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GREETING

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Velpula Beulah Rani

Lecturer

Department of English

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GREETING IS A VERY COMMON EXPRESSIONS TO SAY THAT WE MEET PEOPLE OR WE WANT TO BE NICE WITH THEM.

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EXPRESSIONS USED IN GREETINGS(FORMAL)

Good morning	→ 00.00 until 12.00 am
Good afternoon	→12.00 until 06.00 pm
Good noon	→12.00 o’clock
Good evening	→ 06.00 pm until before time to go bed
Good night	→ when time to go to bed
Good day	→ no time related (universal)

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EXPRESSIONS USED IN GREETINGS (INFORMAL)

HI,
HELLO,
HEY, WHAT’S UP?

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OTHER EXPRESSIONS OF GREETING

Formal	Informal
It has been a long time.	Long time no see.
How long has it been?	How come I never see you?
What have you been up to all these years?	Where have you been hiding?

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GREETING EXTENSIONS

Formal	Informal
How have you been?	How are you doing?
How are you?	How are things going?
How is it going?	How are things with you?
How are you getting along?	Howdy?

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RESPONSES TO GREETING EXTENSIONS

Good health	Bad health
I’m. . . (OK, quite well, great, doing well, doing great, all right, fine, good, wonderful, terrific.)	I’m. . . (terrible, awful)
	I’m not. . . (good-health expressions)
	I have a. . . (cold, headache)

I’m quite well, thank you. I’m terrible, thanks. I’m not good, thanks. I have a bad cold.

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GREETING CONVERSATIONS

Formal	Informal
Good morning. How are you?	A. Hi, how are you doing?
B. I’m fine, thank you. And you?	B. good, thanks. And you?
A. I’m doing great, thanks.	A. All right, thank you.

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INTRODUCING ONESELF

INTRODUCING OVER SELVES

ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MY SELF,

MY NAME’S……………

LET ME INTRODUCE MY SELF, I’M

…………….

MAY I HAVE NAME, PLEASE?

MAY I INTRODUCE MY SELF

I’D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY SELF

I WANT TO INTRODUCE MY SELF

Asking about name What is your name? What is your full/ complete/ call name? How can I call you? How should I call you?	The responses: How do you do? Nice to meet/ see you. My name is……/I am……... I’m………./My name……….

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INTRODUCING OTHERS

FORMAL:
LET ME INTRODUCE MY DIRECTOR, MR.RAJ KUMAR, VINOD PANDEY
MAY I INTRODUCE MY WIFE, STELLA.
I’D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY BEST FRIEND/ CLOSE FRIEND, BHARGAV.
RESPOND:

INFORMAL:

THIS IS MR. GUPTA
THIS IS ADITI, ADITI SHARMA

RESPOND:

HI, MR. GUPTA. I’M DITA
HELLO, ADITI, I’M SUSI.

Nice to see you You, too	Nice to see
Pleased to meet you meet you too	Pleased to
Glad to meet you you, too	Glad to meet
Happy to meet you you, too	Happy to meet
How do you do? do?	How do you

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ASSIGNMENT

INDIVIDUAL WORK

INTRODUCE YOURSELF IN FRONT THE CLASS

USING THE APPROPRIATE EXPRESSIONS

PAIR WORK

WRITE TWO DIALOGUES ABOUT

1.INTRODUCING ONE SELF

2.INTRODUCING OTHERS

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THANK YOU

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