SMP SAINS MIFTAHUL HUDA
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Learning Outcomes:
Students are able to identify interpersonal text about greeting, thanking, and apologizing within
family and class.
Students are able to apply the teks structure and language feature of interpersonal teks about
greeting, thanking, and apologizing within family and class.
Students are able to make an interpersonal teks about greeting, thanking and apologizing.
Greeting
Greeting is the first word you learn. Greeting tell people that you want to
communicate with them. Greeting is one way to maintain good relationship with
others. Greeting means welcoming other people. It can also lead to a
conversation. Business greetings or greetings among strangers are formal. On
the other side, greetings among friends and family members are informal or
casual.
People usually slow down their activity, smile, or wave their hands as
they greet other people. They will stop doing their activity if they want to talk
more. Greeting is usually followed by asking condition. It is more likely to maintain relationship. It is not
mainly used to ask condition. At the end of the conversation, people usually have leave taking expression or
say good bye. It is a polite way to end a talk.
Expression of Greeting
Hi
Hello
Good morning; used before the sun rises (5.00 a.m. – 11.59 a.m.)
Good afternoon; used at 12.00 p.m. – 5.59 p.m.
Good evening; used at 6.00 p.m. (after the sun sets) – bed time.
Expression of Asking Condition
Questions Response
How do you do? o How do you do.
How are you? o I’m fine. Thank you./I’m little bit sick.
How are things? o Great/Not so well.
How is it going on? o Well/Bad.
How are you doing? o I’m doing fine./I’m not in a good condition.
How have you been? o Never better./Not so well.
How is everything? o Fine. Thanks./Not really good.
Expression of Leave-taking
Leave-taking Responses
I must go now. o Bye.
I think I should be going. o Bye-bye.
I think I should be on my way. o See you.
I’ve got to go now. o See you later.
I’ve got to run now. o Take care.
I’d better go now. o Farewell.
I have to go now.
I need to run now.
I should get going now.
Example of greeting in a conversation
Dotty : Hi. What’s up?
Vivian : Nothing much. What’s new with you?
Dotty : Not too much. I’ve been pretty busy.
Vivian : Me too. Seems like all I do is eat and sleep.
Dotty : Gotta go. Call me tonight. Vivian: Okay. Check you later.
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Thanking and Apologizing
“Thank you” and “Sorry” mean more than just words of politeness.
“Thank you” shows our appreciation toward others. It is polite and it is
good to say thank you for other people good deed and gift. Saying “thank
you” shows people that we trust their good intention in doing or giving
something for us. People will more likely do other kindness in the future
when people thank them. Saying “sorry” means taking responsibility for
the mistake we do. People get hurt or feel sad when we do something
wrong to them. Saying” sorry” means we have an intention to do better next time.
Expression of Thanking
Thanking Responses
Thanks. o Sure!
Thank you. o Anytime.
Thanks a bunch. o No problem.
Thank you very much. o You’re welcome.
Thank you so much. o Don’t worry about it.
I’m so grateful. o Don’t mention it.
o My pleasure.
You are so kind.
o It is no trouble at all.
That’s very kind of you.
I would like to thank to.
Expression of Apologizing
Apologizing Responses
I am sorry. o That’s okay/ That’s alright.
I am so/very/really/terribly/extremely sorry. o It’s fine/ It’s okay/ It’s alright.
I am sorry for… o Forget it.
It’s all my fault. o Don’t mention it.
Sorry, It was my fault. o It doesn’t matter.
Pardon me for… o Don’t apologize.
How careless of me. o Don’t worry about it.
o Never mind.
I do apologize for…
o I quite understand.
I apologize for my…
o No harm done.
I’d like to apologise for…
Please accept my apologies for everything.
I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have do that.
Forgive me for…
Sorry, please don’t be mad at me.
Example of thanking and apologizing in a conversation
Thanking Apologizing
Shidqi : Laila, May I borrow your dictionary? Sofyan : Sorry, sir. I’m late.
Laila : Of course, Shidqi. Here you are. Mr. Ali : It’s all right. Why are you late,
Shidqi : Thank you. Sofyan?
Laila : You are welcome. Sofyan : I got up at seven in the morning, sir.
I watched TV until eleven at night.
Mr. Ali : You must sleep early. Please don’t
do that anymore.
Sofyan : All right, sir.
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