PARTING

There are lots of different phrases and expressions we can use when we want to say goodbye to people - find out what they are and when to use them! 

Good-bye
Good-bye Bye Bye-bye Bye now Cheerio So long, mate! (Australia)
I'm off!
OK, All right, Well then, Right then, Anyway,	(guys,) (folks,) (everyone,)	it's time to let's we should I'm going to we're going to	make a move. head off. go. leave you.
See you...
See you See ya (informal) Catch you (informal)	later! soon! tomorrow! tonight! at 8! at work! at the party!

Nice to see you...
Glad to Nice to It's been lovely to It was great to Good to	meet you see you. catch up.

Have a lovely...
Have a	lovely great nice wonderful	weekend! holiday! evening! afternoon! time!

Thanking your host...
Thanks very much for	dinner/lunch - it was lovely! a lovely evening. having me. (if you have stayed overnight)

In a hurry...
I'm so sorry, I'm really sorry, I'm afraid	I've got to I'm going to have to I'm gonna have to (informal)		rush off! hurry! dash! run!
It’s time …
Right then, Well, I OK, I suppose All right guys, I suppose Anyway, I suppose		It’s time I made a move It’s time for me to go It’s time to go

Here are some conversations about parting

Questions and Responses
I’ve come to say good-bye. When are you off? I’m flying home on Sunday. Good-bye then, and all the very best. Cheerio. Say good-bye to the rest of the family for me, won’t you?	I’d like to say good-bye to you all. What time are you going? My train leaves at 7.25 Well, good-bye, and have a good journey. Good-bye. Remember to look me up	I’m ringing to say good-bye. When are you setting off? I’m catching the 11.35 boat. Cheerio then, and don’t forget to keep in touch. Good-bye, and thanks for everything.	I’ve just called in to say good-bye. What time are you leaving? I’m going to try to get away by ten. Good-bye then, and remember me to your parents. Good-bye. See you next year.

Vocabulary

Guys/folks: man/people in general Off: going Dash: sudden quick movement Look me up: come to see me, not stay with me Keep in touch: for the English, usually means nothing more than sending a Chrismast card or stay in a relation Catch up: spend extra time doing something

Activity

Re-arrange the sentence below!

You and your friend are at a party and have decided it’s time to leave. You say…

___________________________________________

head

Off!

going

we’re

to

right

Then,

Then,

Closing Conversation

Do you find that your English conversations end rather suddenly? Is there anything we can say before 'goodbye' to indicate that we would like to stop talking? The ability to close topics is a very useful but difficult skill. In this lesson, you'll learn how native speakers close topics in two real conversations.

Closing topics
so...	anyway...	but...	right...	okay...	well...
Use these words with sentences that give your final opinion about the topic summarise what has already been said lead to you saying 'goodbye' Examples But, we shall see if it makes a difference... Anyway, I must be off! So, it's something, anyway, to look forward to... Well anyway, it's lovely talking to you, but I must get on... Right... well... I guess I'd better get back

Conversation:

Emily: And then I’m gonna fly back five and a half weeks later…

William: A changed person –

Emily: Hopefully…

William: You’ll come back here, you’ll have shaved your head or something. I don’t know, something completely…

Emily: So who knows what will come, what will happen when I come back, but erm… anyway, so hopefully it will at least be a holiday and I’ll get nice weather… hopefully…so… but erm…

William: Do you know any of the people that you’re going to be with?

Emily: No, I don’t. I don’t know anyone, erm, yes. So, I guess I’d better go back to work.

William: Ok…erm -

Emily: I’ve got loads to do…

William: Oh right. Well, it’s nice talking to you.

Emily: Thank you very much.

William: And I’ll see you downstairs.

Emily: Yeah.

William: So, bye.

Vocabulary

Look forward: think with pleasure about something that is going to happen in the future Get on/get back: leave/go

Note:

When you want to close a conversation, wait 1 or 2 seconds. Then say “see you later” or “nice to talk to you” or “it’s been nice talking to you”

Activity

Matt and William are talking about heart. Choose the best answer for the blank sentence or word below!

Matt: He’s got a very good and strong heart, which is obviously what we want, so,

yeah…

William: Is that, err, how, do they, are they able to sort of tell how strong a baby’s

heart…?

Matt: Yeah, yeah, you can, you can listen to the heart. I’m not sure -

William: Is that something you do or…?

Matt: Erm, not without the aid of special microphones, which is obviously in my

province…_________________________________., ___________ look erm… I think if you’re… if you’ve got everything you need then I, ________________

William: All right…thanks a lot Matt, for doing that*.

Matt: That’s no problem ‘Wal’**

William: ‘Wal’! And er, yeah, I’ll see you later

Matt: See you later on.

* William is referring to help Matt gave him before this conversation.

** ‘Wal’ is a funny way of saying ‘Will’ for ‘William’.

Options

1)      But it’s very interesting, very exciting to hear the heart

2)      Anyway

3)      I need to chip off

Clues

but it’s very interesting, very exciting to hear the heart

The word ‘but’ is used to change from talking about the technical issue of how to record

babies’ hearts, to the more general topic. Matt then gives his final opinion on the subject to indicate he’s ready to stop talking about it.

Anyway

A signal that Matt needs to leave.

I need to chip off

Matt is saying he needs to go. ‘To chip off’ is an unusual English expression, but the meaning is obvious in this context.