BAHAN AJAR BAHASA INGGRIS

CHAPTER 2

CONGRATULATION AND COMPLIMENTING

BY RETMA FAHRIZA MAHRITA, S.Pd

 CHAPTER 2
CONGRATULATING AND COMPLIMENTING OTHERS

A. Kompetensi Inti
1. Memahami, menerapkan, menganalisis, dan mengevaluasi tentang pengetahuan
faktual, konseptual, operasional dasar, dan metakognitif sesuai dengan bidang dan
lingkup kajian/kerja Bahasa Inggris pada tingkat teknis, spesifik, detil, dan kompleks,
berkenaan dengan ilmu pengetahuan, teknologi, seni, budaya, dan humaniora dalam
konteks pengembangan potensi diri sebagai bagian dari keluarga, sekolah, dunia kerja,
warga masyarakat nasional, regional, dan internasional.
2. Menunjukkan keterampilan menalar, mengolah, dan menyaji secara efektif, kreatif,
produktif, kritis, mandiri, kolaboratif, komunikatif, dan solutif dalam ranah abstrak
terkait dengan pengembangan dari yang dipelajarinya di sekolah, serta mampu
melaksanakan tugas spesifik di bawah pengawasan langsung.Menunjukkan
keterampilan mempersepsi, kesiapan, meniru, membiasakan, gerak mahir, menjadikan
gerak alami dalam ranah konkret terkait dengan pengembangan dari yang
dipelajarinya di sekolah, serta mampu melaksanakan tugas spesifik di bawah
pengawasan langsung.

B. Kompetensi Dasar
3.2 Menganalisis fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan teks interaksi
interpersonal lisan dan tulis yang melibatkan tindakan memberikan ucapan selamat
bersayap (extended), dan responnya, sesuai dengan konteks penggunaannya.
4.2 Menyusun teks interaksi interpersonal lisan dan tulis sederhana yang melibatkan
tindakan memberikan ucapan selamat bersayap (extended), dan responnya dengan
memperhatikan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan yang benar dan
sesuai konteks.
 WARMER

Read and learn the sentences below and discuss the questions in pairs.

Discuss these questions!

When do people use those expressions?

Why do people think they should congratulate or implement him?

How do they feel when doing it?

How do you feel when someone congratulates or implements you?

What can we learn from expressing and accepting congratulations/ compliments in our daily
life?
 SPEAKING
Here are some congratulation cards. Find out in what occasions these cards are given.

LISTENING
Listen to the recording and repeat. Pronounce the phrases correctly.

1. Congratulations.
2. Congratulations on your wedding.
3. Congratulations on your graduation.
4. Congratulations on your success. Fantastic!
5. That’s wonderful news!
6. What great news!
7. That’s fantastic!
8. I’m really pleased to hear about your graduation.
9. Fantastic! Well done!

SPEAKING
Act out this dialogue with your friend.

Situation : During the opening ceremony of a branch office.

Mr. Sunton : Hello Mr Jackson. Thank you for coming. I’m glad you can come. I relly
appreciate it.
Mr. Jackson : Thank you Mr Suntan, congratulations on the opening of your new branch
 office.
Mr. Sunton : Oh, thank you very much, Mr. Jacson.
Mr. Jackson : By the way, how many branches have you got now, Mr. Sunton.
Mr. Sunton : Hmm....four altogether. This is the fourth one.
Mr. Jackson : The fourth? Well, You’ve done a great job, Mr. Sunton. Congratulations
once again and every success in the future.
Mr. Sunton : You too, Mr Jackson. Enjoy the party, please.
Oh, would you excuse me for a moment, please?
Mr. Jackson : Yes, of course.

Answer the questions.

a. Why did Mr. Jackson congratulate Mr. Sunton?

b. What is Mr. Sunton’s response?
c. How many office branches do Mr. Sunton have now?
d. Underline all the expressions of congratulations in the dialogue.

READING
Read these conversations. Analyse the conversations and fill in the table.

Text 1
After a long struggle and hard work, Alif is finally appointed as the director of a national company where
he works. Many of his friends who work at the same company congratulate him.
Samuel : Alif, congratulations. You deserved it, Man.
Alif : Thank you very much. This is because you always help me.
Sinta : I am very happy for you, Alif. Now, that you are the director of the
company, I believe the company will develop even faster.
Alif : (replies with a happy tone) Thank you. I cannot forget your collaboration
with me, and I will still need your help.
Other friends shake his hands and congratulate him too.
Deni : That’s wonderful, Alif.
Alif : Oh, thanks.
Santi : Good for you. Good luck.
Alif : Thank you very much.
Bejo : Well done.
Alif : Thank you for saying so.
Ivan : That was great. You must be very proud of your achievement.
Alif : Thanks. I’m glad you think so. But I still have to learn a lot.

