Compliment/Admiration

Compliment/Admiration

Compliment is an expression to appreciate or

praise other people

Compliment adalah ungkapan untuk

memberikan penghargaan atau pujian kepada
orang lain
Expressions of Giving Compliment/Admiration

1. “How …”
(Betapa/Alangkah…)

How + adjective + Subject + to be (is, am, are)

Example:
- How clever you are
- How pretty the girl is
- How clean the class is
 2. “What…”
(Betapa/Alangkah)

A. What+a/an+adjective+singular noun+(subject+to be)

Example:

- What a beautiful dress (it is).

- What a clever student (you are).
- What an expensive ring (it is).
B. What + adjective + plural noun + (subject + to be)

Example:
- What beautiful dresses (they are).
- What clever students (they are).
- What expensive rings (they are).
Other expressions to give compliment/admiration

• Excellent Nice girl

• Well done Good boy
• Great You look beautiful
• That’s amazing You look so great
• Fantastic Your house is so beautiful
• Incredible I like your hair style
• Wonderful That’s a lovely dress

• Marvelous The soup is delicious

How to respond it
• Thank you
• Thanks a lot
• I’m glad you enjoyed it
• I’m glad you like it
• Thanks, really?
• Thanks. Do you really think so?
• That’s nice to hear
 Let’s see

• How clever you are - What a clever student you

are

• How beautiful the dress is - What a beautiful dress it is

• How strong the man is - What a strong man he is

• How pretty the girls are - What pretty girls they are