Unit 3: Speaking (newnew)

Answers: 1- "You really have a beautiful blouse; I've never seen such a perfect thing on you" 2- "Thank you, that's a nice compliment" 3- “Your hairstyle is terrific" 4- "I thought

Look at the following pictures and answer questions

Give remark on their clothes, hair style, the body …

They are giving the compliments to each other But what do they reply to the compliments?

1 Vocabulary

- terrific (adj) (synonym): excellent, wonderful

-decent (adj): of a good enough standard or quality: (of people or behavior) honest and fair

- handle (v) = solve (v)

- kid(v): (synonym): joke

1- What does Phil say?

2- What does Barbara answer?

3- What does Peter remark Cindy's hair style?

4- What does Tom talk about Tony's tennis game? 5- What about Tony's answer?

Answers:

1- "You really have a beautiful blouse;

I've never seen such a perfect thing on you"

2- "Thank you, that's a nice compliment"

3- “Your hairstyle is terrific"

4- "I thought your tennis game was a lot better today" 5- "You've got to be kidding! I thought it was terrible".

a- Compliments ?

+ You really have a beautiful blouse

+ I've never seen such a perfect thing on you.

+ Your hairstyle is terrific.

+ I thought your tennis game was a lot better today.

b- Responses:

+ Accepting ?

- Thank you, that's a nice compliment

- Thanks

+ Rejecting ?

- You've got to be kidding! I thought it was terrible.

 Useful language:

Give compliments Respond to compliments

- beautiful

- perfect

- I’ve never seen such a/an…

- terrific

- better

I think

-What a/an…you have/ have got!

- How + adj/adv…………

- You really have………

- Your ……is/are…

Thank you/ Thanks That’s a nice compliment

I think I’m glad you like it.

Thank you I think/ thought…… Thank you That’s a nice

compliment.

You must have got to be kidding.

Some useful suggestions

- Adjectives; nice, great,

marvelous…

- You really did a good job!

- Congratulations! You have

played so well in the game!

- Amazing! You have made an

excellent speech

- Let me congratulate you on …

Suggested responses to the compliments

compliments:

- Thanks for your compliment I ‘m glad you like it

- Thanks It ‘s all very well for you to say so

- Your compliment is encouraging

- It ‘s nice of you to say so

- Thank you for your nice words

3 Task 2: Practice conservation with the compliments.

1- The dress looks nice on you!

- Won! I've never seen such a nice dress.You have a good taste!

- You really have a nice dress;

- That's a nice dress you are wearing tonight!

- Your dress looks great! I especially like its color.

2- Your motorbike is terrific!:

- I love your motorbike! Did you buy it here?

- Congratulation! You have a beautiful motorbike.

3- Congratulation! You played a great game; I didn't know you could play badminton so well!:

- That's fun! You played a great game;

- I thought your badminton game was a lot better today;

- You played a fantastic game of badminton today!

+ Rejecting:

1- You've got to be kidding! I'm an awful dancer

2- I hate it, I think it makes me look 10 years older

3- No, I don't My English is worse than you expected

4 Task 3: Read the open dialogues response to these compliments given in the book.

+ Accepting:

1- Thank you for saying so!; Thanks That's nice of you to say so 2- Thank you I'm glad you like it

3- Thanks I appreciate the compliment