SOCIALIZING

SOCIALIZING

By Nurkhalilah Atiqah

• ​Hello.../ Hi...

• Good morning (before 12 pm)

• Good afternoon (after 12 pm)

• Good evening (after 3 pm and before going to bed)

• Good night (when going to sleep)​

• Good/ nice to see you again

• I'm glad/ happy/ pleased to see you​

• Goodbye, I hope to see you again

• ​Thank you for coming, have a pleasant day

• Goodbye,

• I must go now

• Catch you later

• See you later/ soon​

• Goodbye. It's a pleasure to have met you.​

Good byes/ Farewell

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​​Greetings​

Possible Greetings and Responses

When meeting someone formally for the first time, we shake their hand and say "How do you do" or "Pleased to meet you.

• Fine, thanks. And you?

• Very well. And you?

• ​Not too bad, thanks.

​Responses

• Hello, David. How are you?

• Hi, Lee. How have you been?​

• ​Good morning, Miss Shila. How are things?​​

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​Greetings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeEJhW0_gqA​

​Watch this video.

https://wordwall.net/play/31758/522/479​

​You're at a conference drinks party. Match the comments and replies.

Multiple Choice

Please _________ me for interrupting you, I didn't realize you were busy with someone else.

• forget

• forfeit

• forbid

• forgive

Multiple Choice

I'm very ________ that I'm late but there is a train strike on at the moment.

• sore

• sorry

• sorrow

• sorrowful

Multiple Choice

I know I shouldn't have made those remarks about your work and I hope you know how deeply I _______ what I said.

• review

• regret

• respect

• restore

Multiple Choice

I must ________ your pardon, I mistook you for somebody else.

• bid

• bide

• beggar

• beg

Multiple Choice

If it helps to put things right, please let me take _______ everything I said earlier.

• again

• back

• in

• across

Open Ended

Choose the correct answer.

I hope you'll _________ (sorry/ forgive) me for being late.

Open Ended

Choose the correct answer.

I would like to _______ (apologize/apologies) for my bad behaviour.

Open Ended

Choose the correct answer.

I am very ________ (excuse/sorry) that I am late but my alarm didn't go off.

Open Ended

Choose the correct answer.

Please accept my ________ (sorry/apologies) for being late.

Open Ended

Choose the correct answer.

I am ________ (sorry/excuse) to trouble you, but could you turn the music down?