UNIT 1: Greetings and farewells
Talking to Strangers
UNIT 1: Greetings and farewells
In this unit we will learn how to greet and fire people from an English speaking country with its appropriate forms; you will be able to interact a little with stranger people in order to meet new people.
- At the end of the lesson, you will be able to greet and fire people in a formal and informal ways, as well as to say Hello/Godd bye; Please and Thank you.
GREETING PEOPLE: Formal and Informal Way
To continue you will find some ways to greet people in a formal and informal ways, besides that, you will find some visual input that will help you to remember the information, some aural videos and examples to apply.
FORMAL GREETINGS 1
We use: Good morning, Good afternoon and Good evening; to greet people in a formal way, e.g.
FORMAL GREETINGS
- Hello, Good morning sir.
- Hello, Good afternoon sir.
- Hello, Good evening sir.
APPLIED EXAMPLES
- Good morning Helen
- Good morning Brian
- Good afternoon John
- Good afternoon Michelle
- Good evening Paul
- Good evening Jason
FORMAL GREETINGS 2
We can also use another ways to greet, to apologyze and say thanks to people formally, e.g
FORMAL GREETINGS
- Hello!
- wellcome!
- please!
- thank you!
- excuse me!
APPLIED EXAMPLES
- Hello, my name is David
- Wellcome to the course English for Tourists
- Please, could you help me to find my Suitcase
- Thank you to help me
- excuse me sir, your passport?
INFORMAL GREETINGS
We can also use informal ways to greet people, here you will find some example of them, e.g.
INFORMAL GREETINGS
- Hi David
- Hello John
- Hey William
- what's up Paul?
- How's it going, Helen?
INFORMAL RESPONSES
- Hi David
- Hello Michelle
- Hey Mary
- What's up Jason?
- It is going good Brian
Welcome To English For Tourists - Video 1
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Greetings, Farewells, and introductions!
In this short but fruitful video you will listen how to pronounce each of these greetings; moreover you can practice by repeating the phrases and short role plays.
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Hello/Goodbye
In this lesson we look at the many ways to say hello and goodbye by MisterDuncan Thanks for your effort; We hope to practice!
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Please & Thank You
In this lesson we look at ways to say please and thank you by MisterDuncan thanks for your effort, We hope you to practice.