Greetings - exercises with answers

1. Exercise 1: responding to greetings

Read each greeting and choose the best response.

1. Good morning!

a) See you later.
b) Good night.
c) Good morning!
d) Where are you from?

Good morning!

2. Hello!

a) Thank you.
b) Hello!
c) Good night.
d) How old are you?

Hello!

3. How are you?

a) See you tomorrow
b) At six o’clock.
c) My kids are fine.
d) I’m fine, thanks. And you?

I’m fine, thanks. And you?

4. Nice to meet you.

a) What’s your phone number?
b) Nice to meet you too.
c) You are so nice to me.
d) Where do you live?

Nice to meet you too.

5. Good evening!

a) What’s your name?
b) See you later.
c) Thank you.
d) Good evening!

Good evening!

6. Goodbye.

a) Goodbye.
b) Good morning.
c) I’m from Italy.
d) Thank you very much.

Goodbye.

7. Welcome to Paris!

a) See you!
b) Nice to meet you.
c) Good afternoon.
d) Thank you.

Thank you.

8. How’s it going?

a) Pretty good, thanks.
b) It’s going to rain.
c) I’m not going anywhere.
d) I’m going to work.

Pretty good, thanks.

9. See you later.

a) I’m fine, thanks.
b) Good evening.
c) See you.
d) You’re welcome.

See you!

10. Excuse me.

a) Yes?
b) Good luck!
c) Good night.
d) Bless you!

Yes?

2. Exercise 2

Complete each greeting using the correct word.

1. there! How are you today?

Hi there! How are you today?

2. Good! Sleep well!

Good night! Sleep well!

3. It’s so nice to you.

It’s so nice to meet you!

4. morning. Enjoy your day.

Good morning. Enjoy your day.

5. Long time see.

Long time no see.

6. do you do?

How do you do?

7. I haven’t seen you in ages. Good to you again.

I haven’t seen you in ages. Good to see you again.

8. Good afternoon. How’s your day so far?

Good afternoon. How’s your day going so far?

9. What are youto?

What are you up to?

10. Why theface? Is everything OK?

Why the long face? Is everything OK?

11. Isthe matter?

Is anything the matter?

3. Exercise 3

Match the greetings with the appropriate responses.

Greetings	Answers
1. How are you?	a. I'm fine, thank you.
2. Good morning!	b. Good afternoon!
3. Good afternoon!	c. Nice to meet you too.
4. Good evening!	d. Good evening!
5. Nice to meet you.	e. Good morning!
6. My name is Jack. And you?	f. I am from Japan.
7. Where are you from?	g. I'm Emma. Nice to meet you, Jack.

1.

a

2.

e

3.

b

4.

d

5.

c

6.

g

7.

f

4. Greetings worksheet

There are 16 sentences in this worksheet. Change each number in brackets into words.

Greetings exercises containing different sentences to rearrange and fill in. A printable worksheet with answers is also available.

Answers to the worksheet ▼

4.1 Put the words in order

1. Nice to meet you.

2. How are you?

3. It was nice meeting you.

4. Have a nice day.

5. See you soon.

6. What are you up to?

4.2 Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words

1. Where are you from?

2. My name is Jack. What’s your name?

3. I’m fine, thanks.

4. This is my niece. Her name is Clara.

5. This is my nephew. His name is Harry.

6. How are you today?

7. How is your wife?

8. How are the kids?

9. I’m not feeling well today.

10. Is anything the matter?