Thursday, September 13, 2012

HOW TO MAKE THE PERFECT FIRST IMPRESSION IN ENGLISH


To make a good first impression you need to master three simple conversation steps:

1) Greeting - say hello to a peson
2) Introduce yourself
3) Say goodbye - farewell

If you memorize different forms of saying these three parts of a  conversation you will sound more natural and confident in English.  I will divide these three aspects of a conversation in three different posts. I hope you like it!

PART 1 - GREETING

                                         

A basic form of greeting some in English is:

-“Hi, How are you?”
-“Fine thanks, and you?”
-“Good, thanks for asking.”

However, if you want to sound more fluent or use something different you should try:

-“Hey buddy! What have you been UP TO?”
-“Oh hey Dude! Not too much, just working and hanging out with my girlfriend.”
-“Sweet.”

The expression up to is a synonym of do and It’s more informal.  When I greet someone with the question “what have you been up to?” I am asking them what they have been DOING recently. Sweet means cool in this context.

So the trick is: try to memorize many different forms of saying “How are you?” in English and you will sound more natural and fluent. 

Adapted from the article of the Real Life English community:   http://reallifebh.com/make-a-fluent-first-impression-in-english

 
Do you remember any different greetings in English? Comment, please!

2 comments:

  1. One of my favorite greetings is "What's up?"

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  2. I don't remember any other greetings, for now I will use the basic, "How are you?"

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