１、Showing interest/surpriseReally?
I’m surprised to hear that.
Do you? /Did you? /Have you?
２· Asking follow-up questionsWhat did you think of…?
When are you going to…?
How do you feel about…?
３· Using the speaker’s words in a follow-up questionSo the meeting’s been postponed until next March.
Next March?
４．Letting of invitationThe following phrases are useful for formal written invitations.
５· Inviting/OfferingWe should like to invite you…We should be very pleased if you could…We would be delighted if you could…６· ThankingThank you (very much) for your (kind) invitation to…It was very kind of you to invite me to…I was delighted to receive your invitation to…７· AcceptingI would be very pleased to …I should be delighted to…８· DecliningUnfortunately, due to… I am unable to…９．Describing duties and responsibilitiesThe following phrases are used for talking about responsibilities.
My job is to…I’m responsible for…My job involves…In this job you have to…９．Report writingThe following phrases are useful when writing reports.
· IntroductionThe aim/purpose of this report is to…This report sets out to…This report aim to…１０· ConclusionIt was decided/agreed/felt that…No conclusions were reached regarding…It was concluded that…１１· RecommendationsWe would recommend that…It is suggested that…It is proposed that…１２· Asking for informationWe can ask for information using a fixed phrase followed by a noun.
I’d like to know about availability.
What about…?
Can you tell me about…?
１３· Checking informationWe can use the following phrases for checking information.
Sorry, I didn’t get that. Could you say that again?
Sorry, did you say…?
１４．SuggestingThe following phrases are useful when we make suggestions.
Let’s…Why don’t we…?
How/what about…?
I think we should…Perhaps we could…Couldn’t we…?
If we…we could/should…１５．Making presentationsThe following phrases are used when making presentations.
１６· Referring to visualsIf you’d like to look at the screen, you’ll see…As you can see…１７．Expressing hindsightWe can talk about past mistakes in the following ways.
With hindsight, we should have/could have…What we should have/could have done is…If we’d…, we wouldn’t have… |