EXPRESSIONS FOR SMA

EXPRESSION OF:

**Self Introduction
·         Hello. My name is Gifty ·         Hi. I’m Griffana ·         Good morning. My name is Glowryn ·         How do you do? My name’s Kikin ·         Allow me to introduce myself. My name’s Karin I would like to introduce myself. My name’s Kimi
Introducing someone to someone else
Nury         Nike         Mr. Mul	: Ke, I’d like to introduce you to my teacher, Mr. Mul. : How do you do, Mr. Mul? : How do you do, Nury.
Karin        Kirby        Uncle Sam	: Kirby, allow me to introduce you to Uncle Sam from USA : I’m very pleased to meet you, Uncle Sam : I’m very pleased to meet you too, Jessy

** Sympathy

·         I am sorry ·         I am very sorry to hear about your father ·         I am very sorry that your cat died ·         I feel sorry for your lost ·         Please accept my sympathy ·         Let me offer my condolences ·         Let me tell you how sorry I am to hear about your brother

Responding to Condolences

·         Thank you ·         That’s very kind of you ·         That’s how it should be

** Asking for Advice

·         Can you give me some advice? ·         Do you have any advice for me? ·         If you were me, what would you do? ·         Do you think I should tell the teacher? ·         Should I consult my parents about this matter?

Offering Advice

·         I advise you to move to a new house ·         I suggest that you buy the motorbike next year ·         If I were you, I would stop cheating during the exams ·         I think you’d better study harder next time ·         You should consult your parents immediately before the matter gets worse

** Necessity

·         You must obey your parents ·         You must study hard if you want to pass the exams with satisfying grades ·         You must be creative and innovative if you want to be a successful entrepreneur ·         You must not cheat during the exams ·         You must not miss classes without permission ·         You have to go bed early to be able to wake up early the next morning ·         You have to manage your time wisely to be able to finish all your work ·         You don’t have to follow all your friends’ bad habits if you don’t want to ·         You don’t have to buy new uniform for the new term if the old ones are still wearable

** Likes

·         I like friendly and kind people ·         I really like studying Indonesian heritage ·         I enjoy writing stories about children ·         I love meeting with new people ·         I really love it when my school holds a musical performance

Dislikes

·         I dislike driving in rush-hour traffic ·         I hate people who smoke in public areas ·         I don’t like people who are always late ·         I can’t stand it when people snap at each other ·         It bothers me when someone acts rudely to the elderly

               

** Surprise

·         What a surprise! ·         This is really surprise! ·         What a shocking news! ·         I don’t believe it! ·         Are you kidding? ·         You must be joking! ·         Really? ·         It’s surprising that she just made her biggest dream come true

               

** Pride

·         I’m proud of you ·         You should be proud and feel lucky to have a daughter like her

               

** Ability

·         My sister can play the violin beautifully ·         I am able to speak English fluently ·         He is capable of using a computer

Inability

·         I cannot sing a song ·         She is unable to ride a bicycle ·         He is incapable of swimming

** Apology

·         I’m sorry that I forgot to bring your book ·         I’m very sorry that I’m late ·         I’m extremely sorry. I didn’t know you were busy ·         I’d like to apologize for leaving school without permission ·         Please accept my apologies for what I did to you last week

  

** Offering Help

·         Can I help you? ·         May I help you? ·         Shall I get something for you?

Accepting Help

·         Yes, please ·         Thank you ·         That would very nice

Refusing Help

·         No, thank you ·         No, thanks ·         It’s all right. I can do it on my own

** Offering an Invitation

·         I’d like to ask you to visit my new house ·         I’d like to invite you to my birthday party next week ·         Would you like to go to the cinema with me on Saturday night? ·         How about going to the concert with me tonight?

Accepting an Invitation

·         Thank you, I’d like to ·         Yes, thank you. I’d be happy to come ·         Thank you so much for inviting me ·         Great ·         Sure

Refusing an Invitation

·         I’m sorry. I’m afraid I can’t ·         I’m sorry; I’ll be very busy at that time. What about the week after that?

** Asking Permission

·         May I open the window? ·         Do you mind if I sit here? ·         Can I go and see a movie tomorrow night? ·         Could I use the telephone, please? ·         Would you mind if I had more snacks?

Giving Permission

·         Sure, go ahead ·         No, I don’t mind ·         You have my permission ·         Yes, certainly ·         Yes, of course ·         Yes, OK ·         No, not at all

Refusing Permission

·         No, you may not ·         Yes, I do mind ·         No, I’m afraid not ·         No, I don’t think so ·         No, you can’t ·         I will not permit you

   

** Pleased

·         I’m very pleased with it ·         I’m really delighted with this ·         I’m very happy with it ·         How wonderful! ·         I can’t say how pleased I am ·         Fantastic! ·         Great! ·

Displeased

·         I’m not happy about it ·         I’m really annoyed with this ·         How awful! ·         How terrible! ·         How irritating! ·         How boring

** Agreement

·         I (entirely) agree with you ·         I couldn’t agree more with you ·         I quite agree ·         I think I agree with you ·         I agree to do so ·         It’s fine with me ·         It’s Ok with me

Disagreement

·         I (completely) disagree with you ·         I really don’t agree with you ·         I don’t think I agree with you ·         I don’t agree ·         I don’t think so ·         I’m against this idea ·         I can’t agree to that

** Satisfaction

·         I’m satisfied with it ·         I’m completely satisfied with what you’ve done for me ·         It was satisfaction ·         Everything was just perfect ·         I’m happy enough with it ·         Good enough ·         Good job

Dissatisfaction

·         I’m not satisfied with it ·         I am a little dissatisfied with the condition here ·         I’m a bit disappointment with the project ·         I have a complaint ·         I want to make a complaint

Responding to Dissatisaction

·         I see ·         I’ll do something to fix it ·         I’ll see what I can do about it