{"id":301462,"date":"2025-01-07T13:24:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T13:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/?p=301462"},"modified":"2025-10-22T17:36:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:36:45","slug":"how-to-respond-to-whats-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/how-to-respond-to-whats-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking English: How You SHOULD [and Shouldn\u2019t!] Respond to \u201cWhat\u2019s Up?\u201d\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this lesson you\u2019ll get to see me imitate some very common conversations that include the question \u201cWhat\u2019s up?\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"entry-tags\">Tagged With: <a href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/tag\/how-to-respond-to-whats-up\/\" rel=\"tag\">How to respond to What's up?<\/a><\/span> \u00a0 <strong>YouTube blocked? <\/strong><a href=\"#video\">Click here to see the video.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CwhgquSdo6E\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"Speaking English: How You SHOULD [and Shouldn\u2019t!] Respond to \u201cWhat\u2019s Up?\u201d\" title=\"Play video &quot;Speaking English: How You SHOULD [and Shouldn\u2019t!] Respond to \u201cWhat\u2019s Up?\u201d&quot;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CwhgquSdo6E<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CwhgquSdo6E\" title=\"Speaking English: How You SHOULD [and Shouldn\u2019t!] Respond to \u201cWhat\u2019s Up?\u201d\">Speaking English: How You SHOULD [and Shouldn\u2019t!] Respond to \u201cWhat\u2019s Up?\u201d (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CwhgquSdo6E)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/p>\n<h2>Video Transcript:<\/h2>\n<p>How should you respond to \u201cWhat&#8217;s up?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today, we&#8217;ll look at six different conversations to study the right response to \u201cwhat&#8217;s up?\u201d in English. The first thing to know is that Americans mean one of two different things when they ask this question.<\/p>\n<p>Number one, most common: They mean \u201cHello.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They use it as a greeting. This is the most common use of it and the most common response would be \u201cNothing.\u201d or \u201cNot much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also very common to then say, \u201cHow are you?\u201d or \u201cWhat&#8217;s up with you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s just a greeting and then you return the greeting. This is a thing you might say when you see someone you know. Let&#8217;s look at an example conversation where it&#8217;s used as a greeting.<\/p>\n<p>Hey Rachel, what&#8217;s up?<\/p>\n<p>Not much, how are you?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m good. Have you heard back from Elizabeth?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, she thinks she&#8217;ll be able to finish everything by Thursday. But if not, then definitely by Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, that should work. Thanks! \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So the response to \u201cWhat&#8217;s up?\u201d was \u201cNot much, how are you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simple response and then returning the question.<\/p>\n<p>Before we study another conversation, let me introduce myself. I&#8217;m Rachel and I&#8217;ve been teaching English speaking skills on YouTube for over 15 years. Get my free course the top three ways to master the American accent at Rachelsenglish.com\/free It will give you some killer tips to sound more natural speaking English.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s up? Here&#8217;s another conversation with a slightly different response.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, what&#8217;s up?<\/p>\n<p>Nothing, what&#8217;s up with you?<\/p>\n<p>We just got back from visiting my mother-in-law. She retired, and had a retirement party.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, wow! Remind me, where does she live?<\/p>\n<p>Madison, she worked at the university there.<\/p>\n<p>What are her plans now?<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s going to be spending a lot of time with my sister-in-law who just had twins.<\/p>\n<p>Well, that sounds like another full-time job.<\/p>\n<p>So the response to \u201cWhat&#8217;s up?\u201d was \u201cNothing, what&#8217;s up with you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two responses we&#8217;ve had so far, \u201cNot much, how are you?\u201d \u00a0and \u201cNothing, what&#8217;s up with you?\u201d both mean the exact same thing. Returning the greeting.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a bonus. These responses work not only for \u201cWhat&#8217;s up?\u201d but also for \u201cWhat&#8217;s going on?\u201d or \u201cWhat&#8217;s going on with you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Nothing\u2019 or \u2018Not much\u2019 are the most typical responses. Let&#8217;s look at another example conversation with a slightly different response.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, what&#8217;s up?<\/p>\n<p>Not a whole lot.<\/p>\n<p>I ran into David yesterday, he said you guys are going to Mexico next week?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, for Spring Break.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re renting the same house as last year. I absolutely loved it!<\/p>\n<p>Wow, jealous.<\/p>\n<p>Are you all going anywhere for Spring Break?<\/p>\n<p>No. We&#8217;re taking a bunch of vacation time this summer to drive to California so we don&#8217;t have any vacation days left to go anywhere for Spring Break.<\/p>\n<p>Here, the response to \u201cWhat&#8217;s up?\u201d was \u201cNot a whole lot.\u201d And the question was not returned. This is okay, though it&#8217;s probably more common as a greeting like this to return the question. \u201cNot a whole lot\u201d, \u201cWhat&#8217;s up with you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also a completely different way you can answer this greeting, you can say what&#8217;s going on in your life at that time. Let&#8217;s listen to an example in our next conversation.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s up?<\/p>\n<p>I just got back from a YouTube conference.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, where was it?<\/p>\n<p>Salt Lake City. Tom and I were there for a few days.<\/p>\n<p>Nice, was it useful?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, we got to meet some people who work for YouTube and talk about some of the new products they&#8217;re working on. I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;ll change our strategy much though.<\/p>\n<p>Cool, I love Salt Lake did you do any sightseeing? Yeah, we did a tour of Antelope Island with a little hike at sunset. Really beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>So here, the answer to \u201cWhat&#8217;s up?