Greetings& Introductions for M.3

1. Greetings &
Introductions
Teacher: Phacharida

2. Greeting People
Formal Informal Responses
Hello Morning IF GOOD
Good morning Hi / Hey / Yo Great/nice/Fantastic
How are you? What's up? IF SO-SO
How do you do? How is it going? Not bad/so so/
How’re you doing? I can’t complain.
How is everything?
How are things? IF BAD
Bad/Lousy/
Not good

3. Example 1 : Informal (You can use it greet your
friends or a familiar person.)
• Bob :
Hello, Joy.
• Joy :
Hi Bob. Nice to see you. How’re things?
• Bob :
So….so, thanks.
• Joy :
How was your birthdays?
• Bob :
It was very lovely, that’s a pity.
You didn’t join us.
• Joy : Sorry. I hope to join with us later.
• Bob : Don’t worry. Bye, see you then.
• Joy : Bye. Lucky you!

4. Example 2 : formal (You can use it greet
someone you do not know well or older then you.
)
• Mr. Somsak: Good morning, Mr. Peter.
• Mr. Peter.: Good morning, Mr. Somsak.
How are you?
• Mr. Somsak : I'm very well, thank you.
And how are you?
• Mr. Peter.: Quite all right, thank you.

5. Example 3 : formal
(Meeting someone for the
first time)
• Tony : Hello, my name’s Tony.
• Pattrick : Hi, Tony. I’m Pattrick.
How do you do?
• Tony : How do you do?
*How do you do? = use a formal greeting
when you meet somebody for the first
time and the reply to this question is to
repeat the phrase, How do you do?

6. Introduction People
Introducing yourself Introducing other people
Can/ May I introduce myself? Can/May I introduce my
My name’s …. friend?
Let me introduce myself. This is … .
My name’s … . Have you met … ?
I would like you to meet …
Hello. My name is…..?
I want you to meet …

7. Additional sentences
• How do you do? - How do you do?
• Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, too.
• Please, call me … . - Then you must call me …

8. Practice
• Make up a conversation about
“Greetings” in pair.
Example
Mike : Good morning, Mr.Barry.
Barry : Good morning, Mike.
Mike : How are you this morning?
Barry : Very well, thank you.
Mike : Did you have a nice week-end?
Barry : Yes, thank you.