Bahasa Inggris merupakan bahasa internasional yang sering kita pakai, meskipun bukan bahasa nomor satu didunia, namun hampir semua teknologi yang kita kenal sekarang ini menggunakan bahasa inggris. Diindonesia bahasa inggris sudah mulai diajarkan dari tingkat Sekolah Dasar, dan biasanya setelah memasuki jenjang SMP dan SMA hal pertama yang sering diajarkan adalah mengenai berbagai ungkapan dalam bahasa inggris yang sering kita pakai dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Berikut ini beberapa contoh ungkapan dalam bahasa inggris yang mudah-mudahan bisa membantu kita dalam mengetahui ungkapan-ungkapan sederhana yang bisa kita pakai dalam kehidupan sehari-hari.
A. Greeting and Leave Takings
Ø Good morning / afternoon
Ø Hi, Hello!
Ø How are you today?
Ø How’s life
Ø Goodbye; bye; see you later
Ø Good night
Ø Fine, well, etc
B. Introduction
§ Self introduction
Ø I’d like to introduce my self
My name is _____ / I am _____
Ø Let me introduce my self
My name is _____ / I am _____
Ø Allow me to introduce my self
My name is _____ / I am _____
Ø My (first / last) name is _____
Please call me _____
§ Introducting someone to someone else
Ø This is Mr. Smith, our new manager
Ø I want you to meet William, a new student
Ø I’d like to introduce my friend, William
C. Thanking / Gratitude
Ø Thank you
Ø Thank you very much
Ø My thanks; thanks a lot
Ø I am very grateful to you
Ø Special thank goes to …..
D. Permission
§ Asking for permission
Ø May I _____ ?
Ø Could I _____ ?
Ø Can I _____ ?
Ø Is it ok if I _____ ?
Ø Do you allow me to _____ ?
Ø Do you mind if I _____ ?
§ Giving permission
Ø Yes, please !
Ø Yes go a head !
Ø It’s ok; no proble; it’s all night!
Ø Not at all*)
*) Answering the question using
“Do you mind if I _____ ?”
E. Request and Commands
Ø Could you _____ ?
Ø Can You _____ ?
Ø Would you mind _____ ?
Ø Would you like to _____ ?
Ø Sit down !
Ø Come here !
Ø Could you do me a favor ?
F. Possibility and Impossibility
§ Possibility
Ø Perhaps; maybe; it’s likely that
Ø It’s possible / probable that _____
Ø There’s possibility that / there’s good chance _____
§ Impossibility
Ø There’s no chance that _____
Ø There’s very little chance _____
Ø Impossible! / Npchance !
G. Wants and Need
Ø If you want to drink a cup coffee, what do you need ?
Ø I need a cup, a saucer, sugar, tea, spoon, coffee and hot water
Ø Do you want coffee or tea ?
Ø Do we need to come ?
Ø This machine needs mending _____
H. Apology
§ Asking for apology
Ø I am sorry
Ø I am really sorry
Ø I am terribly sorry
Ø I am extremely sorry
Ø I am awfully sorry
Ø Please forgive me !
Ø Sorry for
§ Answering apology
Ø Never mind; no problem; it’s ok; it doesn’t matter
Ø Forget it !
I. Sympathy
Ø I am sorry to hear that
Ø I am afraid to hear that
Ø Oh poor you / what a pity
Ø That’s too bad
Ø That’s bad luck
Ø Please accept my heartfeit condolences
Ø You have my deepest sympathy at this difficult time
J. Capability and Incapability
§ Capability
Ø I can _____
Ø I am able to _____
Ø I am capable of _____
§ Incapability
Ø I can’t _____
Ø I am unable to _____
Ø I am incapable of _____
Ø I don’t think I can
K. Offering Help
Ø May I help you ? / Can I help you ?
Ø Is there anything I can do for you ?
Ø Anything I can do ?
Ø Do you need my hand ?
Ø Perhaps I could assist you in some way
L. Invitation
§ How to invite :
Ø Would you like to come to _____ ?
Ø Would you mind coming to _____ ?
Ø I wonder if you could come to _____ ?
Ø Do you fancy coming to _____ ?
Ø Do you feel like coming to _____ ?
§ How to accept invitation :
Ø It sounds nice / interesting
Ø I’d love to
Ø That’s great !
§ How to refuse invitation politely :
Ø It sounds nice / interesting but _____
Ø I’d love to but I’m afraid I can’t _____
Ø Thanks for the invitation but I am afraid I can’t because ______
M. Giving Advice Or Suggestion
Ø You should _____
Ø You ought to _____
Ø You’d better _____
Ø It’s better for you to _____
Ø Why don’t you _____ ?
N. Certainty and Uncertainty
§ Certainty
Ø I am sure / certain / conviced _____
Ø I bet _____ / no doubt / of course sure !
§ Uncertainty
Ø I am not sure / certain _____
Ø I can’t say thet for certain.
Ø I doubt it / I am doubtful _____
Ø It depends on _____
O. Opinion
Ø What do you think of _____ ?
Ø What’s your opinion about _____ ?
Ø In my opinion ……
Ø I think _____ / I guess _____ / I think so !
P. Agreement and Disagreement
§ Agreement
Ø I agree … / I am with you
Ø That’s all right / it’s good idea
Ø I don’t have any objection
§ Disagreement
Ø I don’t agree with you
Ø I have different opinion
Ø I have objection to _____
Ø Objection !
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