Ways to greet someone

1. Hello.This is the most basic greeting in English. We can use it at any time and in any situation.We can also use it before other greetings, sentences, and questions.

3. Hey. Now, “hey” is definitely more casual than “hi” or “hello”. It is best to only use “hey” with family and friends, or maybe a close co-worker.“Hey” can also be used to get somebody’s attention.

5. It’s nice to meet you.This is a very polite expression to use the first time that we meet somebody.

A) What’s up?
B) Nothing. What’s up with you?
A) Nothing new. Everything is good.

But we can respond in other ways. We do not even need to answer the question because usually “what’s up” is just used as a casual greeting.

A) What’s up? B) Hey. How are you?

A) What’s up? B) I’m good. How are you?

9. Sup? This is a slang version of “What’s up?”. It is used the same way. This is usually used by younger people.

10. How’s it going?This is a very common expression that is used to greet somebody. This expression is asking how a person’s life is going. Are they doing well? Are they healthy? How is their job?We can think of “it” as “your life”.We can respond to this question any way that we want.

A) How’s it going? B) Everything is going well. How about you?

A) How’s it going? B) Everything is good.

A) How’s it going? B) I’m okay. How are you?

A) How’s it going? B) Not well. I got fired yesterday.

11. How are you? This is one of the most basic greetings in English. In English, it is polite to ask somebody how they are doing when you meet them.We can give basic responses like this.

A) How are you? B) I’m good. You?

A) How are you? B) I’m great. How are you?

If you respond that you are very good or very bad, then the other person will definitely ask you why. So, only respond this way if you want to talk more about something.

A) How are you? B) I am great.
A) Why is that? B) I finally found a job.

A) How are you? B) I’m terrible.
A) Oh no. What happened? B) My dog died yesterday.

12. How have you been? This question is very similar to “How are you?”. However, “How are you?” is asking about a person’s feeling right now. “How have you been?” is asking about their life from the last time we met them until now.We can also answer this question in any way that we want.

A) How have you been? B) I’ve been good. How about you?

A) How have you been? B) I’m good. How have you been?

13. What’s new?This is a casual greeting that is usually only used among friends. It is just asking if anything special or new has happened to a person since the last time we met them.A) What’s new?
B) Nothing.