Greeting, Leave-taking, Offering, Request

Basic Expressions in daily conversation :

1. Greeting 

     Formal greeting 

• Good morning
• Good noon
• Good afternoon
• Good evening

     Informal greeting :

• Hi
• Hello
• Heya
• Morning, Jim!

     Initial greeting :

• How are you?
• How's it going?
• How are you doing?
• How's life?
• What's up?

     Responding to initial greetings:

• Very well, thank you and how are you?
• I'm good/okay/alright.
• Very well, thank you.
• Oh, pretty good.
• Not too bad, thanks.
• Fine, thanks.
• Excellent.

  2. Leave Taking

      Pre-closing :

• OK then..
• I've got to go now
• So, I'll see you next week.
• I think I'd better be going now.
• Well, it's time for me to leave.
• I think it's already late at night.
• I must go home now.

      Closing/Leave-taking:

• Goodbye
• Bye bye
• Bye for now
• See you later
• Take care
• Good night.

3.   Invitation

      Offering an Invitation :

• I'd like you to come to dinner party with me
• Would you like to come to dinner party with me?
• How about going to dinner party with me tonight?

      Accepting an invitation:

• Thank you, I'd be glad to.
• Thank you, I'd be happy to go.
• Thank you very much for inviting me.
• Yes, I'd love to.
• Sure.
• Great.
• All right.

      Declining an invitation:

• I'm so sorry, I'll be very busy tomorrow night.
• I'm afraid I can't go with you. I'm sorry.

4. Request 

    Making requests :

• Could you bring me some water, please?
• Would you like to bring me some water, please?
• Please bring me some water!
• Would you mind bringing me some water, please?

    Approving to a request:

• Sure.
• Certainly.
• All right.

    Disapproving to a request:

• Oh I'm sorry but I can't. I'm busy with my own work.
• I'm afraid I can't help you. Sorry.