Speaking Exercise: Greetings and Introductions

Take a look at our page on English greetings, then try the quiz!

Level: Elementary and above

1. If someone asks you ''How are you?'' you can answer

Bad
Not bad
I can complain
''Not bad'' is a good reply if you don't want to give lots of details.

2. If someone asks ''How are things?'' you can reply

Thanks! And you?
Very fine thanks. And you?
Fine thanks. And you?
Don't use ''very'' with ''fine''.

3. If someone says ''Good morning!'' you can reply

Good morning!
Hi!
Hey!
''Good morning'' is quite formal. Reply with the same level of formality.

4. If someone says ''Nice to meet you'' you can reply

Yes! It's nice.
I'd like to introduce myself.
Pleased to meet you too
You can say ''Nice to meet you'' or ''Pleased to meet you''.

5. When you introduce a person (Jen) to another person (Sue), you can say

Jen, this is Sue.
Jen, can you meet Sue.
Jen, will you meet Sue.

6. To give more information about the person, you can say

She's a friend of me.
She's a friend of mine.
She's the my friend.

7. If someone says ''How do you do?'' you can reply

Hi!
How are you?
How do you do?
''How do you do'' is quite formal and the standard reply is ''How do you do''.

8. What do you say to someone at 1pm?

Good morning.
Good afternoon.
Good evening.
The afternoon is the period after lunch until about 6pm.

9. When you arrive at a restaurant for dinner you can say ''Good evening''. When you leave the restaurant, you can say

Good evening.
Good night.
See you!
Say ''good night'' if you won't see the person again during that day / evening.

10. When you say good bye to a friend, you can say

See you later.
Catch you later.
Both of these.
Both expressions mean that you will see the person again in the future.

16 thoughts on “Speaking Exercise: Greetings and Introductions”

william
May 11th 2017 at 02:23

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viktor
June 1st 2017 at 22:19

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Andrés Medina
June 14th 2017 at 00:12

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LIDIA HERRERA
June 15th 2017 at 22:32

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john mugisha
June 27th 2017 at 09:17

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jaime carabali
August 23rd 2017 at 05:54

Thanks! I learned a lot.
jaime carabali
August 24th 2017 at 01:14

Thank you, I learned a lot
KIMHUONG
August 24th 2017 at 18:20

I really like it because it’s very useful to teach my stuents.
Hilary Bolaños
August 25th 2017 at 02:45

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cristian
August 26th 2017 at 06:44

Thanks!
cristian
August 26th 2017 at 06:45

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Geruza Borge da Silva
September 12th 2017 at 22:14

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September 15th 2017 at 08:55

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October 31st 2017 at 18:32

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December 12th 2017 at 12:49

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January 25th 2018 at 05:00

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