Review Greetings Tobe

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

• A) I'm fine, thank you.Correct! "How are you?" asks about the state of the person, so the answer has to say how the person is.
• B) My name is Carlos.Incorrect. That answers "What is your name?", which asks about identity and not about how someone is.
• C) I'm from Bogota.Incorrect. That answers "Where are you from?", a question about place and not about a person's state.
• D) I am 12 years old.Incorrect. That answers "How old are you?", a question about age and not about how someone is.

Respuesta correcta: D) Have a nice day.

• A) Good evening.Incorrect. "Good evening" is a greeting used when you meet someone, and it carries no idea of leaving.
• B) Nice to meet you.Incorrect. It is said at the moment of an introduction and refers to the meeting, not to a farewell.
• C) What's up?Incorrect. It is an informal question about how someone is, so it is the wrong register for a formal goodbye.
• D) Have a nice day.Correct! It is a polite wish for the rest of the person's day and it works as a complete, formal farewell.

Respuesta correcta: D) my

• A) yourIncorrect. "Your" is a possessive adjective that must come before a noun, and here a verb follows the blank.
• B) IIncorrect. The subject "I" cannot stand between the greeting and the verb "is" in this structure.
• C) meIncorrect. "Me" is an object pronoun, and here the name belongs to the subject Maria.
• D) myCorrect! "My" is the possessive adjective that goes directly in front of the noun "name".

Respuesta correcta: A) Nice to meet you.

• A) Nice to meet you.Correct! It is the standard polite phrase for a first meeting, saying you are pleased to know the person.
• B) Good night.Incorrect. That is said late in the evening when leaving or going to sleep, not at a first meeting.
• C) See you later.Incorrect. That is said to someone you already know, because it assumes a previous arrangement to meet again.
• D) Welcome.Incorrect. That is said when receiving a guest at a home or a venue, so it does not fit a first meeting.

Respuesta correcta: D) At 8:00 AM.

• A) In the afternoon.Incorrect. The afternoon runs from about noon to six, and the greeting for that time is "Good afternoon".
• B) At 8:00 PM.Incorrect. Eight at night is after the evening greeting, so the correct phrase there is "Good evening".
• C) At midnight.Incorrect. Midnight is the start of the next day, and the greeting at that hour is "Good night".
• D) At 8:00 AM.Correct! "Morning" covers the time from dawn until about noon, and eight in the morning falls inside it.

Respuesta correcta: A) I'm from Medellin.

• A) I'm from Medellin.Correct! "I'm from" is the structure that answers a question about where a person comes from.
• B) I'm 11.Incorrect. That answers a question about age, and a question about origin needs the name of a place.
• C) I'm a student.Incorrect. That answers "What do you do?", a question about occupation and not about origin.
• D) I'm happy.Incorrect. That answers "How are you?", a question about a state or a feeling and not about origin.

Respuesta correcta: C) Good afternoon, sir.

• A) Hey!Incorrect. "Hey" is an informal interjection, so it does not suit a formal situation with an adult or a stranger.
• B) What's going on?Incorrect. It is an informal question that opens a conversation, so it is not itself a greeting.
• C) Good afternoon, sir.Correct! It is the full time-of-day greeting plus the polite title "sir", which is what formality requires.
• D) Hi there.Incorrect. "Hi" is casual and "there" is a filler here, so the register is far too informal.

Respuesta correcta: C) How old

• A) WhatIncorrect. "What are you?" asks about a person's identity, and its answer would be a name and not an age.
• B) HowIncorrect. "How are you?" asks about the state of the person, and its answer is "I'm fine", not an age.
• C) How oldCorrect! "How old" is the fixed question phrase for asking someone's age, and the answer gives a number of years.
• D) WhoIncorrect. "Who" asks for a name or a person, so it would identify someone instead of stating an age.

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

• A) Nice to meet you, too.Correct! The standard reply repeats the phrase and adds "too" to return the same politeness.
• B) I am fine.Incorrect. That answers "How are you?", so it is a reply to a different question.
• C) Hello.Incorrect. "Hello" is a greeting, and at this point in the conversation the greeting has already happened.
• D) You're welcome.Incorrect. That answers "Thank you", so it replies to a compliment and not to an introduction.

Respuesta correcta: B) What is your name?

• A) Give me your name.Incorrect. It is a direct order and it sounds aggressive, which is the opposite of a polite request.
• B) What is your name?Correct! It uses a polite question form with "is" and no imperative, which is the standard way to ask.
• C) Who are you?Incorrect. It can sound like an accusation, so it is not the polite way to ask someone's name.
• D) Name?Incorrect. A one-word question is too blunt, and it does not tell the person politely what is being asked for.