English grammar
How are you? — well / bad / so-so
Ask how someone is and reply.
From the scene How are you?
In short
Ask How are you? Answer very well, so-so or bad, and add thanks.
- how are you? How are you?
- well well
- bad bad
- so-so so-so
- very well / very bad very well / very bad
Your turn
Which one goes with well?
Options: How are you? · bad · well
Show answer
well → well
How it works
How are you? asks how someone is — are, not is, and never "How you are?".
Good to know
Answer very well, so-so or bad, and say thanks. Very makes it stronger: very well, very bad.
how are you? How are you?
Nuria
Hello, Tomás! How are you?
¡Hola, Tomás! ¿Cómo estás?
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Hello, Tomás! (blank)?
Options: Bad · How are you · Well
Show answer
Nuria
Hello, Tomás! How are you?
¡Hola, Tomás! ¿Cómo estás?
well well
Nuria
Very well, thanks.
Muy bien, gracias.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Very (blank), thanks.
Options: bad · well · How are you
Show answer
Nuria
Very well, thanks.
Muy bien, gracias.
bad bad
Tomás
Bad. Very bad.
Mal. Muy mal.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
(blank). Very bad.
Options: Well · Bad · How are you
Show answer
Tomás
Bad. Very bad.
Mal. Muy mal.
so-so so-so
Tomás
So-so.
Regular.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
(blank).
Options: How are you · Well · So-so
Show answer
Tomás
So-so.
Regular.
very well / very bad very well / very bad
Tomás
Very well! Very, very well!
¡Muy bien! ¡Muy, muy bien!
Your turn
What fills the gap?
(blank)! Very, very well!
Options: Bad · Very well · How are you
Show answer
Tomás
Very well! Very, very well!
¡Muy bien! ¡Muy, muy bien!
Common mistake
Not Well. here. Tomás is not well and not bad.
So-so.
Regular.
Practise it in the story
Meet this rule inside a short animated scene. Answer as it plays, then say the lines yourself.
Practise free in the appSee all forms
| how are you? | How are you? |
|---|---|
| well | well |
| bad | bad |
| so-so | so-so |
| very well / very bad | very well / very bad |
More lines from the story
- ElenaChurros, Tomás?¿Churros, Tomás?