New Cutting Edge Upper Module 2
Choose or take one of the cards below and reply to your partner’s question about your week or week with a story that should get that response. If your partner does say that thing in response, you can discard the card or cross it off the list and get one point.
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Don’t take any notice of him/ her./ Just ignore him/ her. |
Try not to worry about it. |
How annoying! |
That sounds nice. |
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That sounds awful/ horrible.
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What a shame!/ What a pity!
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Lucky you! |
I envy you. |
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Never mind. |
You must be really worried.
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How wonderful! |
I’m sorry to hear that. |
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I’m glad to hear that./ I’m pleased to hear that.
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Congratulations. |
Wow! |
That’s amazing! |
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Well done./ You must be very proud.
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That’s bad luck./ That’s tough luck.
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That sounds relaxing. |
That sounds fun. |
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That sounds frightening!
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That’s funny!/ That’s hilarious!
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How depressing!
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That sounds stressful. |
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That sounds exciting.
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It serves you right!/ You’ve only got yourself to blame |
You’re joking!/ I don’t believe it! |
How embarrassing! |
Try to think of at least one situation for each of the phrases above.
| Useful questions
Week How has your week been? Have you been busy? You look relaxed/ like death (warmed up)/ like I feel. Weekend How was your weekend? Did you have a good weekend? Horrible/ Great weather at the weekend, wasn’t it? Did you get up to much at the weekend? Did you do anything (nice/ fun/ interesting) at the weekend? Did you get the chance to meet up with…/ chill/ catch up on…/ study/…? |
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