Lesson 5

Today, we are going to learn about greeting with the Word good, such as good morning, good afternoon, etc, and courtesy titles. Lets start with greeting throughout the day. Good morning is used from the time you wake up until ! noon. Good afternoon is used from ! noon to " or # in the e$ening because these are the hours of the day that are after midday, also know as noon. Good e$ening is used from " or # in the e$ening until %ust before you go to the bed and good night is only used when going to bed. &ou say goodbye when lea$ing people. We can also use the shorter form, bye. 'ow, lets look at the titles( mr, mrs, ms, miss. )ll of these titles are courtesy titles and they are always followed by a surname, not a first name. *r. *rs. *s. *iss. +o, with the surname brown we can ha$e( *r. ,rown. *rs. ,rown. *s. ,rown. *iss. ,rown. *r. refers to a man, if he is married or unmarried. *rs. -efers to a married woman. *iss. -efers to an unmarried girl or woman. )nd if a woman prefers not to say whether she is married or not, she can use *s. *s. .s becoming increasingly common. 'ow, lets look at the forms of address( sir and madam. We use sir or madam when we want to be formal or when we know a man or womans surname, but not their first name. for e/ample( a hotel employee would use sir and madam when speaking to the hotel guests so he good say( goodbye, sir. Good morning, madam. 'ow, lets look at this lady and the gentleman. When we talk about someone in general we do not use sir and madam, instead, we used lady and gentleman. 0or e/ample( this lady, that gentleman. 0inally, lets look at some e/amples of greetings and titles( Good e$ening, sir. Good afternoon, madam. Good morning, *r. +mith. Good afternoon, *iss. ,rown. Goodbye, sir. Goodnight, madam.