Functional language: social expressions

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 491.

Ex.39 Match the comments 1-8 to the best response a-h.

1. Bad news, I'm afraid. I didn't get the job.
2. Excuse me, would you mind taking a photo of us?
3. Good luck for the big day tomorrow.
4. Guess what! We've decided to get married.
5. I'm afraid I can't come out for dinner this evening.
6. Thank you so much. It was really kind of you,
7. We'll really miss you.
8. Well, I must be going. The plane leaves in half an hour.

a) Excellent news! Congratulations!

b) Not at all. My pleasure,

c) Of course. Are you ready? Say 'cheese'.

d) Oh well, never mind. Another day, maybe?

e) Oh, what a shame. That's really bad luck,

f) OK. Have a safe journey and all the best,

g) The same to you. I'll keep my fingers crossed,

h) We'll miss you, too. Keep in touch, OK?

Ex.40 Choose an appropriate response from exercise 39 for each of these situations. Then act them out with a partner.

1. A friend tells you that she has broken her leg, and so she can't come to your party at the weekend.
2. A friend tells you that she has just got engaged to her boyfriend and is going to live at the other end of the country after the wedding.
3. A friend tells you that she has got a very important interview for a new job tomorrow.
4. A friend thanks you for lending her your car last week.
5. An American friend tells you that her mother is ill and that she must return to New York tomorrow.

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