Expressing

Compliments
Compliment

Compliment is an expression to
appreciate or praise other people.

Compliment is useful to give

encouragement, so that people will keep on
doing their best and even improve their
performance.
Nadya : Wow! Thats a great dress! Is it new?
Tania : Yes it is.Its nice of you to say so.
Nadya : The color and the model are suit on
you.
Tania : Oh, do you really like so? Im really
happy.
Nadya : Yes of course. Did you make it by
yourself?
Tania : Of course, not. My aunt gave it to me
as a birthday gift.
Nadya : What a beautiful dress do you have!
Tania : Thanks.
 Cultural awareness
There are some different ways in giving and
responding compliments.
In Indonesia, people do not tend to give
compliment spontaneously and they tend to
refuse the compliments given.
In English, people tend to give compliment
spontaneously of what they see and feel. They
also tend to accept the sincere compliments.
There are types of compliments we can give someone:

1. Personal possessions games, collections, books, objects

2. Appearance clothes, hair, smile
3. Personality funny, happy, friendly, smart
4. Talents piano, athletic, sing, dance, artist
5. Skills reading, math, building
 Expressing Compliment

Formal Informal

That is very nice I like ..

Youre looking extremely I adore
You certainly have good taste in Wow!
I must compliment you on.. Mmm.. You look fantastic
My compliment to you on.. Youre looking good
Id like . What a!
May I say how Well done!
Fantastic!
Good job!
Thats great
Excellent!
Expressing Compliments:
I like your cake.
You have a beautiful hair.
You have a nice voice.
Mary got nine for English. What a clever girl.
How beautiful flower is.
What a beautiful flower.
That/Those . is/are nice.
.. look/looks nice on you.
You do look nice in .
Responding to a Compliment
Thank you/Thanks.
Its nice of you to say so.
Really? Im not sure about it, actually.
Do you really think so?
Its very kind of you to say that.
Thanks, I need that.
You look very nice too.
 There are formulations of compliment

How + Adjective + Noun + is/are.

Noun Phrase + is/look + (really) + Adjective.

Noun/Pronoun + (really) + like/love + Noun

What + Adjective + Noun. Phrase.
Example :
How big house is.
How kind friends are.
How beautiful you are
What a beautiful flower.
What a wonderful job.
His father really like his test result.
All teachers really love your commitments.
Ricky : Hello, Matt. How are you doing?

Matthew : Im very well, thanks. What about you?

Ricky : Pretty good, Pals. By the way I heard from Jim that you
won the English competition last week.

Mathew : Yes, I did.

Ricky : That was awesome man. You are great.

Mathew : Thank you. Would you want some ice cream? Ill treat
you.

Ricky : It sounds good. Lets go.

Mathew : Yeah, come on. Lets go.

 Harsya: What a great Motorcycle you have, Pandu.

Pandu : Thank you, Harsya. I just finished modifying it.

Harsya: You mean this is the old motorcycle that you used to drive
to school?
Pandu : Yes, it is.

Harsya: It looks a lot different. What did you do to it?

Pandu : Not much. I had it paint with a brighter colour and add
some new ccessories.

Harsya: Great job!

Pandu : Thanks.
 Write the dialog with your partner based on
the following situations.
a. Your friend got a new shoes
b. Your friend wearing a beautiful dress in a
party
c. Your friend got the best mark on the
mathematic class
d. Your friend wears a cute bracelet. She made
it herself