FORMAL GREETING

RESPONSES
Hello,

Good morning
Hello, good afternoon
Good afternoon
- Good noon/day
- Good noon/day
Good evening
Good evening
- Good night
- Good night
Im fine thank you
Hello, how are you
-Nice to meet you, too
-Nice to meet you

Time
Good morning after day break, before noon. (00.00
12.00 a.m)
Good afternoon after 12.00, before sunset.
16.00 p.m)

(12.00

Good day after day, before sunset,

(12.00 p.m)
Good evening after sunset, before bed time. (06.00
09.00 p.m)
Good night (09.00 00.00 a.m)
Note :

a.m = ante meridiem (00.00-12.00)

p.m= post meridiem (12.00-00.00)

INFORMAL GREETING

RESPONSES

- Morning

- Morning

- Afternoon

- Afternoon

- Evening

- Evening

- Hello, hi

- Terrific / great, and

you?
- Hello /hi

Initial greetings

Responding to initial
greetings

- Hi, hows life?

- Im fine , thank you

and how are you?

- How are you?

- Im very well
- How are you today?
- Fine thanks, and you?
- How are you this morning?
- Very well
- How are you doing?
- How are things

- Good /pretty
good/pretty well

- How is everything

- Not bad /all right

- How have you been?

- Just fine, thanks

- Whats news?

- All right thank

- Hows business?

- Pretty well, what about

you?

- Long time not see?

- Yeah!
- Hows life treating you?
- Okay
- Whats news?
- Terrific. And you?
- Hows everything?
- Just fine, thanks.
- Hows business?
- Great, thanks.
- Hows it going?
- Good to see you.

- Pretty well. What

about you?
- Excellent

Example :
Situation 1 : Soraya meets Adam at the cafeteria.
Soraya : Hello, Adam. How are you getting on?
Adam : Fine, thanks. How are you?
Soraya : Im very well. Thank you.
Adam : Have you finished your lunch?
Soraya : Yes, I have. Id better be going, or Ill be late at my office.
Goodbye, Adam.
Adam : Goodbye, Soraya. See you tomorrow.

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