WELCOME

Teacher Marta Trenado

 Greetings
• Formal Greetings

Good Morning!

Good Afternoon! • SIR/ MADAM

(UNKNOWN)
• FORMAL
PRESENTATION
Good Evening!

Good Night!
 Greetings
• Casual Greetings

Hi // Hey/ Hey
Man ( American) To Friends, Relatives ( family)

Hello

* We can also add to the casual greetings a more

formal one: Hello! Good Morning!
Greetings
Formal Casual
 How are you?/ How do  How is it going?/ How is
you do? life?
 How is everything?  Are you OK? You alright?
 How is your day going? (mate)
 Nice to see you/ Good to  What´s up?
see you/ It is lovely to see  Long time no see/ It´s
you again been a while
First time greetings
Formal :
Pleased to meet you
 It is a pleasure to meet you
 It is nice meeting you

Casual:
Nice to meet you
 Answer: Nice to meet you too
Possible answers
• How are you?
I´m very well thank you,
what about you?
I´m great/ fine, and you?

• How is it going?/ How are things?

Fine/ Good thanks, you?
Everything alright, you?
Not (too) bad, you?
 Introducing myself vs Introducing
others
Introducing Myself Introducing Others

o Can/ May I introduce o Have you met….?

myself? My name is.. o Can I introduce you
o Let me introduce to…..?
myself, my name is.. o I would like you to
o I don´t think we have meet ….
met. I´m …. o I want you to
meet….
o This is ( my….) name
Make contact
• Excuse me, are you Mr/ Mrs …… ?
Yes, that´s right - Yes, that´s me

• Hello, you must be Mr/ Mrs …..

• You are Mr/ Mrs ….., aren´t you?

• Casual: Have we met?

Saying Goodbye
• Good bye // Bye bye
• See you later ( if you are planning to see that
person later on)
• See you soon ( in a short period of time) or just
See you!
• It´s getting late/ I must go now, hope to see you
soon/ again
• Have a good weekend/ Have a good day
• Formal: I look forward to seeing you again/ I
look forward meeting you again
Practice
• M = Martin, J = Jacqueline

M: Excuse me, ____________ Jacqueline

Turner?
J: Yes, that’s ____________.
M: May I ____________ myself? I’m Martin
Young. How do you do?
J: ____________, Mr Young.
Practice
L = Lin, D = Dan, P = Peter
• L: Dan! Good to see you again. ____________ are
things?
• D: Hello, Lin , thanks. Pretty busy,
as always, I suppose. to a colleague
of mine, Peter Winston? Peter, Lin Farrell.
• P: , Ms Farrell.
• L Nice to meet you, too. ____________, call me
Lin.
• P Then you ____________ call me Peter.