Meeting People

Greetings
Formal
• Hi!
• Hello
Response
• How do you do?
• Hi!
• Good Morning, • Hello
Afternoon, Evening, Day • How do you do!
• Nice to meet you • It’s a pleasure to meet you
• Good to see you
• Pleased to meet you
• How nice to meet you
Informal Response

• How are you?

• Fine, thanks
• How are you doing?
• I am doing good
• How have you been? • Pretty well/good
• How is it going on? • I’m well
• How is life? • Good
• How are things? • Excellent
• How is it going? • I’m not very well
• What ‘s up? • Not bad
• Nothing much
 Introducing Yourself
• Greetings • Name
• Intention • My name is..
• Let me introduce • I am…..
myself • You can call me..
• I would like to • Address/Origin
introduce myself • I am from…
• I’d like to introduce • I live in…
myself
• I come from…
 Introducing Yourself
• Age (if possible)
• I am….. Years old
• Occupation
• Now, I am a …
• Currently, I work in…. as a/an …
 Introducing someone
• I’d like to introduce you
to…
• I ‘d like you to meet…
• Allow me to introduce…
• Have you met…?
• This is…
• There’s someone I’d like
you to meet…
 Parting
• Goodbye • Good luck!
• Bye • Take care
• See you • Have a good day
• See you later
• Cheerio
Name :..........

Liam : Hello.
Amy : Hi. My _______ Amy. _______ ______ name?
Liam : ______.
Amy : Nice ___ ______ you.
Liam : ____ you British?
Amy : No, ____ _____. I’m _________. Where ____ ____ ______?
Liam : ____ _______ New York.
Amy : Ah, ______ American.
Liam : Yes, ___ ____.
Amy : And ___ ______ friend American?
Liam : No, ____ _____. Tom’s ___________. And ______ friends?
Amy : ________ ____ Australian. _______ and _______ are
____________.
Liam : Wow! we’re really _______________ here!
 Grammar
• “To be” such as “am, is, are” are used for the sentence without verb
Ex. I am a teacher, She is a painter, They are army
• If you ask someone’s name, address, occupation or anything there
are some differences
Ex. What is your name?
Where do you live?
Where does she live?
Where are you from?
Where do you come from?
Where does he come from?
Where are you from?
 Dialogue 1
Sam is waiting for Thomas and Nathan, his new
colleague at the airport.
Thomas : Excuse me. Are you Samuel Key?
Sam : Yes, I am Samuel Key.
Thomas : How do you do, Sam? I am Thomas from
University of Queensland.
Sam : How do you do. Nice to see you.
Thomas : Nice to see you, too. Did you have a good
journey?
Sam : Yes. It was fine, thanks.
Thomas : Let me help you to bring your suitcase.
Sam : That's very kind of you.
Thomas : Not at all. Let me introduce you to my
friend Nathan this is Sam. Sam this is Nathan.
Nathan : Hello, Sam. Nice to meet you.
Sam : Pleased to meet you, too. How's the trip?
Nathan : Well, It's nice and exciting.
Sam : Great, then. You must be tired. I'll take you to the
Hotel first.
Thomas : OK. Thanks, Sam. 
It’s time to do an
Exercise!
 Make a simple dialogue with
your partners about introducing
someone and practice it in
front of the class.