LANGUAGE FUCTIONS (EXPRESSIONS)

Offering an help to do something Refusing someone help

1. Can I help you 1. No,thanks

2. Let me help you 2. Thanks anyway, but….
3. What can I help you 3. It’s kind of you to offer but….
4. Would you like me to help you

Accepting someone help

Expression of greeting
1. Yes please if you don’t mind
1. Hi
2. That’s very kind of you
2. Hello
3. Thank you very much
3. Good morning
4. How are you
5. How do you do?
Apology
6. How are things?
1. Sorry 7. How is it going on?
2. I am sorry 8. How are you doing?
3. I am really sorry 9. How have you been?
4. I am very sorry 10.How is everything?
5. Please forgive me 11.I’m glad to meet you
6. I must apologize 12.I’m pleased to meet you
7. Excuse me 13.It is nice to meet you
8. I’m very terribly sorry 14.It’s good meeting you
9. I’m sorry for disturbing you 15.It’s great meeting you.
10.Please accept my apologies
11.It’s all my fault
12.I’m ashamed to admit that I
made an error
13.I beg your pardon
14.Sorry for mis understanding
15.Please don’t angry with me
Expression of welcoming guests
1. It’s my pleasure
2. I’m happy to meet you
3. Thank you for coming in this
hotel
4. I’m appreciate….
5. Welcome
6. Is there anything else
7. We ‘re looking forward to
having you again as our guest
Expression of Suggestion
- I think we’d better ….
- You’d better ….
- Would you like to ….?
- Shall we …?
- It would probably be a good idea to ….
- What about …?
- I suggest that ….
- Why don’t …?
- Let me suggest that ….
- How about …?
- My recommendation is that ….
- I suppose ….
- I recommend that ….
- I’d like to suggest that ….
- I’d say that you’d better ….
- Maybe you could ….
Self- Introduction
1. I’m ….(Mr./Miss/Mrs/Ms
2. My name is….
3. Nice to meet you;I’m….
4. Pleased to meet you
5. Let me introduce myself…
6. I’d like to introduce myself
7. Let me introduce myself to you
8. Allow me to introduce myself to
you
The following are the responses for
accepting the suggestion.
- Oh, all right
- Yes, I’d love to.
- That would be very interesting.
- Good/Okay/Right.
- That’s a very good idea.
- Yes, I suppose I’d better.
- Well, yes. You’re right.
- Yes, you are right.
- That’s a good idea.
- That sounds like a good suggestion.
- I don’t mind.
- As you wish.
- Yes, I certainly will.
The following are the responses for
refusing the suggestion.
- No, let’s ….
- Do you think …?
- Well, actually ….
- Well, not really.
- Well, to be quiet honest, I’m not interested in
- No, I don’t think so.
- That’s too boring.