His staff also congratulates him.

Eny : Please accept my warmest congratulations, Sir.
Alif : It’s very kind of you to say so. Thank you.
Bintari : I must congratulate you on your success.
Alif : Thank you very much for saying so.
They all celebrate Alif’s success by having lunch together in a simple food stall next to their office.
Everybody is happy.

Task 1
Answer the following questions.
1. Why do all of those people congratulate Alif?
2. What expressions do they use to congratulate Alif?
3. How does Alif respond to their congratulating expressions?
4. What is the social purpose of congratulating people?
 5. When do we congratulate people?
6. What are the expressions commonly used to congratulate people?

Text 2
Cita has won the first winner of the story telling competition in her school. Her best friend congratulated
her.
Ditto : Cita, congratulations for being the first winner of the school story telling
competition! Excellent. You really did it well.
Cita : Thanks, Ditto.
Ditto : I heard that you will be the representative of our school in the story telling
competition of our regency. Is it true?
Cita : Yes, you’re right.
Ditto : I hope you will win as well in the next competition.
Cita : I hope so. But I’m nervous.
Ditto : Don’t worry, you’re a very good story teller. Good luck.
Cita : Thanks. I’ll do my best. Wish me luck.

Task 2
Answer the following questions
1. What good news about Dita does Ditto know?
2. What does Ditto say to Dita related to the news?
3. What do the expressions mean?
4. What is Ditto’s purpose of saying that to Dita?
5. How does Dita respond to what Ditto says?
6. When do you think you will say ‘congratulations’ to other people?

Task 3
Complete the following table with the expressions of congratulations and the responses you find in
the preceding dialogs. The first row is done for you.

CONGRATULATING EXPRESSIONS RESPONSES

Thank you very much. This is because
Congratulations. You deserved it, Man
you always help me.
Task 4
Complete the following conversations with your own words

Conversation 1
Rani : Hi, Anisa.
Anisa : Hi, you look great in that pink head scarf. What a nice scarf!
Rani : _________________ (1) to say that.
Anisa : I’ve never seen you in that hat. Where did you buy it?
Rani : My mom bought it for me when she went to the market.
Anisa : I see.
Rani : Look. The teacher is coming!
Anisa : Pak Sultoni.
Mr. Sultoni : Hi, how are you?
Rani : We’re good. Thanks.
Anisa : Excellent.
Rani : _________________ (2) hair cut, Pak Sultoni.
Anisa : Yes, you’re looking good with your hair style.
Mr. Sultoni : Thanks a lot. Rani, I heard you won the Math Olympiad. Is it true?
Rani : Yes, I won the second prize last week.
Anisa : ________________ (3)
Mr. Sultoni : ____________ (4) to hear that.
Rani : Thank you very much for saying so.

Conversation 2
Rudi : Hi Ben. How are you?
Ben : Hi, you look great in that black jacket.
Rudi : _______________________ (1) saying so.
Ben : I’ve never seen you in that outfit. Is it new?
Rudi : My sister bought it for me when she went to Singapore.
Ben : Oh, I see.
Rudi : Look. What a nice new hair style! Where did you have a haircut? I like it a
lot.
Ben : _____________________ (2) think so. My brother did it. I can ask him to
do yours if you want to.
Rudi : Yes, please. Look! Andi is coming.
Ben : Hi Andi, I heard you won the Speech Contest last month. Congratulations!
_________________ (3)
Rudi : Fantastic! It’s a great job, bro!
Andi : Oh, thanks. It’s ____________________ (4) actually.
 SPEAKING
Let’s play rock, paper and scissors.
Work in pairs. Play scissors, rock, and paper. The winner chooses for himself/herself a situation. The partner
makes an expression of congratulations. For example, the winner chooses situation 11. He/She says, “I just
graduated from SMA.” The partner says, “Congratulations. Your new bag is gorgeous.” Then develop, a
conversation based on that. After that, start all over again by doing the scissors, rock, and paper again, and so
forth. Continue doing that with all the situations provided in the table below.

