Complimenting and
Congratulating others
Congratulation
To congratulate someone’s achievement, you may
express it in various ways. For example, when one
of your relatives has a newborn baby, you may
give a congratulations card or present. When your
friends just won a competition, you must praise
their achievement too.
Congratulation is an expression of happiness
which aims to show our care and appreciation on
someone's special moment. Commonly, people
express it by giving something such as presents
or cards or saying it directly.
Kinds of Congratulations:
- Congratulation of someone’s success
- Happy Birthday
- Merry Christmas
- Happy New Year
- Happy Valentine
- Happy Anniversary
The expression of Congratulation
- Congratulation!
- Congratulation on your promotion
- Congratulation for your graduate
- I would like to congratulate you ….
- I must congratulate you ….
- Let me congratulate on your success
Dialog 1
Dyan : That’s lovely bag, Mika. Is it new?
Mika : Yes, it is. It’s a gift from my
mother.
Dyan : Wow..it is really suits on you.
Mika : Really? Thank you Dyan.
Dialog 2
Teacher : This is good composition, Gerry.
Gerry : Thank you, Sir. I had work very
hard on it. Because the topic was not
very familiar to me.
Teacher : You did a very good job.
Gerry : Thank you, Sir
Complement is express to praise about:
- the way people’s look/ general
appearance
- something people have
- something people did
- something people said
The Expression of Complement:
- That’s a beautiful dress!
- What a lovely shoes!
- You did very well
- You are a good cook
- You look charming in that dress
The Responses of Compliment:
- Thank you
- Really? Thanks
- Thank you for saying so
- I am glad you like it
- I am glad you enjoyed it
The Responses of congratulation:
- Thank you
- Thanks, I hope you so
- Thanks, I needed that
- It’s very kind of you to say that
- Do you really think so?
