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Ways to say 'How are you?'

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How are you?
I'm fine, thank you.

'I'm fine, thank you', is an answer we use so often to this question that we don't really have to think about what we are going to say. The reply comes almost automatically whenever we hear it beinng asked to us.

But how about if we ask the same question in a different way?

All these questions mean 'how are you?', but your task is decide which is the best response. There are many ways you can answer but only one is correct from the three possible replies.

How many of these greetings are new to you? Do you know any others? Leave your comments in the comments section.

And remember, however you answer, always be sure to follow it up with, and you?

  • 1) What's up?




  • 2) How's it going?




  • 3) What's going on?




  • 4) How have you been?




  • 5) What have you been up to?




  • 6) Are you well?




  • 7) How are you keeping?