GREETING ,

INTRODUCING SELF
AND OTHERS
EXPRESSIONS

Greeting

Formal greetings
The formal uses to express to the
older people Formal Greetings
Typical Responses:
good morning
good afternoon
good evening
how are you?
how do you do? (first meeting)
good morning
good afternoon

Responses:

I am pretty good, thanks

I am just fine, thank you
every thing is always fine
I am very well
how do you do?

Informal greetings
The informal commonly uses
The dialogue corner
for friends only Informal greetings John : Hi..Tom, how are
you
hello !
doing today?
Tom : pretty good thanks
hi !
John : is there any home
whats up?
work today?
Tom : yes, have you
hows life?
finished to do it?
Typical responses :
John : yes I have
Tom : wellglad to see
pretty good
you
well , I am ok
John : glad to see you
too.
fine, thanks
not too bad

The Dialogue Corner

Doni
Mr. Tom
Doni
Mr. Tom
Doni
you

: Good morning Mr. Tom

: Good morning
: How are today?
: Im pretty good, thanks
: excuse me Mr. Tom, what company do

work for?
Mr. Tom : I work for Philips, what about you?
Doni
: I work for coca cola. What do you do?
Mr. Tom : I see. I work in finance department
Doni
: Ok Mr. Tom its pleasure to talk to you,
see you
next time
Mr. Tom : see you

Introducing yourself and

others
There is a range of ways to
introduce yourself and
people
Introducing yourself:
Here are expressions to
introduce yourself:
My name is ...
I'm ....
Nice to meet you; I'm ...
Pleased to meet you; I'm ...
Let me introduce myself;
I'm ...
I'd like to introduce myself;
I'm ...

Introducing yourself and others

There is a range of ways to introduce
yourself and people
Introducing yourself:
Here are expressions to introduce yourself:
My name is ...
I'm ....
Nice to meet you; I'm ...
Pleased to meet you; I'm ...
Let me introduce myself ; I'm ...
I'd like to introduce myself ; I'm ...

Useful responses when

introducing yourself or other
people:
Nice to meet you.
Pleased to meet you.
Happy to meet you.
How do you do?

Dialogue:
Alex is talking to the new manager and his assitant. Notice how
they introduce themselves:
Alex
: Hi! My name is Alex Litterman, the new
manager
William : Hi! I'm William O'Brian. Nice to meet you,
Mr. Alex Litterman
Alex
: Nice to meet you too, William. Well, please
meet
Mr. Steve Lynch, my assistant
Steve
: How do you do?
William : How do you do?
Things to remember:
When introducing yourself or other people in a formal
situation use full names. ("I'm Alex Litterman.")
"How do you do?" isn't really a question, it just means
Hello