1. drawing competition 2. best model 3. speech contest

4. got driver’s license 5. new bag 6. math Olympiad
7. best student 8. writing competition 9. new baby
10. new house 11. graduation 12. getting married
13. new job 14. successful business 15. created a new robot

WRITING

Write down the inside parts of the congratulation cards based on the cover. Two cards have been
done for you as examples. Write at least two sentences.
 COMPLEMENTING

a. Social function
Compliments express approval and are aimed at showing that you like some aspects of the other
person’s appearance, belonging or work. It is also to appreciate other people.
o Whom to Compliment:
  Anyone you have occasion to talk with (friends, family, colleagues, and even
strangers)
o What to Compliment
 On someone’s appearance: new car, new haircut, a piece of jewellery, etc
 On a person of his or her achievement/good deed: ‘You’ve done a great job’
 On someone’s possession: ‘What a beautiful house you have.’
 On a person of his or her works/creation: ‘The meal was delicious’.
o How to Compliment in formal situation :
- I would like compliment you on …
- I think your (hair) is very nice.
- I just love your (dress).
- The (chicken) is very delicious.
- I really like your (skirt).
- This (cheese) is super.
- That’s neat.
- That’s nice.
- That’s not bad.
o How to Compliment in informal situation
- Terrific.
- Pretty good.
- OK!
- All right.

o Response to Compliment :
- Thank you. It’s nice of you to say so.
- Thank you but really isn’t anything special.
- Thank you. Yours is even nicer.
- I’m glad you like it.
- I appreciate that.
- Do you really think so?
- Thank you.
o Returning Compliment :
- It’s nice to hear that from someone with your experience.
- Yours is nice, too.
- (It’s enough to say ‘Thank you” to a compliment. No further reply is required)

Source: https://goodmorningstudents.wordpress.com/category/kinds-of-expression/expression-of-
giving-compliment-congratulation/

b. Language features
 How + Adjective + Noun + is/are.
Example:
How beautiful the flower is.
How big the house is.
How kind your friends are.
 What + Adjetive + Noun.:
Example:
What a beautiful flower.
What a big house
What a high mount
 Noun Phrase + is/look + (really) + Adjective.
Example:
Your hair is really beautiful
The woman’s bag looks wonderful
The actor’s performance on the stage is really attractive
  Noun/Pronoun + (really) + like/love + Noun Phrase.
Example:
We all really love your performance
All teachers really love your commitments
His father really like his test result
(Source: http://freeenglishcourse.info/contoh-dialog-compliment-dalam-bahasa-inggris-dan-
terjemah/)

READING
Look at the pictures and read the dialogues

Task 1
1. Fill in the table based on the dialogues above
 No Situation How to implementing others Responses

1 The boy just played his guitar What a wonderful performance Thank you

READING

Text 1
Read these conversations carefully.
Rahmi : Hello. How are things going on, Sinta?
Sinta : Hi. Good, and you?
Rahmi : I’m feeling great today. How was your weekend with your family in Batu?
Sinta : Excellent! We had a lovely time there. You should have gone there with us.
Rahmi : Really? Hey, what a beautiful skirt you are wearing. It matches your blouse.
Sinta : Thanks a lot. My sister bought it for me last month.
Rahmi : Wow! That’s wonderful.
Sinta : Oh, Rahmi, can I ask you something?
Rahmi : Oh, sure. Please.
Sinta : Have you finished writing the book we discussed two months ago?
Rahmi : Yes. Come to my room. Look at this. What do you think?
Sinta : Terrific. I like the cover. Let me see the contents. This book is excellent. You really did a great
job.
Rahmi : Thanks a lot. You’ve inspired me to do this.
Sinta : Your publisher should send it to all bookstores here.
Rahmi : Yes, you’re right. The publisher will do it for me.
Sinta : Well, that’s great. I am proud of you, Rahmi. By the way, I’ve got to go now. Have a nice day!
Rahmi : You, too.

Task 1
Answer the questions
1. How was Sinta’s weekend?
2. How does Rahmi compliment Sinta’s clothes?
3. What does Sinta think about Rahmi’s book they discussed two months ago?
4. How does Rahmi respond her compliment about the book?
5. Underline all the phrases that express compliments and their responses.

Read these conversations carefully.

Text 1.
A : You look really nice today.
B : Thank you, Sir. I just got this outfit the other day.
 A : Really, where did you get it?
B : I got it from Macy's, Sir.
A : It's really nice.
B : Thanks again. You look nice today, too, Sir.
A : Thank you. I just got these shoes today.
B : Really? What kind of shoes are they?
A : These are called All Star Chuck Taylors.
B : I really like those, Sir. How much did they cost?
A : They were about forty dollars.
B : It looks perfect on you, Sir.
A : Thanks. Now, let’s get to the business.
B : Yes, Sir. Here is the financial statement.

