Monday, February 2, 2015

(Feb 10, 2015) Everyday Responses

Everyday Responses


Which is the most appropriate response in each of these circumstances?  (There may be more than one possibility):


1. You approach a door at the same time as 
someone else. One of you is going to have to 
give way.

2. You bump into someone in a shop/ the street

3. You see someone drop something and you 
pick it up for them

4. A stranger in a queue addresses you and 
says “lovely weather”

5. You need to interrupt someone with 
 an urgent message

6. Someone in a wheelchair is trying to reach 
something off a high shelf in the supermarket

7. You can’t see the product you want in 
a large store and need to ask an assistant

8.. Your colleague tells you that his mother is 
seriously ill

9. Someone at work announces they have 
 got engaged

10. You get a phone call asking why you aren’t 
at the meeting which started 10 minutes ago


 


A. I’m so sorry to interrupt but...

B. I’m so sorry. Is there anything I can do?

C. I’m so sorry. I lost track of the time.

D. Yes, isn’t it?

E. Excuse me, can you tell me where to find...?

F. After you

G. Congratulations. That’s great news.

H. Can I help you reach that?

I. Sorry

J. Excuse me, I think you dropped this
 
 








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