Complimenting Someone & Responding to It By Annisa Tristania Agustina, S.Pd. Complimenting Someone I’d like to compliment you Thank you. It’s nice of you on… to say so. I think your… is very nice. Thank you, but it isn’t really special. I just love your… Thanks. Yours is even nicer. I really like your… I’m glad you like it. You look fabulous! Thank you, and so do you. Perfect! Thank you so much. Fantastic! / Marvelous! Yeah, thanks. That’s not bad. You can say that again. Pretty good. I know right? PAY ATTENTION TO THIS VIDEO (Pattern 1) Nominal sentence – so + TO BE + Subject. You are very nice. – so are you. You are terrific! – so is he. Nominal sentence – Subject + TO BE + too. Your shoes are awesome! – yours are too. You are so gorgeous! – he is too. (Pattern 2) Verbal sentence – so + do/does + Subject. You look amazing! – so do you. You look perfect tonight. – so does he. Verbal sentence – Subject + so/does + too. Your bracelet looks expensive! – yours does too. You sound so heavenly! – they do too. Let’s play a game!
However, this game requires your focus, so
please focus. When you see a word, you mention the color of the word. Do not mention the word itself. For example, you’ll see: PURPLE Rather than saying “purple”, say “blue” because the color of the word is BLUE, not PURPLE. Ready? Let’s get started! GREEN BLUE RED ORANGE YELLOW BLACK BROWN PINK GREY PURPLE Now make it fast, will you? BLUE GREEN PINK PURPLE WHITE GREY YELLOW RED BROWN ORANGE BLACK PINK WHITE YELLOW BLUE GREY BLACK Now it’s time for you to do your task! 1. Your face looks nice. – …. (so/you) 2. You are very thoughtful. – …. (so/Zikra) 3. I don’t know that you are this kind. 4. Levi and Mikasa are very strong. – …. (too/you) 5. The students of X Sci. 1 are very diligent. – …. (so/other classes) 6. They are very successful now. – …. (too/we) 7. Jennie looks so pretty in that dress. – …. (so/I) 8. Your dress looks outstanding – …. (too/Shinta) 9. I am fantastic! – …. (so/I) 10. She is fine. – …. (so/you) 11. Your scarf looks pretty. – …. (too/they) 12. You sound perfect! – …. (too/you) 13. You sing beautifully! – …. (so/you) 14. You draw nicely! – …. (so/he) 15. Your pose is so sexy! – …. (so/you)