Tips for greetings in the English Language

1. GREETINGS AND INTRODUCTIONS
Greetings: formal and informal
Hello, …/ Hi, …
Good morning/ afternoon/ evening.
Good morning Nice to see you.
I’m glad to see you.
I’m glad to see you.
How are you?
I am Fine, thanks. And you?
I am - Very well. And you?
How are things? - Not too bad,
thanks.
How is your family? – They are fine.
When Making contact
It is important to use the titles:
Mr./Mrs./Miss/Ms.
Excuse me, are you Mrs. …?
Hello, you must be Mrs. ….
You are Mr. …, aren’t you?
How do you do?
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.
Please, call me ….
You may call me ….
Introducing oneself
My name’s Peter.
Let me introduce myself.
May I introduce myself?
I’d like to introduce myself.
Introducing someone else
May I introduce a good friend.
Let me introduce you my…
Hello, this is….
Have not you met him before?
I’d like you to meet my brother.
Saying Good-byes
Goodbye (formal). Bye / (informal).
See you soon.
See you later.
Until tomorrow.
I must to go.
It’s getting late.
….
Today, I have a lot of things to do.
The traffic will get too bad soon.
I’ve enjoyed talking to you.
It’s been interesting talking to you.
It was nice meeting you again
Thank you for (all) your help.
Have a good trip.
Have a good weekend.
Enjoy the rest of your stay.
I really enjoyed meeting you, too.
I hope to see you again.
I look forward to meet you again.
Practice: Greetings and
Introductions
A (I) How do you do?
(ii) How are you?
B (I) Excuse me, are you Mrs. Kant?
(ii) Sorry, I don’t know your name.
C (I) Let me introduce myself?
D (I) This is Mary.
E (I) Goodbye. It’s been nice talking to
you.
(ii) See you the.
F (I) I got to go now.
(ii) I’m afraid I must be going soon.

2. Figure 1. prepared by the author
DIFFERENT WAYS OF MAKINGINVITATIONS
Neutral way
I was wondering if you would like to
join us.
Perhaps you would like to have lunch
at my place.
They wanted to invite you to dinner.
I thought you might like to try some of
our local dishes.
There’s a really nice place just a few
minutes from here/ round the corner/
down the road.
There’s a pretty good place you might
like which specializes in fish.
There’s a great new place with a
fantastic view of the city.
Informal way
How about going for a drink?
What about going out to the movie?
Why not stay home instead?
It is a really nice place just a few
Shall we meet tonight to discuss it?
Let’s discuss it later over a drink.
Accepting an invitation
That’s very nice from you.
Thank you for inviting me.
I’d like that very much.
That’d be very nice.
I’ll look forward t meet you.
Yes, please.
That’s a good idea.
What a good occasion.
That sounds great.
That sounds fun.