. How to introduce
yourself?

8. Formal
1)Formal beginning
2)Name
3)Place or address
4)Family
5)Education
6)Occupation
7)Hobbies and interests
8)qualities
9)Special achievements
10)Aim/ambition/goal in life
11)Age
12)Formal ending

9. • Here we go,
• Respected principal and all the dignitaries, good afternoon. I am going to
introduce myself.
• My name is John Max.
• I am from Orko City.
• We are a joint family of 6.
• I have completed a post-graduate degree in mechanical engineering.
• I am an engineer. I am working as a service engineer with LHC associates.
• My hobbies are reading, preparing machines and gardening.
• I am a kind, loving and helpful person.
• My special achievement is that I have won the young innovators’ award.
• My aim in life is to become a successful and satisfied person.
• I am 30 years old.
• This is all about myself. Thank you very much for listening to me.

10. Informal
1)Informal beginning
2)Name 3)Place
3)Family
4)Education
5)Occupation
6)hobbies
7)qualities
8)Special achievements
10)Age
11)Aim/ambition/goal in life
12)Informal ending.

11. • Here we go,
• Hello friends! good afternoon. I am going to introduce myself.
• My name is John Max.
• I am from Orko City.
• We are a joint family of 6.
• I have completed post-graduate degree in English literature.
• I am a lecturer. I am working as an English lecturer with LHC college.
• My hobbies are reading, preparing machines and gardening.
• I am a kind , loving and helpful person.
• My special achievement is that I have won the Creative teachers’ award.
• My aim in life is to become a successful teacher.
• I am 30 years old.
• This is all about myself. Thank you for listening to me.
• I am sure you will like this way of informal introduction.

13. Making requests:
• Will/Would/Can/Could you please…
Do you mind…?
Do you think you could…?
Do you think it would be possible to…?
Would it be possible for you to…?
Would there be any possibility of…
Would you be kind enough to…?
Would you mind…?
Can/could you… for me, please?
Could you possibly…
I’d appreciate it if you could…
Can/Could I ask you to…?
You couldn’t… could you?

14. What is the difference between asking
permission and making request?
•Permission is to take one's consent. It is a formal
action, whereas a request is a gentle and casual
way to ask. A request can be asked face to face
or on phone, while a permission could be face to
face or a written letter. Here are some great tips
on how to request someone.

16. Here is the common phrases that you could use when
someone want to ask for advice:
• What do you suggest?
• What do you advise me to do?
• What should I do (about…)?
• What ought I to do?
• What’s your advice?
• If you were me what would you do?
• What do you thing I should do (about…)?
• What would you suggest I do..?
• I should do about…?
• Can/Could you give me some advice (about…)
• What would you do (in this situation)?

17. Here is the common phrases that you could use when
someone want to give advice:
• If I were you, I would…
• Why don’t you …?
• You’d better …
• You ought to/should…
• If you take my advice, you’ll …
• It might be a good idea to …
• I advise you to…
• Have you thought about…?
• I think you should…
• Maybe you should…
• I suggest you…
• How about (verb + ing…)?
• You might try (verb + ing)
• I would advise you to…
• My advice would be to…

18. Declining to Give Advice (extra info)
• I don’t know what to advise, I’m afraid.
• I wish I could suggest something, but I can’t.
• I wish I could help.
• I’m afraid I can’t really help you.

19. Retelling Past Events
A recount is a retelling of past events or relating of past experiences.
- The importance of retelling stories is that it allows students to learn to
organize and describe events, which enhances reading comprehension.
Story retelling provides ELLs an opportunity to analyze stories and build
oral language as they acquire related vocabulary