Name: 英語の挨拶と返事の5つのコツ - 質問と返事の仕方 'How are you? (5 Tips for English Greetings and Responses - How to Ask and Answer 'How are you?')
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I'm Olivier, welcome to Oxford Online English!

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When you started learning English, I'm fine is probably one of the first things you learnt.

It's a simple way of answering the question How are you?

But if you use it all the time, it can get very repetitive, and a little boring.

Even with very simple language, it's better if your language is varied.

So, how can you make this more interesting?

Remember that it's polite to also ask the other person how they are, too.

Notice that the intonation rises at the end to show that you're asking a question.

Now, you've learned some ways to answer the question how are you, but what about the

Like I'm fine, there are many ways to ask how are you, and you should try to add variety

By the way, you probably wouldn't ask a person you see regularly 'how are you?'.

If you see them often it might sound strange because nothing has changed since the last

These are more informal, but they're very common in everyday situations.

In informal spoken English, you should use contractions and link words to sound natural.

So, make sure you say How's it going, with a contraction of is.

You can't use the full form—How is it going—unless you want to sound like a robot.

Similarly, how're you doing needs to be pronounced with a contraction of are: how're

You can even leave out the word are and just say how you doing?

Next, let's see how you can put these greetings together in a real situation.

Next, let's look at some even more informal ways of asking or answering the question how

Here are three very informal questions you can use to ask how are you:

That doesn't mean they're rude or that you shouldn't use them, but you can't

And yes, how's tricks is grammatically incorrect, but that's the phrase which people use!

These are common between friends and people who know each other well.

Remember what you learned about linking words earlier?

These different questions can also have different responses.

It might sound negative to you to just say nothing, but it's a very common expression

Because these are very informal ways to ask how are you, sometimes they're used as greetings.

This means that sometimes these questions don't need an answer.

When using these phrases, you can simply answer with an informal greeting, like this:

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英語の挨拶と返事の5つのコツ - 質問と返事の仕方 'How are you? (5 Tips for English Greetings and Responses - How to Ask and Answer 'How are you?')

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