The phrases given in this lesson are useful in several everyday situations.<\/p>\n
Use the following phrases when you are late or when you can\u2019t come at all.<\/p>\n
Sorry I’m late. I missed my train.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m extremely sorry for being late.<\/p>\n
Sorry to keep you waiting.<\/p>\n
Sorry for the delay.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sorry. I shouldn\u2019t have kept you waiting.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sorry, I couldn\u2019t make it that day.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sorry, I couldn\u2019t make it on time.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sorry, I got a little late.<\/p>\n
Here are a few phrases you can use to ask someone to wait.<\/p>\n
Hang on.<\/p>\n
Hold on.<\/p>\n
Just wait.<\/p>\n
Hold on a minute.<\/p>\n
Just a minute \/ moment \/ second.<\/p>\n
Wait a minute \/ second. I\u2019ll be right back.<\/p>\n
Just a minute. I\u2019m coming.<\/p>\n
You can add \u2018please\u2019 at the beginning or at the end to make the expression more polite.<\/span><\/p>\n Please hold on a minute.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Phrases you can use to ask someone to keep quiet.<\/p>\n Please be quiet. (Polite way of asking someone to keep quiet)<\/p>\n Will you please keep quiet? (This is not very polite.)<\/p>\n Shut up! (This is quite rude)<\/p>\n Silence, please.<\/p>\n Here are a few phrases you can use to congratulate somebody.<\/p>\n Congratulations!<\/p>\n Congratulations on your new job!<\/p>\n Congratulations on the birth of your twins!<\/p>\n You\u2019ve received a promotion? Congratulations!<\/p>\n We can use Congrats!<\/strong> instead of Congratulations!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n You\u2019ve won the first prize? Congrats!<\/p>\n Use the following expressions to praise someone for doing something well.<\/p>\n Good job!<\/strong> You\u2019ve made us proud.<\/p>\n Well done,<\/strong> Rohan!<\/p>\n \u2018Look. I\u2019ve solved this puzzle.\u2019 \u2018Well done!\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The phrases given in this lesson are useful in several everyday situations. When you are late Use the following phrases when you are late or when you can\u2019t come at all. Sorry I’m late....<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[397],"class_list":["post-1829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speaking","tag-every-day-english-phrases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1830,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829\/revisions\/1830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Asking someone to keep quiet<\/h2>\n
Congratulating someone<\/h2>\n