GREETINGS AND FAREWELLS
WARM UP
Find greetings and farewells expressions in the puzzle.
Write the expressions you use in the following hours
8: 15 AM ______________________________
7:20 PM _______________________________
11: 30 PM ______________________________
4: 30 PM _______________________________
GRAMMAR
Greetings (saludos)
Good morning. - Buenos días.
Good afternoon. - Buenas tardes.
Good evening. - Buenas noches.
Hello. (más formal), Hi. (menos formal), Hey. (muy informal) - Hola.
Hey! - ¡Oye!/¡Oiga!/¡Oigan!/¡Oíd! (aquí no es saludo sino una forma de atraer la atención de alguien)
How's it going? - ¿Qué tal?/¿Cómo te va? (o más informalmente What’s up?)
How are you? - ¿Cómo estás?/¿Cómo está Ud.?
How are you all? - ¿Cómo estáS?/¿Cómo están Uds.?
Responses (respuestas)
I am.../I'm... - estoy...
you are.../you're... - estás.../Ud. está...
he is.../he's... - él está...
she is.../she's... - ella está
we are.../we're... - estamos...
they are.../they're... - ellos/ellas están...
you all are... -Uds. están
good/fine/well - bien
bad/not well - mal
very good/very well - muy bien
pretty good/quite well - bastante bien
not very good/not very well - no muy bien
okay/so-so - regular
terrible/really bad - terrible
Fine, and you?/Good, and you? - Bien, ¿y tú?/Bien, ¿y usted?
Fine, and you all? - Bien, Bien, ¿y ustedes?
Good-byes/Farewells (despedidas)
Good-bye./Bye. - Adiós.
Good night. - Buenas noches.**
See you later. - Hasta luego./Nos vemos. (o I’ll see you later., etc.)
See you tomorrow. - Hasta mañana.
See you soon. - Hasta pronto.
See you then. - Hasta entonces.
Take care. - Cuídate./Cuídese./Cuidaos./Cuídense. (o más informalmente Take it easy.)
So long- Hasta luego
Taken from https://sites.google.com/site/cmmvenglishcourse/niveles/contenidos-1/children-1-1
ACTIVITIES
READING AND SPEAKING
Reading the dialogue and ptactice one with your partner, you have to use the greetings and farewells expressións.
JAMES: Good morning, Professor Austin, how are you doing?
PROFESSOR AUSTIN: Good morning, James. I am doing well. And you?
JAMES: I’m great, thank you. This is my friend Emma. She
is thinking about applying to this college. She has a
few questions. Would you mind telling us about the
process, please?
PROFESSOR AUSTIN: Hello, Emma! It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m more
than happy to speak with you. Please stop by my office
next week.
EMMA: It’s a pleasure to meet you, professor. Thank you so
much for helping us.
PROFESSOR AUSTIN: Don’t mention it. Hopefully, I will be able to answer
your questions!
LISTENING
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