Ways to say hello and goodbye in English
Here we take a look at some set expressions we use in spoken English to start and end conversations.
Ways to start a conversation:
You probably know and use the question 'How are you?'
You can also use these in casual spoken English:
'What's happening?'
'How's it going?'
'What's up?'
'How have you been?'
Responses
Here are some typical responses to the above questions:
'What's happening?''Not much.'
'How's it going?''Not bad.'
'What's up?''The usual.'
'How have you been?''Pretty good.'
ending a conversation
These are expressions that we use when we want to show that are about to end the conversation.
'I've got to be going.'
'It's time I made a move.'
'I really must be running along.'
'Is that the time? I've got to go.'
'It's time I left.'
'I've got to get back to... work/school.'
saying goodbye
Saying 'goodbye' is a simple way of...er...saying goodbye! Here are some other simple and casual ways to say it, too.
'See you later.'
'Catch you later.'
'Take care.'
'Ta-ta','Ta-ra' and 'Cheerio' are all very common in casual in British English.
