Greetings Advanced

Respuesta correcta: A) I'm fine, thank you.

• A) I'm fine, thank you.Correct! 'How are you?' asks how you feel, and 'I'm fine, thank you' reports the feeling and adds a polite 'thank you'.
• B) I'm from Bogota.'I'm from Bogota' answers 'Where are you from?', so it gives an origin instead of a feeling.
• C) My name is Carlos.'My name is Carlos' answers 'What is your name?', which is a different question from asking how you feel.
• D) I am 12 years old.'I am 12 years old' gives your age, so it answers 'How old are you?' and not 'How are you?'.

Respuesta correcta: B) Have a nice day.

• A) Nice to meet you.'Nice to meet you' is said at a first introduction, not when you are leaving.
• B) Have a nice day.Correct! 'Have a nice day' is a polite farewell that you use with people you do not know well.
• C) Good evening.'Good evening' is a greeting used on arrival, so it opens the conversation instead of closing it.
• D) What's up?'What's up?' is an informal question between close friends, far too casual to be a formal goodbye.

Respuesta correcta: A) my

• A) myCorrect! 'My' is the possessive adjective, and a possessive adjective goes directly before the noun 'name'.
• B) I'I' is a subject pronoun and it cannot modify the noun 'name' the way a possessive adjective does.
• C) me'me' is the object form used after a preposition or a verb, as in 'call me'; before a noun you need 'my'.
• D) your'your' points at the person you are speaking to, but Maria is introducing herself, so it must be 'my'.

Respuesta correcta: B) Nice to meet you.

• A) See you later.'See you later' is a goodbye that assumes you already know the person.
• B) Nice to meet you.Correct! 'Nice to meet you' is the standard phrase for a first introduction, and the reply is 'Nice to meet you, too'.
• C) Welcome.'Welcome' is said when someone arrives at your home or your school, not at a first meeting.
• D) Good night.'Good night' is what you say before sleeping, so it has nothing to do with meeting someone.

Respuesta correcta: B) At 8:00 AM.

• A) At midnight.Midnight is the start of the night, so you say 'Good night' and never 'Good morning'.
• B) At 8:00 AM.Correct! 'Good morning' is used in the morning, and 8:00 AM is in the morning.
• C) At 8:00 PM.8:00 PM is at night, when you say 'Good evening' or 'Good night' and not 'Good morning'.
• D) In the afternoon.The afternoon is the time of 'Good afternoon'; 'Good morning' ends at midday.

Respuesta correcta: A) I'm from Medellin.

• A) I'm from Medellin.Correct! The question asks for a place of origin, and 'I'm from Medellin' names a city, so the pair matches.
• B) I'm a student.'I'm a student' tells what you do, not the place you come from.
• C) I'm happy.'I'm happy' tells how you feel, so it answers 'How are you?' instead of a question about origin.
• D) I'm 11.'I'm 11' gives your age, which answers 'How old are you?' and not a question about where you come from.

Respuesta correcta: B) Good afternoon, sir.

• A) Hi there.'Hi' is casual and 'there' is not a title, so the greeting stays informal.
• B) Good afternoon, sir.Correct! 'Good afternoon, sir' adds the polite title 'sir', and that title is what makes the greeting formal.
• C) What's going on?'What's going on?' is an informal question between friends and carries no polite title.
• D) Hey!'Hey' is a very informal word used with close friends, never with someone you must treat formally.

Respuesta correcta: A) How old

• A) How oldCorrect! 'How old' is the only form that can be followed by the answer 'I am ten years old'.
• B) How'How' asks about a manner, a state or a way; an age needs the adjective 'old' after it.
• C) What'What' asks for a thing or a name, so 'I am ten years old' would not answer it.
• D) Who'Who' asks for a person, so it would need an answer like 'I am Maria' and not an age.

Respuesta correcta: D) Nice to meet you, too.

• A) Hello.'Hello' is a greeting that opens a conversation, but it does not answer an introduction.
• B) I am fine.'I am fine' answers 'How are you?', not a greeting of introduction.
• C) You're welcome.'You're welcome' is the answer to 'Thank you', so it belongs to a different exchange.
• D) Nice to meet you, too.Correct! The standard reply to 'Nice to meet you' is 'Nice to meet you, too', which returns the same phrase.

Respuesta correcta: C) What is your name?

• A) Give me your name.'Give me your name' is a command, and a command is not a polite way to ask.
• B) Who are you?'Who are you?' sounds blunt and can even sound accusing, so it is not the polite form.
• C) What is your name?Correct! 'What is your name?' uses the polite question word and the full verb form, which is what makes it a polite request.
• D) Name?'Name?' is a single word with no verb, which makes it very informal and can sound rude.