English: Basic Greetings

Basic Greetings:

There are many ways to greet someone. We'll learn about the most common way to greet someone in this lesson. I'll give a variety of example sentences.

Greeting someone you There are many ways to greet someone. We'll learn about the most common way to greet someone in this lesson. I'll give a variety of example sentences.

 1. Greeting someone you never met:

• "Hi, my name is Steve. It's nice to meet you."

You can respond to this by saying,

• "It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Jack."

2. Another common question to ask is

• "What do you do for a living?"

You can respond to this by saying,

• "I work at a restaurant."
• "I work at a bank."
• "I work in a software company."
• "I'm a dentist."

Usually, you will not need to ask for a name. It is implied that each person should say their name. But in case they don't, you can ask,

• "What is your name?"

Many times, I don't hear the name. If you would like for them to repeat their name, you can say,

• "What was that again?"
• "Excuse me?"
• "Pardon me?"