How to respond to others' greetings in English

English sentence patterns expressing "greetings"

1. How are you doing? How are you?

When Americans meet, the most common way to say hello is: Hey! How are you doing? Or how are you? or

How is it going? It is also very common. This habit of greeting others every day is the beginning of establishing a good relationship with American friends.

2. What's the matter? what's up

What's the matter? It is also a very common way to say hello. For example, Tom saw me on the road and said hi! Sally, then I usually say

Hi! Tom. What's the matter? This is to ask each other how they are doing recently. what can I do for you? Usually, if nothing happens, people will say no.

A lot. But there is another situation that is very common. You should tell someone first. Hey! What's the matter? Then people don't say much, but ask a question.

What's the matter? What's the matter? Has become a little hello! The smell is in it.

What's the matter? It is also often used to ask people what's the matter. If someone visits, you will say.

Up? what can I do for you? ) What's the matter? It is widely used in America. I have a friend from South Africa. He said how to say hello in South Africa.

Acne? How did this come from? Evolved. Therefore, English-speaking countries have different greetings.

3. Can you do me a favor? Can you do me a favor?

When I need help, I often say, can you do me a favor? Or can you give me a hand?

This is a more formal and polite way of saying it. Sometimes I am embarrassed to ask others for help, so I will say, can you help me a little?

Human feelings? Can you do me a little favor? In fact, it may be a great help, but it is necessary to make a small one first and let the other party nod first. (Note that "you can" is better than "can" here.

You are very polite. Besides, can you help me? It is also very common. For example, if we go shopping, but the clerk is chatting, I will say, can you help?

Me? In fact, under normal circumstances, they should take the initiative to ask me if I can help you. Yes, but sometimes I can't wait, so I ask if I can help.

Me? )

4. What are you studying? What is your major?

Usually when Americans hear that I am a student, they will naturally ask what you are studying. In fact, such a question is to ask you what is.

What is your major? But they prefer to say, what are you studying? If you meet someone and you are not sure if he is a student, we usually ask.

What do you do for a living? What do you do? ) or simply ask what do you do? Usually don't say.

What is your job?

5. Where are you going? Where are you going?

Usually I meet good friends on the way. Besides greeting, I always ask where are you going?

Although when I first arrived in the United States, I only understood my own questions but couldn't understand the other person's answers, I still like to ask, because I will naturally listen for a long time without reason. In addition, Americans also like to use heading.

This word is used instead of going. So you can also ask where are you going? It also means where you are going.

6. What's your favorite ice cream? What's your favorite ice cream?

This sentence is usually the first sentence that comes to mind when I meet strangers and can't think of other topics. Imagine, if two people have the same hobbies, is it easy to become good friends?

So I often ask others what's your favorite movie? Who is your favorite

Movie star? Anyway, you can pick up any topic you are interested in after favorite.

Like is a very useful word. If you don't use favorite, this sentence will become what ice cream you eat.

Favorite? Does it sound long? Another point worth mentioning, for example, I want to answer that I like vanilla ice cream best, and then chocolate. That's vanilla

It's my favorite taste, and chocolate is my second favorite.

7. What color is your car? What color is your car?

What color is your car?

Personally, I think the thing behind the noun is very useful, but I don't know why people who have just come to the United States seem to be unfamiliar with this problem. I once said something in the same sentence.

What color is your car? That sounds right, but I assure you that America will never ask this question. They just said what color.

Is it your car? Sometimes just say what color? We'll be done.

Practice a few more words. What year is your car? (Ask what year your car is) Where are you from?

Live broadcast? (Ask which district you live in) It is also common to have the same How followed by an adjective, such as how old is your dog? How old is your dog? Don't ask.

How old is your dog?

8. What's going on? What happened?

For example, if you want to use the computer, but it can't be turned on for some reason, you can say, hey, what's the matter? Although this sentence is completely equal to something.

It happened? Or what was that? But Americans prefer to say.

What's going on? Another example is that someone asks you why our oven is broken. You can say I didn't.

Know what's going on (I don't know what happened)

9. How did this happen? Why? (How did this happen? )

How come is mostly equal to why, but its usage is not like why.

It's so wide, it's usually used when you wonder why. For example, if someone wants to go to the supermarket early in the morning, you will ask him how how How come.

In addition, when someone asks you a question and you don't want to answer it, you can say How come? Equivalent to why do you ask? in other words

None of your business! Although how, why?

The usage is similar, but the two questions are different. For example, why is our oven broken? If it came from, it came from.

Why is our oven broken? Note that the position of the be verb in these two sentences is different.

10. Do you want to go to the movies? Are you going to the movies?

This kind of sentence seems ungrammatical, but it is a sentence that Americans use every day. Sometimes when they want to say a question, they just raise the end of the affirmative sentence to become a question. In fact, the correct statement should be Do.

Would you like to go to a movie? But maybe it's a little too long, so America will only say you want to see it.

A movie? In addition, a more popular expression should be do you want to go to the movies? Because in spoken English, they often think about it.

Omit it if you want. Or omitted. So this sentence can also be said that you are going to the movies?

1 1. Does anyone need a fork? Anybody want a fork?

All the teachers used to teach me that English was only W-H. Actually, it's not. I find that there are many kinds of problems, such as this one, which I call anyone myself.

problem Once we went out to play and got off the bus, an American asked if anyone wanted to go to the bathroom. I remember very well, she said. Does anyone have to pee?

Is it easy to understand? There are mAny questions that begin with any, such as what volunteer? Does anyone volunteer? Or how lucky you are today?

Are you lucky today?

I hope I can help you, and I hope to adopt it! ! !