Formal to Informal Greetings and Introduction

Formal to Informal Greetings and Introductions

First meetings

	Formal	Introducing yourself	Introducing others	Responding to an introduction	On Leaving
		How do you do? My name is Mrs Hand.	Mrs Hand, may I introduce my boss, Mr Smith.	Pleasedto meet you Mrs Hand.	Goodbye. It's a pleasure to have met you.
		Hello, Lynne Hand. I'm the owner of this web site.	Lynne, I'd like you to meet John Smith, our salesman. John, this is Lynne Hand.	Pleased to meet you Lynne.	Goodbye. Nice to have met you.
		Lynne Hand.	Lynne, meet John, my husband. John, this is my teacher Lynne.	Hi, Lynne. How are you?	Bye. It was nice to meet you.
	Informal

Subsequent meetings

	Formal	Possible Greetings	Possible responses
		Hello, Mrs Hand. It's niceto see you again.	What a pleasant surprise! How are you? It's been a while.
		Good morning Mrs Hand. How are you today?	I'm very well thank you. And you?
		Good afternoon, Mrs Hand. It's good to see you.	Thank you. It's nice to see you too. How are you?
		Hello Lynne. How are you doing?	Fine thanks. What's new with you?
		Hi, Lynne! How's it going?	Not too bad, busy as ever.
		Hi, Lynne. How are things?	Oh fine. You know how it is.
	Informal