GREETING ,
INTRODUCING SELF AND
OTHERS EXPRESSIONS
Greeting
Formal greetings
The formal uses to express to the older
people Formal Greetings Typical
Responses:
• good morning
• good afternoon
• good evening
• how are you?
• how do you do? (first meeting)
• good morning
• good afternoon
Responses:
• I am pretty good, thanks
• I am just fine, thank you
• every thing is always fine
• I am very well
• how do you do?
Informal greetings
The informal commonly uses
for friends only Informal greetings
hello !
hi !
what’s up?
how’s life?
Typical responses :
pretty good
well , I am ok
fine, thanks
not too bad
The dialogue corner
 John : Hi..Tom, how are you
doing today?
 Tom : pretty good thanks
 John : is there any home
work today?
 Tom : yes, have you
finished to do it?
 John : yes I have
 Tom : well…glad to see you
 John : glad to see you too.
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Doni
: Good morning Mr. Tom
Mr. Tom : Good morning
Doni
: How are today?
Mr. Tom : I’m pretty good, thanks
Doni
: excuse me Mr. Tom, what company do you
work for?
Mr. Tom : I work for Philips, what about you?
Doni
: I work for coca cola. What do you do?
Mr. Tom : I see. I work in finance department
Doni
: Ok Mr. Tom it’s pleasure to talk to you, see you
next time
Mr. Tom : see you
Introducing yourself and others
There is a range of ways to
introduce yourself and
people
 Introducing yourself:
 Here are expressions to introduce
yourself:
 My name is ...
 I'm ....
 Nice to meet you; I'm ...
 Pleased to meet you; I'm ...
 Let me introduce myself; I'm ...
 I'd like to introduce myself; I'm ...
Introducing yourself and others
There is a range of ways to introduce yourself and
people
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Introducing yourself:
Here are expressions to introduce yourself:
My name is ...
I'm ....
Nice to meet you; I'm ...
Pleased to meet you; I'm ...
Let me introduce myself ; I'm ...
I'd like to introduce myself ; I'm ...
Useful responses when introducing
yourself or other people:
Nice to meet you.
Pleased to meet you.
Happy to meet you.
How do you do?
Dialogue:
Alex is talking to the new manager and his assitant.
Notice how they introduce themselves:
Alex
: Hi! My name is Alex Litterman, the new manager
William : Hi! I'm William O'Brian. Nice to meet you,
Mr. Alex Litterman
Alex
: Nice to meet you too, William. Well, please meet
Mr. Steve Lynch, my assistant
Steve
: How do you do?
William : How do you do?
Things to remember:
 When introducing yourself or other people in a formal situation
use full names. ("I'm Alex Litterman.")
 "How do you do?" isn't really a question, it just means “Hello”