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TIRED OF SAYING “HOW
ARE YOU?’’
1 Spoken English.
LESSON OBJECTIVES

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 To equipped students with new phrases and ways
of saying “ How are you?’’

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 To improve pronunciation.

 To improve vocabulary

 To construct similar sentences using these new

phrases.

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CONTENT

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Alternative phrases for How are you?”
 CASUAL WAYS

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 FORMAL WAYS

 FUNNY WAYS

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HEY !!HOW ARE YOU?

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 I'm good. Thanks. How are you?
 Are you tired of asking and answering

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the question “How are you?’’ all the time?

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NOW LETS DISCUSS SOME
ALTERNATIVES

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 These might not be very common among us. But
you can use it to improve your English spoken
skills with different phrases and new words.

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CASUAL - ALTERNATIVES

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 How are you doing?
I'm doing well. Thanks

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I'm doing good. – Grammatically incorrect
(it implies that you are doing some work or doing
something positive)

Should be

I do well OR I'm good

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HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?

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 How have you been?
- As usual

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- Never been better
- Great
- Little busy
- Etc :

- Its a very warm and friendly question to ask.

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WHAT’S GOING ON?

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 What’s going on? (slightly American than British)
- Nothing much

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- Not much at all.

 WHAT’S NEW?
What’s new with you?
- nothing. Same old things. (if you don't have
anything new to say)
- Well , there is a lot going on lately..
(to someone that you have seen recently to get a
short update or to someone whom you met after a
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WHAT’S UP?

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 Hey !! What’s up? (traditionally very American
but now more used in Britain )

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- Nothing much.
- Nothing. Just tired.
- Got a new job ( if you have anything to say)

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WHAT ARE YOU UP TO?

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 What are you up to? ( It’s very British and it
implies mischief but in a friendly way )

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 What have you been up to?

( can be a way to ask “are you busy?)

( what mischievous things have you been doing?)
(what trouble have you been making?)
- Not much

- Nothing much

- Bit busy

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HOW ARE TIHNGS GOING?

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 How are things going? ( very general)
( you can ask this when you can’t remember what

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someone’s been doing in their personal or
professional life)

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HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

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 How are you feeling?
- I'm feeling great.

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- I'm not feeling good.

( this implies that you know something

about their health.)
- (They may be not well for sometime OR they may
be recovering form a certain sickness OR if
someone is nervous in a meeting or in a speech )

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HEY! HOW’S IT GOING?

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 Hey ! How’s it going? ( more American than
British)

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- Yeah, it’s going great.
- Everything’s good.

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HOW IS EVERYTHING?

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 How is everything ? ( similar to previous one)
( You can ask this if you know that everything

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hasn’t been good or there has been a problem.)

Umm. Hey !
Not so How is
great . everythin
g?

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HOW’S THINGS?

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 How’s things with you?
(most general one . Mostly used in texting /chatting

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)
- Yes. Things are good.

- Excellent.
Hey.
How’s
things

Good.
Thanks.

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HOW’S LIFE?

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 How’s life?
 How’s life treating you?

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( very casual one. Can use this if you haven’t seen
someone in a while)
- life’s good.

- Well. Treating me nice

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HOW’S YOUR DAY?

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 How’s your day been?
 How is your day going?

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( Use more in customer service. Very warm and
friendly )
- Yeah. It’s great. Thanks.

- Have a great day.

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ARE YOU ALRIGHT?

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 Hey how are you? Are you alright? (very casual)

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NOW WE WILL LOOK INTO
FORMAL WAYS .

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 How do you do?
 Hello! How do you do?

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( when you are in a meeting or greeting someone
that you don’t know well. )

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ARE YOU WELL?

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 Are you well ?
 How do you fare?

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 How are you faring?

(normally use in high-class societies – not much

common in our country )

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HOW ARE THINGS COMING ALONG?

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 How are you getting on?
 How are things coming along?

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 How much progress is being made?

( mostly used in business related things or with

projects that you are handling in your company)

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HOW’ EVERYTHING?

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 How’s everything?
- Things are coming together nicely. Thank you.

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( Implies that there may be a few problems at the
beginning but now everything has been sorted
out)

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HOW’S YOUR HEALTH?

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 How’s your health?
( when you are talking to an elder )

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OR

 Hello ! I hope you are well.

 I trust you are well.

(statements that you can use )

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FUNNY PHRASES

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 Howdy? ( how do you do?)
 How’s it hanging?

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 What’s sizzling?

 What’s cooking?

 What’s kicking?

 How’s tricks? (very old-fashioned one)

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ACTIVITY TO TRY

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 Give an alternatives for “how are you?’’

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THANK YOU.

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