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CONGRATULATING AND COMPLIMENTING OTHERS

Formal vs Informal Congratulation
Understanding the formal conversational text in daily life context and involving speech: expressing
congratulations formally and informally.
Lesson
In this lesson, you will learn to understand formal and informal expression of congratulation.

Formal vs Informal Congratulation
To congratulate someone’s achievement, you may express it in various ways. For example, when one
of your relatives has a newborn baby, you may give a congratulations card or present. When your
friends just won a competition, you must praise their achievement too.
Congratulation is an expression of happiness which aims to show our care and appreciation
on someone's special moment. Commonly, people express it by giving something such as presents or
cards or saying it directly.
Formal Congratulations
Formal situation can happen in several places such as at work or at school. This context is usually
used to appreciate older people. For example, when your teacher has a newborn baby, you could use
formal expression. When you want to congratulate someone formally, you can congratulate them by
saying the following phrases:
Please accept my warmest congratulations.
I’d like to be first to congratulate you.
I’d like to congratulate you on…..
I must congratulate you on ….
May I congratulate you on….
Congratulations on ….
Informal Congratulations
Informal situation can happen almost anytime, anywhere. You can use informal expression to your
friends, or your siblings. There are several phrases to congratulate others in informal context. You can
use the following phrases:
Congratulations!
Well done!
Good Job!
Responding to congratulation
When you want to respond to expression of congratulation, you can say the following phrases:
Thank you very much for saying so.
It’s very good of you to say so.
I’m glad you say so.
Thank you so much.
Oh, thanks.
Thank you.
Do You Understand?
To understand how to use the expression of congratulation formally, read the conversation below.
(Situation: Your teacher has a new born baby)

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