What’s up ! guys
Today we are going to learn new、common ways to ask and answer the question"how are you ?"in English .
You’ve probably learned “how are you “and I ‘am fine”in textbook before .but for native speakers.people will usually ask this question and answer it in a different way.
If someone says. How are you ? you can say" I am fine.“
Here are some other ways to answer:
Pretty good --This means about the same thing as “i’am fine “
We also have “not bad “ you can use this if you are feeling just okay ,or so-so.
Let’s look at our question again .”how are you “?This is the most well-known way of asking how someone is .you could use it when you want to be polite.
But now .let’s look at some different ways to ask how someone is.these ways are more casual and much more common.
First: Hey how’s it going ?
You can answer this in many ways.if you are feeling good.you can say ;good .pretty good .Not bad.
Here’s a tip.Even though these answers mean the same thing as “i am fine”.
You can’t answer “how’s it going” with “i am fine “.it will sound a bit strange.if you are not feeling good .you can say :not so good ,not so good . Not great, or not so well.
Be careful .if you say one of these.the other person will usually ask .why? Wht’s wrong ? to be polite .you’ll have to explain .Another Casual.but very common version of “how are you ‘’ is what’s up ?To reply，Use a cheerful voice as you say :not much .or nothing much .this means you are free and able to chat .
Since "what’s up” it’s just another way of saying”hello”.you can also reply with hey or hi .
Now it’s time for some advice .
1> A lot of the time ,when we ask questions that mean “how are you “in English .we are not actually asking about the other person’s health.we are only asking to be polite.you should think of these questions as another way of says hello.a way for the conversation to get started instead of actual literal questions.
2> In fact ,when someone asks you ,what’s up ? you don’t even have to answer. Just say what’s up in reply .
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