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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.. K! |8 x2 h- p7 O" 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?. q8 A& q: N0 d. w9 [
Fine.9 y( D. ]; m) j' N2 X6 X9 I
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This 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.
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7 }( ?, |% V" u7 WNot bad.; F4 Z( f$ X1 K9 m9 j
5 Y% y& z$ B+ z8 a% O% ]; dThis is a more friendly-sounding answer than "fine".+ C7 Y0 ~& J0 f7 ~% m
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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.
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Very well, thanks.0 g1 m+ ]# u$ }2 C/ C
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A 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.) Y2 M, }) F4 `- h# l3 y7 ?/ f
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Pretty good.5 f/ u6 X7 f" F" U5 ^
- k3 j" X+ }7 s; XIf you don't care as much about grammar, you can answer "Good" or "Pretty good". It's more common and much, much more casual.
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/ |* t! u$ ]. {7 DGreat! How are you doing?" [" [% _9 c: R, j( A' b/ Y n
7 u1 Z( B6 y9 W' I1 UThis 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.4 |& B" P# @ e! P6 A9 X3 Q, V
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I'm hanging in there.
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( \$ C- d$ K' F3 g IThis answer makes it sound like you're having a tough day./ G! z+ ]9 c/ s; k6 Y* f0 r
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I've been better.$ F8 G- Q( D1 b& `7 T
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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:
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A: What's wrong?0 a9 _9 o2 C5 o9 J
' k( L+ U* T/ w/ i) c1 TB: I just found out that I'm being laid off.8 O& k* H2 D" S3 s% F0 `) [# T$ z$ z' j7 M
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This question is similar to "How are you". The answers discussed above all work for "How's it going?" as well.; E, h- d' q- X1 T1 }. o
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Here's another answer that will also work for "How's it going", but not for "How are you?"4 l7 I7 h! K4 v+ P2 k7 Y
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It's going well.
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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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: {, u: G+ [: E( nWhat's up?- M: t7 X: R; t I' g& `9 M
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:* j+ X. M+ K) j# t+ p7 o5 [
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{1 R2 g& O( A4 H$ KThis 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."# \ Y3 z( S7 c& J7 w9 w
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Not a lot.
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This is another really common answer. It's just a bit fresher than "Nothing much" because it's a little less common.
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# D, ?+ m, L7 y5 \Nothing.8 Q4 _7 @" V) c1 P) u2 }: C
; ]9 C" _, [1 R& p. n' [This is more to-the-point. It might make you seem a little angry or rude.
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9 x1 M9 T) ~, U) xOh, just the usual.0 G2 d' `* `. ~- k4 Q8 O0 L; L
! J- Q! J3 o9 G. i) y4 c5 lAnswer this way if you do mostly the same things each day./ V' }8 r. \) g2 N7 N
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This phrase means that you're doing the same things every day, and you're a little bored of it.# X- y+ {5 i' E1 _( ^
2 R9 F. [* x3 u l3 R0 V) [Oh gosh, all kinds of stuff!
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- r/ Y! B( Q; `& Y9 l0 y/ s: uYou can answer this way if your life has been really busy and exciting lately.$ q* o0 w* ?# A9 M" `- D# x
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What's happening?
! i" M6 ?7 F. v* JThis question means the same thing as "What's up" and can be answered in the same way.
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