LANGUAGE FUNCTION: GREETING AND LEAVE-TAKING FEEL FREE TO USE IT!

1. GREETING AND LEAVE-TAKING
LANGUAGE FUNCTION

2. GREETING
Greeting occurs in the first and at the end of the meeting or
conversation, the greeting can be in form of hi, hello, and
followed by asking one’s condition such as how are you? What is
life going?
• Hi is an informal way of saying “hello.”
• Good night is not a greeting: It is used when leaving a place or
group of people. Thank you and good night! / Good night, and
See you tomorrow.
Hello
Hi, …
Good morning/ afternoon/ evening.
Good/ Nice to see you again.
I’m glad/ happy/ pleased to see you.

3. Ask how someone is ….
How are you?
How are you doing?
How have you been?
Are you doing okay?
How’s it going?
How’s life?
How’s everything?
How are things going?
Are you okay?
What’s up?
What’s new?
I’m doing very well.
Very well.
I’ve been busy.
Great.
Fantastic.
Couldn’t be better!
Can’t complain.
Same as always.
I’m fine.
Fine.
Oh, so – so.
Not bad.
Pretty good.
Okay.
All right.
Awful!
Pretty bad!
Terrible!
Not so
good.
Not very
well.
Not so
great.
Could be
better.

4. LEAVE-TAKING
Leave-taking occur when the meeting or conversation needs to be
ended, leave-taking can be signaled by saying goodbye, see you
or by telling the addressee that she/he needs to go, I need
something to do.
• Good bye
• See you later
• See you soon.
• I must go now.
• I (really) must be going.
• I must be off.
• I’m afraid I’ve got to go.
• I’ve got some things to prepare for …
• I’ve enjoyed talking to you.

5. Online Resources
www.espressoenglish.net/english-speaking-courses
www.top-esl.com
http://www.ujaz.feec.vutbr.cz/