Communicative functions: Interacting with others
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Using formulaic expressions | |
Offering thanks, good wishes, congratulations, concern and sympathy
When we interact with others, we are building a relationship with them. There are different kinds of relationships, for example, a relationship between friends, a relationship between a customer and a sales person, a relationship between family members.
We use many expressions to help build relationships with people. These include the following:
| expressions of thanks: | please thanks thank you thank you very much |
| good wishes: | Good luck! Best of luck! Best wishes! |
| congratulations: | Congratulations! Well done! |
| concern: | Oh no! How terrible! You poor thing! I'm so sorry. |
In this example from a shopping interaction, the sales person and the customer use a range of expressions for saying please and thank you:
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Teaching activities |
For PrimeTeach teaching activities which provide KS2 students
with practice in using formulaic expressions to show concern, see: A
visit to the doctor
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