How many responses do you have if someone asks “How are you?”
Most people only know one response… the common response is grammar and text books… which is “fine thank you, and you?”
But are you really always fine?
Of course not right… so if you always reply with this answer, then you almost sound like a computer or robot.
Sometimes you feel good, sometimes just ok and other times not so good.
So the three main answers are “good”, “not too bad” and “not so good”
Of course there are many other responses if you want to answer accurately.
Below is a list you can use to accurately describe how you feel when someone asks you “How are you?”
The list is in order from best feeling to worst feeling.
- never been better, couldn’t be better
- outstanding
- fantastic
- excellent, wonderful
- great
- good
- pretty good
- good
- not too bad
- not so bad
- fine, so so
- not bad, same old same old, could be better/worse
- a little tired
- not good
- not so good, under the weather
- bad
- terrible
great! I always replied Fine/Ok but now I can reply in a number of ways.