Today’s tip comes from the BBC website for learning English. Learners from intermediate to advanced level of speaking might need help with the language we use for social situations. In this case we deal with responding to good news. Being a British site, of course, they include the word splendid, as in "That's splendid news!" What word would you use instead? Primitive that I am, the response I contributed was, "Yayyy!"
The graphic below steers you through a flowchart showing how to respond, from hearing the news to follow-up questions. Could any of you creative minds out there come up with flowcharts for different situations, e.g. offering an invitation, postponing a lesson or asking for assistance? Please feel free to share your ideas. It's great to hear from you.
| Informal congratulations | ||
| Congratulations! | ||
| That's | fantastic | news! |
| That's fantastic! (etc) | ||
| Fantastic! (etc.) Yayyyy! naive but heartfelt | ||
| More formal congratulations (useful for cards and letters) | ||
| Congratulations | on getting married | |
| I'm really I’m so | pleased | for you! |
| to hear about... | ||
| Exclamations of surprise | |
| Wow! | |
| Really? | |
| Did you?! Are you?! | |
| Follow-up questions | |
| Are you excited? | |
| So when did you... ? | |
| And are you going to...? | |
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