Greeting in English

Greeting

Greeting people is very important in any language.

Can you answer these?
1.  Do you say 'Hello' to everyone?
2.  Can we say 'Hi' to everyone?
3.  Who do you say 'Good morning' to?
4.  How do you greet people at night time?
5.  When do we say 'Good day?'


There are many ways of greeting people in English.
Let's have a look at ways of greeting people in English.


When we greet people in English;

Greeting people

Hello                :  Everyone

Hi                     :  Informal
Good morning  :  Formal
Good day
Good afternoon
Good evening

So good to see you
I'm pleased to meet you
It's nice to see you


We can say 'Hello' to everyone or 'Hi' to family and friends, as 'Hi' is less formal.
If we mean polite (in formal situations), we can say good morning, good afternoon etc. (It depends on the time of day)


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Good morning  (00.00.01 - 12.00.00)
Good day          (12.00.01 - 14.00.00)
Good afternoon (12.00.01 - Sun sets)
Good evening    (Sun sets - 24.00.00)

Expressions of Greeting 

Greeting  &  Response

Hi!               Hi!/Hello!

Hello!       Hello!/Hi!

Good morning! Good morning!

Good afternoon! Good afternoon!

Good evening! Good evening!

How do you do? How do you do?

How are you? I'm very well, thank you. And you?

How are you doing?  Fine, thanks / I'm doing fine, thanks

How is life? Not so bad, thanks

How is everything with you? Pretty well, thanks

Expression of Parting

Expression of Parting:

Parting &     Response

Good bye Good bye

Bye, bye         Bye, bye

See you         See you

Good night, have a nice sleep  Good night, thanks.

Cheerio        Cheerio

See you later See you later

Nice to see you Nice to see you,too

It’s nice to meet you Nice to meet you, too

Good luck Thank you

Take care         You too, thank you

When people are leaving we say:
-  See you
-  See you soon
-  Good bye
-  Bye  (informal)
-  Good night  (If it is night time)

When you leave someone, you can also say;
-  Have a nice day
-  Take care
-  Watch your back  (Informal)

There are many ways of greeting people in English, aren't there?

I hope you can understand it well and practice it in a daily conversation.