Expressions for greetings

• Hello.

• How are you?

• Good morning.

• Good afternoon.

• Good evening.

• What are you doing?

• It’s nice to meet you.

• How is it going?

• How are you doing?

• Good to see you.

• It is a pleasure to meet you.

• How do you do?

• It’s an honor to meet you.

• Nice to meet you.

Expressions for introducing people

1. I just wanted to introduce myself. I’m… [your name]

2. I don’t think we’ve met before. My name’s… [your name]

3. This is…

4. I’d like you to meet…

5. Have you met… ?

6. I’d like to introduce you to…

7. Nice to meet you.

8. It’s a pleasure to meet you.

9. Likewise.

Expressions for goodbyes

Formal goodbyes

• Goodbye. 

  "Goodbye" is probably the most used farewell to say goodbye. 

• Farewell. 
  You wont say farewell very often and you only hear sometimes in films. 
   

• Have a good day. 
  You can use the following when you don't know the person very well. Have a nice day, Have a good evening or Have a good night. 
   

• Take care. 
  This one is used when you are talking to someone you might not see for a while or are worried about.
   

Casual goodbyes

Casual goodbyes are used a lot more than formal goodbyes.

• Bye! can be used for family members, friends or people you don't know that well

• Take it easy is used to tell someone to relax and don't work to hard.

• Bye bye!  This is mainly by young children, but is often used by adults as well.

•  See you later. See you later is used when you will be seeing the person later in the day.

• Later!  This is used by the younger generation and is seen as cool.

• Have a good one. When you say "Have a good one" it means have a good afternoon / evening / day / week. When saying it to someone it general means have a good a morning ext.

• So long. This goodbye is not used very often and you will only hear it from someone on the tv.