Text 2
A : I absolutely love what you're wearing today, Dude.
B : You do? I just bought this outfit a couple days ago.
A : Seriously, it looks really nice on you. Where did you get it?
B : I got it from the Macy's at the Santa Anita mall.
A :Cool, I’ve been there a few times. I really like that outfit.
B : Thanks. I think you look cool too in those fancy shoes.
A : Thank you. I ‘ve waited forever for these.
B : Those are nice. What are they?
A : These are some Chucks.
B :How great. How much were they?
A : I got them for forty bucks.
B : I think I’m gonna get them too.
A : Well, while we’re here. Let’s go to its counter over there!

Source: modified from http://www.eslfast.com/robot/topics/smalltalk/smalltalk09.htm

Text 3
A : Hi! How are you? It’s been a long time since we last met.
B : Yes. I went to Georgia for almost three months for Maths olympiade.
A : I heard that you won the first prize. I would like to compliment you on your recent achievement.
B : Thank you for saying so, but it was the work of the whole team.
A : You have done a great job.
B : Thank you. By the way, that's a nice T-shirt you're wearing.
A : I appreciate the compliment. It was a birthday present from one of my classmates.
B : And I think your new hairstyle is lovely.
A : That's nice of you to say so. I love yours, too.
B : Thank you. Well, here is my bus. I must go now. Bye.
A : Bye.

Source: modified from http://a-free-english-course.blogspot.co.id/2008/01/complimenting-and-

responding-to.html

Text 4
A : Hi! What a nice uniform you guys are wearing.
B : Thanks. It’s our new batik at school.
A : You kidding me? They’re awesome. It’s so stylish and up to date. Who designed it?
B : Well, the design was decided through a competition. I won five hundred rupiahs for it.
A : You’re the designer of your school uniform? This fancy and stylish model? Get out of here!
B : Yeah, it’s me.
 A : What a modern uniform. I guess the students might want to wear it even on Sunday.
B : That’s too much. Thanks anyway. I’ll pay your coffee, burger and this snack.
A : Ah, thank you. You’re such a freehanded friend!

Text 5
A : I would like to say thank you for the charity. It helps us raise the orphans here.
B : Never mind. I’m glad that the kids here are well treated. It’s very kind of you to have such an open
heart for them.
A : Thank you; and we do appreciate your generosity.
B : It’s very nice of you to say so. Please let me know if the kids need something for their school.
A : Sure, Sir. You’re very helpful. Thank you.
B : Don’t mention it.

Task 2
Fill in the column based on the conversations above.

Conver- Location Speaker’s Compliment expressions formal In

sation position formal
1 In the office A = Boss You look really nice today. V
B = employee ……………………………….
………………………………
2
3
4
5

SPEAKING
Let’s Let’s play rock, paper and scissors.

Work in pairs. Play scissors, rock, and paper. The winnerchooses a situation from which he/she
creates an expression ofcompliment. The partner responds to the expression. After that, dothe
scissors, rock, and paper again. Continue doing that with allthe situations provided below.

COMPLIMENTS
Situation 1
You see your friend with her new haircut.
Situation 2
Your sister drives very well.
Situation 3
Your best friend handled a problem
successfully
Situation 4
You visit your friend’s house for the first time.
 Situation 5
Your classmate submitted her project on time.
Situation 6
Your sister’s team won a game

WRITING
1. Look at the picture. Your friend has a new motorbike and new jacket. In a group of three, make a
dialogue using expressions of congratulations and compliments. You may choose your own position as
the boy, his friend, sister, brother, father, mother, or anyone.

2. Choose one card situation below and create a conversation containing expressions of congratulating and
complimenting others based on the situations in groups of 3. Then, each group perform it in front of the
class. While one group performs their role play, other groups analyze the use of the expressions, give
comment and write it on a piece of paper. Later report it to the class.

Your sister who likes singing

Your teacher was granted an
became an idol on TV after
award for being the best
joining a talent show
teacher in the city

Your English club team has won Your aunt plants many orchids
the second prize of a debate and other colorful flowers
competition

a group of young people cleans

The central park in your town the trash in the stadium after a
has just been renovated football match
Self reflection

For your learning journal

Before I studied this lesson I didn’t understand about ------------------------------------

When I was studying this I had some difficulties: .................................................

lesson ......................................................................................

And I overcome then by ........................................................

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After I have studied this I think ....................................................................................

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