\u201d was \u201cI just got back from a YouTube conference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The main thing happening in that person&#8217;s life at that moment. Other examples of this.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s up?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m just working on a big project for work that&#8217;s due Friday.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s up?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m getting the house ready for my in-laws who are coming tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s up?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, I&#8217;m just watching some YouTube learning some English.<\/p>\n<p>The other way that what&#8217;s up is used is to mean \u2018What do you need from me?\u2019 In this case it&#8217;s not a greeting, you didn&#8217;t just run into someone you know, but rather someone&#8217;s calling you on the phone or you&#8217;ve been called into someone&#8217;s office because they need to tell you something or they need something from you. Let&#8217;s look at an example conversation.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s up?<\/p>\n<p>Hey, did you see my text?<\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p>John and Amanda canceled.<\/p>\n<p>Oh no, why?<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re leaving for Maine tomorrow, and have too much to do before they leave.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, what do you want to do instead?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s just do a movie night with the kids.<\/p>\n<p>Sounds good to me.<\/p>\n<p>Okay!<\/p>\n<p>Bye!\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This time, the question \u201cWhat&#8217;s up?\u201d meant \u201cWhat do you need?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So the person answered accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s up?<\/p>\n<p>Hey did you see my text?<\/p>\n<p>One more conversation like this. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hey Rachel, can you come in here a second?<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s up?<\/p>\n<p>Did you get new pants for John?<\/p>\n<p>No sorry, I forgot.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, I&#8217;m on their website now so I&#8217;ll just order some.<\/p>\n<p>Okay.<\/p>\n<p>How many should we get?<\/p>\n<p>Probably five.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, looks like they&#8217;ll come Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Great!<\/p>\n<p>Again, this time the question \u201cWhat&#8217;s up?\u201d meant \u201cWhat do you need?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So the person responded accordingly, saying what they needed. They had a question, they needed information.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s up?<\/p>\n<p>Did you get new pants for John?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at all of our conversations again.<\/p>\n<p>Hey Rachel, what&#8217;s up?<\/p>\n<p>Not much, how are you?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m good, have you heard back from Elizabeth?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, she thinks she&#8217;ll be able to finish everything by Thursday. But if not, then definitely by Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, that should work. Thanks.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, what&#8217;s up?<\/p>\n<p>Nothing. What&#8217;s up with you?<\/p>\n<p>We just got back from visiting my mother-in-law. She retired and had a retirement party.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, wow! Remind me, where does she live?<\/p>\n<p>Madison, she worked at the university there.<\/p>\n<p>What are her plans now?<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s going to be spending a lot of time with my sister-in-law who just had twins.<\/p>\n<p>Well, that sounds like another full-time job.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, what&#8217;s up?<\/p>\n<p>Not a whole lot.<\/p>\n<p>I ran into David yesterday, he said you guys are going to Mexico next week?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, for Spring Break.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re renting the same house as last year. I absolutely loved it.<\/p>\n<p>Wow, jealous.<\/p>\n<p>Are you all going anywhere for Spring Break?<\/p>\n<p>No, we&#8217;re taking a bunch of vacation time this summer to drive to California, so we don&#8217;t have any vacation days left to go anywhere for Spring Break.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s up?<\/p>\n<p>I just got back from a YouTube conference.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, where was it?<\/p>\n<p>Salt Lake City. Tom and I were there for a few days.<\/p>\n<p>Nice, was it useful?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, we got to meet some people who work for YouTube and talk about some of the new products they&#8217;re working on. I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;ll change our strategy much though.<\/p>\n<p>Cool, I love Salt Lake. Did you do any sightseeing?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, we did a tour of Antelope Island, with a little hike at sunset. Really beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s up?<\/p>\n<p>Hey, did you see my text?<\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p>John and Amanda canceled.<\/p>\n<p>Oh no, why?<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re leaving for Maine tomorrow and have too much to do before they leave.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, what do you want to do instead?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s just do a movie night with the kids.<\/p>\n<p>Sounds good to me.<\/p>\n<p>Okay.<\/p>\n<p>Bye. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hey Rachel, can you come in here a second?<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s up?<\/p>\n<p>Did you get new pants for John?<\/p>\n<p>No sorry, I forgot.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, I&#8217;m on their website now so I&#8217;ll just order some.<\/p>\n<p>Okay.<\/p>\n<p>How many should we get?<\/p>\n<p>Probably five.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, looks like they&#8217;ll come Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Great.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to remember just one response, go with \u201cnot much\u201d, what&#8217;s up with you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to visit Rachelsenglish.com\/free for my Free Course on the American Accent that will give you some real training to sound more natural speaking English.<\/p>\n<p>Keep your learning going now with this video and don&#8217;t forget to subscribe with notifications on I just love being your English teacher. 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