hey guys welcome to Ling Marina today we're going to talk about a very common phrase in English how are you and other ways that you can ask this question native speakers do say how are you but they also say a lot of different things people in the US say how are you as a greeting not because they want a detailed answer if you want to learn some Alternatives and want to say something else instead of just saying how are you let's look at these 10 phrases and how to respond to them how's it going this
is a casual way to ask how someone is doing use this with people you already know it's nice and polite you can also use this greeting for almost anyone in any situation except for maybe in the most formal situations how is it going it's going great what about you so common responses are good fine it's okay it's going that's like it's when I say it's going it means like it's hard to kids you know travel everything work it's going or you can say life is good or you can say can't complain or it's going great
it's going well not bad if it's bad you can say it could be better another phrase is how's everything this is another casual way to say basically hello to someone you've met before and again you don't really want to know everything that they're doing but you want to know how everything is in general this phrase is great for starting casual chats at work during during social events or in passing conversations most people respond with short simple answers that reflect their overall mood great really good really good thanks not bad all right could be better not
so good having a rough day how are you doing is another great phrase this one actually asks for a longer more detailed answer about other person's emotions and their General well-being it can be casual or professional and here's an example how you use it with asking for specific things I heard about your divorce how are you doing and the friend could be like okay we're still in court I think we're almost done now another situation how are you doing have you taken your Spanish test yet I think I failed it but it's only 5% my
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with you can also say what have you been up to since we last talked or since I last saw you this way you're kind of asking them for an overview of what that person has done since your last conversation typical responses are I'm good I've been good we had a baby you know we traveled the world I started several companies but like and they go on and tell you the whole story another phrase very casual very common what's new anything new and this is how you ask for any new Life updates from a friend typical
responses are nothing or not much if they don't want to share or nothing really happened or sometimes people share pieces of information about their life let's look at another example you meet someone you worked with oh hi Jane what's new hi oh not much I just saw this new Star Wars movie though have you seen it yet here are some other phrases that you can use how are things going how are things how's everything these are some variations of another casual way to say hello to someone you've met before and again we have our range
of typical responses that are pretty much the same for all the questions great really good not bad everything's good things pretty good can't complain here's an example how are things going things are good just busy at work how's your day going this is both a formal and an informal phrase and this is a phrase that applies to convers ations with the most random people like if you're at a store someone at cash register can ask you how's your day going the answer to this phrase is always short and simple oh it's going great thanks for
asking how is your day going and the reply would be going great thank you now another phrase is where you see something is going on and you're really worried and you say you're good everything okay and these phrases are used when you sense the that something might be wrong or you want to do a quick checkin with someone and if something's really going on people start sharing actually I've been a bit stressed lately Etc the next phrase is very confusing for English language Learners because it's sounds like WhatsApp just like the messenger name so basically
when you encounter this WhatsApp question you don't answer like great because WhatsApp is similar to what are you doing and not how you're doing so your answer should be about what you're doing what's up I am taking off my to-do list I'm picking up some things not doing much just hanging out remember this what's going on this is another informal way to ask someone how they are and what they're up to this race can also show a friendly curiosity about someone's current activity or situation difficult responses are not much just working what about you oh
nothing special special or a lot actually I've been super busy lately we just came back from the strip to Dubai and uh you know kids are back at school I have to get back to work learning new ways to say how are you can help you sound more natural and confident when speaking English and also not get confused when native speakers use these phrases to talk to you these phrases make your conversation more interesting and show that you care about the person you're talking to practice these phrases every day and soon you'll feel comfortable using
them in any conversation thank you so much please subscribe to this Channel and share it with your friends who are learning English bye
