How to say thank you and express appreciation in English
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first some basic thank you expressions
basic thank you expressions then we are
going to practice making compliments so
we are going to review some basic
grammar patterns for compliments lastly
we are going to talk about questions
that show interest and appreciation and
a couple of other little expressions at
the end okay so let’s get started all
right let’s start with saying thank you
so basic thank you expressions
begin okay so of course we have thank
you basically the most basic expression
thank you thank you or thank you very
much right okay so thank you very much
it’s a little more more of a thank you
than just thank you we also have thanks
a lot thanks a lot
okay but we do not say we do not say
thank you a lot we don’t say thank you a
lot someone asked me this once and i
thought no that’s interesting no we
don’t say that no thank you a lot
okay so thank you very much thanks a lot
another good one i appreciate it i
appreciate it so someone gives you
something or someone does something for
you someone makes a nice comment or
someone sends you a nice message i
appreciate it i appreciate it so thank
you i appreciate it you can put them
together ah thank you so much i really
appreciate that so you can use that in a
in place of it here so thank you very
much i appreciate that if someone gives
you a gift maybe okay i appreciate that
okay now let’s talk about the first
pattern
here the first grammar pattern i want to
practice today it’s i’m grateful so i am
grateful for
noun or
i am grateful to
verb i am grateful for noun or i’m
grateful to verb so there are two
grammar structures here
grateful
means
if it’s helpful you can break this down
to like i’m full
of feeling like happy and thankful for
something yeah so to feel grateful this
emotion to be grateful means to
appreciate something so you feel
thankful for that thing this word is
grateful it’s like a thanking feeling
okay so what do we do with this so to
make this grammar pattern work
we have to consider our preposition i’m
grateful for noun phrase for example i’m
grateful for my family
or for a job i’m grateful for this
opportunity
yeah so we use i’m grateful for before
the noun we don’t use this before a verb
we use to before a verb
okay so you can send example sentences
with this pattern if you like okay so
i’m grateful to and then the verb form
it’s very common to use the verb be in
this pattern for example i’m grateful to
be here today for example if you give a
speech or like a presentation a work
presentation at a conference maybe i’m
grateful to be here today or i’m
grateful to participate i’m grateful to
participate in this conference maybe so
we often use a be verb or some kind of
like a participation
or like a verb that’s related to
like the privilege of being part of
something else this is kind of the
feeling when we use this one this
pattern so i’m grateful to be here today
or for another one i’m grateful to have
great friends i’m grateful to have great
friends okay so
we can use these two patterns here
okay uh gia says i’m grateful for your
live lesson awesome that’s super nice
thank you okay i appreciate that okay
uh thank you for your special advice
very nice very nice okay uh sushi says
i’m grateful for being here and taking
your class i would say i’m grateful to
be here i’m grateful to be here i know
you’ve got that the being and that’s
good i think i probably would say i’m
grateful to be here
what’s opportunity opportunity means
chance chance chance but more formal we
use opportunity
for uh like um like a new job for
example like a new job or maybe you are
included in a special group that’s an
opportunity like a professional chance
yeah
okay i’m really grateful for this class
says jonathan oh you guys are nice super
nice oh i appreciate that you guys are
great okay
uh all right others on facebook uh liz
says i’m grateful to be listening to
your english classes okay good i think
maybe two and you got smooshed together
there liz great i’m grateful to be
listening good okay uh abdullah i’m
grateful on my job close i’m grateful
for my job four so your preposition
should be four
plus noun for my job i’m grateful for my
job
okay
uh someone i can’t read your name on
facebook says thanks i think tqs thanks
for your class good okay
uh other examples okay sophomore says
i’m grateful for my girlfriend very nice
good examples everybody okay good so
keep in mind your preposition i’m
grateful for noun phrase i’m grateful to
verb this is the grammar pattern we can
use here cute
okay let’s go to the next couple
the next couple are just fair another
some some more very very nice
expressions okay so the first one here
is that’s very kind that’s very kind or
that’s very kind of you that’s very kind
of you so this is a nice polite way to
say oh that’s so nice that’s so nice so
you can use this on like internet
comments like if someone says wow great
photo or something you can write that’s
very kind of you or that’s so kind of
you
so and very are
okay to use in this position that’s so
kind of you kind means like very nice
but also
nice nice plus like there’s kind of a
genuine feeling when we say someone is
very kind we get the feeling that person
is very genuine right so a nice person
is like they’re they’re maybe polite to
you right but kind a kind person we feel
is very genuine so oh that’s very kind
of you or that’s so kind of you or
that’s so kind of you to say you might
see that as well so these are all good
ways to express thank you thank you all
right
okay last one then
i can’t thank you enough i can’t thank
you enough so i can’t yes this is the
negative here this means it’s not
possible for me
to say thank you enough times so this
means you helped me a lot i want to say
thank you thank you thank you thank you
