How to Start Conversations in English

Please check all that would be a good way to start a conversation with a friend.

• Hi! How have you been lately?

• What have you got going on this weekend?

• Hi. Goodbye.

• Hi! So what have you been up to this weekend?

How would you answer the question, "What have you been up to lately?"

• Nothing.

• I don't know.

• Not much, just went to visit my mom last weekend.

• I am buying food.

What would be a good answer to the question, "What do you have going on today?"

• Just going to a friend's house this evening. How about you?

• The weather is hot and sunny.

• Nothing.

• My name is Maria.

What would be a good way to answer the question, "What are you up to this weekend?"

• I don't know.

• I am not doing anything.

• What is your name?

• I'm going to visit my friends in Chicago. What about you?

How would you start a conversation with a friend that you see in the grocery store?

How would you answer the question, "Hey! What have you been up to lately?"