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How to respond to "How are you?", "What's up?", and other conversation starters
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There are a few questions that English speakers ask at the beginning of a conversation. These questions are simple tools to find out if there are any interesting topics to discuss. ~) P/ {; `2 ?2 N0 h: M
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You've certainly heard these questions, but you might be confused about how to answer. Here's a list of common answers to the questions "How are you?", "How's it going?", "What's up?", and "What's happening?"
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How are you?
, V6 y/ q) ?2 \4 x# z sFine.
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8 T2 g$ l1 D. a, |. S+ e, |" IThis is a simple, straight answer. If you don't say anything else, though, it might be a signal that you don't want to continue the conversation.: ^: |, U2 P* n2 {, D( R
7 z% q) C( {8 c9 F; }6 ONot bad.6 c( _+ D, a# {! E) l
4 n }) W& F% F9 q# ]0 q2 R" n+ dThis is a more friendly-sounding answer than "fine".
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Fine, thanks.
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This answer is formal. You might answer this way if someone you don't know, like a waiter at a restaurant, asks how you are.) i9 B, ]& r" e7 K/ I7 y/ W
! D& E5 H9 X7 t+ z8 kVery well, thanks.9 j5 |9 N1 N4 H7 X# ~2 A0 g
% C. i! z& g' n. F+ MA person who likes to be grammatically proper might answer this way. Technically, the question "How...?" should be answered with an adverb. However, a lot of English speakers don't know or care about this. The people who do are "by the books" types who insist on using grammatically correct language.. G0 b t1 {8 _* _
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: p3 j7 P; o# R6 x* B5 C" cIf you don't care as much about grammar, you can answer "Good" or "Pretty good". It's more common and much, much more casual., J" u9 W1 v: u; p, s
/ P4 ?$ H' B9 AGreat! How are you doing?
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This is an enthusiastic, excited response. It's always good to ask a question back to the other person if you want to continue the conversation.: V4 ~# h, Q/ {5 O0 s! Y
8 h. W5 Q* F* A; x1 G) FI'm hanging in there.
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This answer makes it sound like you're having a tough day.% r6 i. G7 `3 a* E7 P# s0 \
F [8 ~4 @4 g, B/ `$ @# C7 i7 ^I've been better.
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People usually give positive answers to the question "How are you?" If you give a negative answer like this one, it usually means that you want to tell the listener your sad story. So they'll usually ask what's wrong:- W2 G/ t8 d) `
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A: How are you?
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7 l# N+ Z/ j* c( ?2 h$ }; r& g0 SB: I've been better.' ~0 O% x F3 x. h/ N+ h! b
5 t9 k5 D; }7 q+ i" tA: What's wrong?- y. R& f+ g$ f: D. P8 K
9 l. [, k. ^3 H) t; nB: I just found out that I'm being laid off.5 H( Q m8 `0 o" h: f2 g2 j
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How's it going?
0 x9 Q. V& r6 aThis question is similar to "How are you". The answers discussed above all work for "How's it going?" as well.
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Here's another answer that will also work for "How's it going", but not for "How are you?"! V, D# d6 p% P! ~% x% k
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This is a friendly, polite answer that's suitable for coworkers, clients, and acquaintances that you haven't seen in a while.
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What's up?( O! Q# I" h* b& t* \: {7 S
This question means "What's happening in your life?" But you don't have to answer honestly. If you don't want to start a long conversation, you can use one of these standard replies:
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Nothing much.
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This is the most common answer. You can follow it by sharing something interesting that's happening: "Nothing much. Just getting ready for Vanessa's graduation."! _ f5 M, v L. F- R
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* Q5 s& a1 {* J5 U ~, p IThis is another really common answer. It's just a bit fresher than "Nothing much" because it's a little less common.3 i7 \$ s! X- ], R. B+ r! p* S9 Q$ g
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% x7 b& t c& @! x9 L/ e! GThis is more to-the-point. It might make you seem a little angry or rude.
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/ m/ a. B5 h$ M& l8 ^0 J/ D% xOh, just the usual.
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Answer this way if you do mostly the same things each day.& Z3 U6 G) ~' T
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Just the same old same old.
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7 G$ o; q, T2 A" J$ L' ~This phrase means that you're doing the same things every day, and you're a little bored of it.
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Oh gosh, all kinds of stuff!0 P y& O5 H5 J& E% ^
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You can answer this way if your life has been really busy and exciting lately.7 _1 W* N# c6 T6 ]1 ]
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What's happening?
4 x, W* r( |$ S& xThis question means the same thing as "What's up" and can be answered in the same way.$ }3 T2 L$ k& x
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