thank you i can’t say it enough times to
repay you for your help or for your
for your kindness yeah so i can’t thank
you enough thank you okay
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okay uh some people are writing these i
am
great uh to be part of your classes
ahmed i am grateful
i’m grateful to be part of your class so
not gray but grateful grateful okay i’m
grateful
i can’t thank you enough for all the
birthday wishes says tammy yeah that’s a
great one so on like facebook or
instagram or twitter if it’s your
birthday and lots of people send you
messages you can use this i can’t thank
you enough for all the birthday wishes
okay
cool all right
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thanks very much jan that’s super
awesome thank you okay
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compliments compliments so we’re going
to cover uh some compliment patterns
here again so you can send your examples
live in the chat i will try to check
but there are quite a few today
so let’s go
to compliments so a compliment what is a
compliment with an i here a compliment
is a nice comment you make to someone
else like oh nice shirt i love your
haircut and so on so a compliment we
should all know how to give people
compliments
here’s a basic one great job great job
you can use it at work you can use it at
home so great job well done or nice job
so this isn’t just for work you can use
this at home and with your friends great
job very good nice job okay
all right next one is this is or that’s
great
this is great or that’s great so used
for good news or something that someone
did very well so that’s great
this is great okay very very basic
compliments right
so how do we make our compliments more
specific okay so we can use one of these
very simple patterns yeah i like or i
love your noun phrase i like your
sweater i love your cooking i like your
house so use a noun phrase here noun
phrase so in this case i’ve chosen these
three you can send your own in the chat
yeah okay so i like or i love we
typically use these verbs i like and i
love
maybe you’ll find some others
that people use from time to time but we
typically
use these two to give a compliment so
love is stronger for sure so if it’s a
little too strong just use like i like
your sweater or i like your new
hairstyle or i like your
uh dessert that you made for the for the
party okay
people are writing i love your hair i
love your hairstyle i like your ideas
good uh
on facebook thanks for a job well done
says tammy facebook uh
i love your teaching way ah i love the
way you teach i love the way you teach
okay that’s that’s a natural way to
express that okay i like your class very
nice okay good
okay good good good nice job everybody
nice job great job okay so we have this
pattern
and let’s talk now about this one and
two so
to use this one we are going to we’re
going to complement someone’s skills
okay so this is one you use to
complement someone’s like talents or
abilities for example you’re a really
good title so title here is the title of
like the person
who has that skill so what do i mean for
example you’re a really good
photographer you’re a really good
photographer so that means your pictures
are really nice yeah you’re a really
good photographer or you’re a really
good cook
or you’re a really good musician
so use these kind of title
words so if your friend shows you some
cool pictures or maybe they are a really
talented artist like they draw really
well or they made some food for you you
can compliment them you’re a really good
cook you’re a really good title
here okay you can send your examples uh
in the chat uh people are writing i like
your teaching i love your advice i like
your teaching style good you’re a really
good speaker okay you’re a really good
teacher okay good uh you’re a good liar
says alaran whoa that’s typically not a
compliment
i don’t know lying is generally not a
good thing so maybe you don’t need to
use liar here you’re a really good liar
so maybe choose something positive yeah
something that’s a little bit more
positive
we usually don’t use that that was funny
though okay
uh good good good so let’s continue on
people are writing you’re a really good
teacher okay cool you’re very nice to me
thank you for being very nice to me
that’s very kind of you to say but
please remember to practice this for use
in other parts of your life not just
with the
live lessons yeah
okay oh there’s one tammy says you’re a
really good singer good good i’m
definitely not so
let’s go to the last one okay the last
parts here so like last compliments so
when you finish an event like you spend
time with your friends you see your
family members maybe you go on a date
whatever you can use this at the end
to give a compliment i had past tense i
had
a great time i had a great time i had an
awesome time i had a nice time you can
change this adjective but this one is
nice i had a great time i had a great
time
okay eric says you are a really good
christmas tree that doesn’t make any
sense eric
okay i had a great time all right and
this one too you can use again at the
end of a gathering or the end of some
kind of meetup let’s get together again
soon let’s get together so get together
means meet right let’s meet again soon
but this sounds much more casual and
friendly let’s get together again soon
yeah okay
so i had a great time let’s get together
again soon or i had a great time let’s
do it again soon
okay make sure past tense i had a great
time some people are writing have not
have i had is the past tense past tense
so the event has finished we are done we
are talking about the past i had a great
time yesterday i had a great time last
weekend
okay
all right
that’s it for part two
all right i’m looking for your questions
i do not see any questions lots of good
example sentences i had a great time
good
all right
okay let’s take one more quick break and
