The document provides various greetings and farewells in English, including informal and formal expressions. It also includes polite expressions for thanks and apologies, along with their common responses. Additionally, it highlights different greetings gestures used around the world.

1. Greetings
Teacher:
Luciana Viter

3. Greetings
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Hi! (less formal)
Hello!
Good Morning.
Good afternoon.
Good evening.
How are you?
Farewells
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Goodbye (bye).
See you.
See you later.
See you next week.
Good night.
Have a nice day
(stay) (trip) ...

4. Greetings Gestures around the World

5. Other Greeting Gestures
A wave
Thumbs up
Thumbs down

6. Other Greeting Gestures
A high five
A fist bump

7. Greetings
Responses
- Fine, thanks.
More - How are you?
formal - How’ve you been? And you?
- How do you do?
- Not bad, thank
you.
- What’s up?
- Nothing.
- What’s happening?
- What’s new?
- Not much.
Less - How are you
formal doing?
- How’s it going?
- Pretty good.
- OK.
- Not bad.

8. Pre-closings
Responses
More - Well, I’m afraid I have - Thank you for
formal to go. (I’ve got to get up coming.
early tomorrow.)
- It’s been a pleasure.
- Thank you for the
advice.
- My pleasure.
- It was good
(nice) to see you.
Less - It’s getting late. I really
- See you again.
formal must go now.
- It was nice to see you. - Ok, see you.

9. Closings
Responses
More - Until the next time.
formal - Good night.
- Goodbye
- Good night.
- Have a nice (day,
evening, weekend…).
- Talk to you later.
- You, too.
- Bye. Take it
easy.
- See you later
(tomorrow).
Less - Keep in touch.
formal - Stay in touch.
- So long.
- Take care.

10. Polite Expressions (Thanks)
Thanks
Common Responses
• Thank you.
• You’re welcome.*
• Thank you so much (stronger).
• Thank you (for your help (...).
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• Thanks (less formal).
• Thanks a lot (less formal).
Not at all.
(It’s) my pleasure.
The pleasure was mine.
Don’t mention it.
• That’s ok (less formal).
• No problem (less formal).
• Any time (less formal).

11. Polite Expressions (Excuses)
Excuses
• Excuse me.
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Sorry.
I’m sorry.
I’m sorry for it.
I am so sorry.
Common Responses
• It’s all right.
• It’s fine.
• It’s ok.
• No problem.
• It doesn’t matter.
• Pardon me (more formal)
• Don’t worry about it.
• I beg you pardon (more formal) • Don’t mention it.
• I apologize for ... (more formal) • Apology accepted.

12. Reference
ESCOBAR, Albina. English Around You 1 Students Pack. 1. ed. São Paulo: Pearson
Education do Brasil, 2011. (English Around You).