Example Dialog for Meeting, Greeting and Leave Takings

Greeting is what we say when we meet our friends and people who are close to us. The usual formal greeting is a “How do you do?” and a firm handshake, but with a lighter touch between men and women. ‘How do you do?’ is a greeting not a question and the correct response is to repeat ‘How do you do?' You say this when shaking hands with someone.

First person : "How do you do?"
Second person : " How do you do?"

'How are you?' is a question and the most common and polite response is "I am fine thank you and you?"

First person : "How are you?"
Second person : "I am fine thank you and you?"

Nice to meet you – Nice to meet you too. (Often said whilst shaking hands)
Delighted to meet you– Delighted to meet you too.
Pleased to meet you – Pleased to meet you too. .
Glad to meet you - Glad to meet you too
Good Morning / Good Afternoon / Good Evening

For informal greeting people usually use “Hi” or “hello”, Morning / Afternoon / Evening ( We drop the word 'Good' in informal situations). Or

First person : How are you?
Second person : Fine, thanks. You?


The other expressions are:

Expressions
Response
1.      Greetings
-        Good afternoon.
-        How nice to see you!
-        What a surprise!
-        Hi, Angel.
-        How are you doing?
-        Long time no see

-        Good afternoon.
-        Nice to see you, too.
-        Yeah, it’s been a quite a long time.
-        Hi, Glenn.
-        Pretty good. OK.
-        Yeah
2.      Pre-closing
-        Well, I’m afraid I’ve got to go now.
-        I really must go now.
-        Well. It’s getting late.
-        I know you’re busy.
-        Maybe we could get together some times.
-        Nice to see you.
-        Great to see you.
-        Got to go now.

-        Thank you for coming.
-        Maybe we can talk again some times
-        Sounds good.
-        Same here.
-        Great to see you.
-        See you

3.      Closing/ partings
-        Good night.
-        See you next time.
-        Good bye.
-        See you later.

-        Good night.
-        Goodbye.
-        Bye
-        So long/ take care of yourself.


Example:


Dialog 1
Jeny : Hello, I’m Jeny.
Miss Eli : Pleased to meet you, Jeny. Call me Miss Eli. I am an English teacher.
Jeny : Really? I like in English, but I’m not very good in it.
Miss Eli : Don’t worry. You just talk without being afraid of making mistakes.
Jenny : Thanks for your advice, Miss. I’ll try.

Dialog 2
Selly : Hi, I am Sellly.
Joana : Hi, I am Joana. Are you from Jakarta?
Selly : I was born here, but I grew up in Bandung. What class are you in? I am in 1A.
Joana : Oh great, me too.



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