then we’ll practice some questions uh
that you can use to show interest and
appreciation okay all right
lots of people are writing i had a nice
time oh dixon says i had a nice time
with my family yesterday very nice one
okay
um
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okay let’s go to the last one the last
part questions that show interest and
appreciation
so these are just a few questions uh
that you can ask people to show you are
interested in something they’re doing so
you don’t have to say wow that’s great
or i love that but these questions show
that you want to know more right so they
show that you appreciate something or
that you’re interested in something okay
so let’s talk about these first one
where did you get that
where did you get that so get means buy
or just receive maybe two so this is
good for like uh clothing so if you say
i love your sweater where did you get
that means where did you buy that right
so this shows you want to know where the
other thing came from like maybe you
want to buy it right where did you get
that or oh my gosh i love that painting
where did you get that
all right so this is a really good one
you can use for like uh clothing for
physical objects yeah where did you get
that where did you get that okay i like
i like that picture where did you buy
that you can change get to buy if you
know it’s something the other person
bought
where did you get that car okay good
says gaurav aria good good good where
did you get that car
okay sorry where did you get this car
good good good okay
all right uh the next one is where did
you learn that where did you learn that
so you can use this one for a skill so
if someone shows you like a really cool
skill they’re super talented in
something maybe they can draw really
well or whatever you can say where did
you learn that or where did you learn
how to do that where did you learn that
so this shows you respect their skills
you respect their abilities and you want
to know how did they learn this like
maybe i can learn how to do it too
that’s the feeling here where did you
learn that
okay
all right next one this next one is good
for food use this one for food this is a
very common way to complement someone’s
cooking skills can you send me the
recipe
can you send me the recipe
so this means i want to make that that’s
what this is saying i want to make that
food you made for me can you send me the
recipe or can you please send me the
recipe
okay
all right and another one is this can
you show me or can you teach me how to
do that can you show me or can you teach
me how to do that
so this is a good one that means i want
you to teach me something but be careful
with this one use this for short simple
actions so for example i get a lot of
messages that say please teach me
english which is my job right so
that’s my job right so i i that’s part
of my job i do that anyway so make sure
sorry noisy make sure when you ask this
question can you show me how to do that
it’s just a quick short
activity right not asking someone to
work for you right not a long term
project so use this for short quick
action like hey can you show me how to
do that cooking thing you just did
what’s that like it takes five minutes
to teach someone something so use this
for things that are not
people’s jobs right that’s i recommend
that i recommend that okay so now can
you teach me how to build websites it’s
like that’s their job maybe right so
make sure you use this to give people
compliments yeah not to ask them to work
okay
all right good so can you teach me how
to do that or can you show me how to do
that
what is a recipe a recipe
is how to cook something how to cook
something so a recipe is the ingredients
the food that you mix together to create
like a dinner or a lunch a recipe it’s a
food
list of food to make food
a recipe
okay
all right so that is
our questions and of course there are
other questions we can use to show
interest basically
if you ask someone questions about their
skill or about their talent you will
show that you appreciate them
okay
let’s go to the last part because time
is running out it’s so hard to see today
okay time is running out definitely so a
couple other expressions you can use to
show your appreciation for someone
you’re really talented you’re really
talented so maybe someone’s a great
musician or maybe they have really great
skills in something you’re really
talented you’re really talented so not
talent not your really talent you’re
really talented
adjective you’re really talented okay
and finally this one you can use for
your friends too i thought this was a
happy way to end today uh so wholesome
today’s very wholesome lesson content
okay so i’m so glad we’re friends i’m so
glad we’re friends so that means i
really like that you are my friend i
feel happy about that i’m so glad we’re
friends
okay uh rocky says if i were to say i’m
a cooker is a cooker a word or not no
for for a person who makes food
no we say we have the title chef or we
say cook you’re a good cook we don’t say
cooker okay you’re a good cook
all right so we can use these other
expressions to complement as well all
right cool all right so these are some
ways to say thank you and to express
your appreciation for someone else i
hope that you found some good
expressions that you can use in your
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so we
practiced saying thank you we talked
about some grammar patterns to use when
you say thank you we talked about some
compliment patterns and we talked about
some questions and other expressions
that show you are interested and
appreciative of something that someone
else has done
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that was that was very nice very very
nice lesson thanks for your great
questions and your example sentences too
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