CONGRATULATIONS

& 

COMPLIMENTS

 

COMPLIMENT’S EXPRESSIONS:

In exclamatory sentences, we use ‘what’ to describe nouns, and use ‘how’ to describe adjectives and adverbs, as in the following examples.

-      What a quiet night it is!           

-      How quiet the night is!

-      What a beautiful country it is!          

-      How beautiful the country is!

-      What a clever boy he is!           

-      How clever the boy is!

-      What pretty girls they are!      

-      How beautiful the girls are!

Example of Complementing

Citra : Hi, Hen, where are you going to?

Henny        : I am going to Dina’s party?

Citra : Me, too. Wow you look great girl. Your yellowdress suits makes you

             look more beautiful.

Henny        : Thank you. You looks so lovely to. Your funny skirt  is very funky.

Citra : You are welcome

Henny        : Let’s go now.

Citra : All right

1.     Read the following dialogues about complimenting. Practise reading them. Then, answer the questions that follow.

Dialogue 1

You             : Excuse me, but I was just admiring your bag. It’s                     really nice.

Stranger     : Oh, thank you.

You             : Could you tell me where you got it? I have been                                 looking for one like that for a long time.

Stranger     : It’s from the Luggage Store in Plaza Indonesia.

You             : Oh, thank you very much.

Questions

• What were you admiring?

• Where did the stranger buy it?

Dialogue 2

Stranger     : Oh, I love your earrings, they are so beautiful!

You             : Thank you. They’re silver.

Stranger     : I know. Are they Yogya silver?

Your : No, they are Bali silver. I got them in Ubud.

Stranger     : Oh, I see.

Questions:

• What are made of silver?

• Where did you buy them?

TUGAS

When do people send greeting cards? What messages do they choose? Match the messages below with the occasions. Some messages can be used more than once.

Message	Occasions
1. Congratulations	a. any time
2. Best wishes	b. someone has died
3. Happy	c. Christmas/Easter
4. Good luck	d. birthday/anniversary/new year
5. Season’s greetings	e. someone has got a new job
6. Bon Voyage	f. someone is going to take the exam
7. Get well soon	g. someone has just passed an exam
8. With sympathy	h. someone is getting married