How are you? Don't answer "I'm fine"!

—How are you? 

—I'm fine, thank you. And you?

No native English speaker says that! Stop sounding like a textbook with these tips from teacher Tiffany (Speak English With Tiffany) while listening to some American English. 

For a British English video about greeting questions and answers, you can also check this videos on the same subjects by the English teacher Papa English, featuring his brilliant drawings and introduced by...  three alter egos?

So now you know: English native speakers do not ask "How are you?", but other questions that mean about the same—although they are not as boring. English teacher Lucy tells you all about it in this video. They do not say "Goodbye" either, so click here for a video that tells you what to say instead!

Finally, if you are wondering how to answer to "How do you do?", watch this 55-second video by teacher Gideon on how to do exactly that.

Now you know what to say next time you greet someone, so I can say: goodbye have a lovely day!