GREETING

GREETING

Greeting is a kind of question or statement to begin a conversation. The greetings depend on the situation.
Example of formal greetings:

• We say "Good morning" when we meet someone early in the morning between 1 a.m. to 12 a.m. in the middle of the day.
• We say "Good day" when we meet someone in the middle of the day at around 12 a.m.
• We say "Good afternoon" when we meet someone  in the afternoon between 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
• We say "Good evening" when we meet someone in the evening at around 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Formal:

- Good morning             - Hello

- Good afternoon           - Hello, good afternoon

- Good evening              - Good evening

- Hello, how are you?     - I'm fine thank you,

  etc.                               etc.

Informal:

- Hi, how's life?             - Terrific/ Great, and you?

- What's news?             - Just fine, thanks.

- How's everything?       - All right thanks,

  etc.                               etc.

Nb:

• Formal: Mr./ Mrs./ Miss + nama keluarga. Marry Smith > Mrs. Marry (FALSE) but Mrs. Smith (TRUE).
• Hello=Hallo=Hullo=Hi (AS) and How do you do? which response  good morning, good afternoon, good evening.
• How do you do? you can response How do you do? (untuk pertama kali bertemu/ berkenalan).
• Sir/ Madam (untuk orang terhormat/ atasan).
• How are you? >< I'm fine thanks. And, how are you? (British).
• Informal: thanks, formal: thank you.
• How do you do, Sir? = How are you, Sir?
• Quite well = I'm fine.

Example of conversation:

 a. Formal

X: Good morning, Mrs. Smith.

Y: Good morning.

X: How are you?

Y: I'm fine, thank you.

 b. Informal

X: Hello, Anna.

Y: Hello, Jack.

X: How are you?

Y: I'm fine, thanks. And you?

X: Fine, thanks.

  

Reference:

English for Vocational Schools, Based on the Recent Curriculum, by: Yiyis Krisnani, Yogyakarta: LP2IP, 2006.

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QUESTION TAGS

Question Tags

Question tag is a word or expression that is used by person to give a statement and ask another person who is spoken to agree or disagree with his/her opinion.

Types of Question Tags

1. POSITIVE statement. question tag NEGATIVE.

    S + Aux./ to be + Verb, Aux./ to be + Verb + NOT + Pronoun.

    EXAMPLES:

•  His aunt is a nurse, isn't she?
• Mr. Ali was sick yesterday, wasn't he?
• They always get up early, don't they?
• She visited my sister yesterday, didn't she?
• He can swim very fast, can't he?
• The chair has been painted, hasn't it?
• She have to come there now, don't she?

2. NEGATIVE statement. question tag POSITIVE.

    S + Aux./ to be + Verb + NOT, Aux./ to be + Verb + Pronoun.

    EXAMPLES:

• Mr. Ali was not sick yesterday, was he?
• They always do not get up early, do they?
• She did not visit my sister yesterday, did she?
• He cannot swim very fast, can he?
• The chair has not been painted, has it?

Nb:

• Open the door please, will you?
• Let's go for walk, shall we?
• Everything is okay, isn't it?
• Everybody studied hard, didn't they?
• A few students were there last Sunday, weren't they?
• A little money was left in the stolen wallet, wasn't it?
• They never go out on Sunday, do they?

#"never,seldom,rarely,barely, scarcely, hardly"(question tag POSITIVE)

  "I am, aren't I"

  "NOT on NEGATIVE TAG always in CONTRACTION: aren't I, won't they, don't you,etc.

Reference:

Complete English Grammar, by Junaida and Suryadi, Pustaka Pelajar, 2011.

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