There are many ways to greet someone.  We’ll learn about the most common way to greet someone in this lesson.  I’ll give a variety of example sentences.

Greeting someone you have never met:

“Hi, my name is Steve.  It’s nice to meet you.”

You can respond to this by saying,

“It’s a pleasure to meet you.  I’m Jack.”

Another common question to ask is

“What do you do for a living?”

You can respond to this by saying,

“I work at a restaurant.”

“I work at a bank.”

“I work in a software company.”

“I’m a dentist.”

Usually, you will not need to ask for a name.  It is implied that each person should say their name.  But in case they don’t, you can ask,

“What is your name?”

Many times, I don’t hear the name.  If you would like for them to repeat their name, you can say,

“What was that again?”

“Excuse me?”

“Pardon me?”