Dialogues

Phrases for introducing oneself

1. I would like to introduce myself. I am … (formal)

2. May I introduce myself? My name is … (formal)

3. Let me introduce myself. I am.. (semiformal)

4. I am Satish. (informal)

5. Hi. This is… (informal)

6. I don’t think we have met. Anil here. (Informal)

Phrases for introducing oneself to others (formal)

1. May I introduce you to our new Manager? He is Mr. ………

2. I would like you to meet my colleague. She is Ms. ………….

3. I take pleasure in introducing my uncle to you. He is a …………..

4. I am pleased to introduce our new team leader to all of you. He is Mr. …….

Phrases for introducing oneself to others (informal)

1. Can I introduce a good friend of mine? This is ……(name)

2. Satish, I want you to meet one of my colleagues. He is Mr. ……….

3. I don’t think you have met my cousin. She is Ms. …….. She is a …………

4. You haven’t met my uncle. Have you?

5. Samuel, meet my friend, Khaleel. He is a ………..

6. Ajay, this is Raghu. He is pursuing his M.B.A in xyz college.

7. Don’t you know Samir? He is a ............

Phrases for Greetings

1.      How are you?

2.      How do you do?

3.      How are you doing?

4.      How is it going?

5.      I have been looking forward to meeting you.

6.      Glad to see you/Nice to meet/see you!

7.      Fancy meeting you here! (informal)

Phrases for Making Requests (formal):

1. Could you please/ Would you please give me your mobile to make a call?

2. Would you mind giving...?

3. May I request you to give me/ tell me...?

4. I would be glad if you could permit me to sit here for a while.

5. I wonder if you could tell me you manager's address.

6. I shall be thankful if you let me use your laptop for ten minutes.

7. Would it be alright if I sit/stay here for a while? I feel exhausted sir.

8. Can you permit me to use your mobile for a call please?

9. Would you permit me to leave the class a little earlier today?

10. Would I be in a position to express my opinion on this?

11. I would like to make a call from your phone, if you permit me. Would you?

12. Could you do me a favor?

13. May I trouble you for a while to clear my doubt sir?

14. I would appreciate it if you could help me in this regard.

15. It would help me a great deal if you could do this task on behalf of mine.

16. I would feel grateful to you if you could do this favor for me.

Phrases for Making Requests (informal):

1. Is it all right if I use your bike for a while?

2. Do you mind if I use your laptop for an hour?

3. Can I possibly have your book for a moment?

4. Am I allowed to make a call from your phone?

5. Do you think it would be possible for you to this work for me?

Phrases to chat with a person after long period of time:

1. Long time no see. Where have you been?

2. Good to see you after long time. Where have you been all these days/ years?

3. What a surprise! Happy to meet you after so long time. How are you Mr....?

4. What a pleasant surprise to see you here. How are you Mr. ....?

5. What a surprise!

6. I feel privileged to meet you, sir.

7. I never imagined I would get the chance to meet you again sir / madam.

8. I am really thrilled to see you once again.

9. How fortunate I am to meet you again!

10. It is so sweet of you to have thought of visiting us.

11. I am so delighted to meet you again.

12. It is very nice meeting you again after a long gap.

Replies to the above phrases:

1.      I am equally excited.

2.      So, am I.

3.      I had equally longed for this meeting.

4.      I am equally delighted to meet you after such a long time.

Phrases for greeting someone for the first time in a day:

1. Good morning sir/madam. Nice to meet you

2. Good evening sir/madam. Good to see you.

3. Good morning Mr. …. Glad to meet you.

4. Good evening Ms. …… Pleasure t meet you.

Phrases to ask the details about where someone has gone/spent ones time:

1. I haven't seen you for (the last) 3 hours. Where have you been?

2. I didn't see you for the last couple of days. Where were you?

Phrases for offering something to others:

1.  Would you like to have some water?

2. Would you like to take rest for a while?

3.  Shall I offer you something?

4. Shall I bring you some water?

5. Shall we have a cup of tea/coffee?

6. How about going for a walk in the beach?

7. How about yesterday's Physics class?

8. How about your online exam? Hope you have got good score. Haven't you?

9. How do you feel staying here?

Phrases for leave taking after having some chat with others:

1. It was nice meeting you. I have some work. See you later.

2. It has been really a great time with you. I am afraid I need to go now (to do something). Have a good

day.

Phrases for inviting to attend something:

Good morning sir/madam. (Commonly used phrase before using any below expression)

1. My brother's marriage is fixed on............ I take it my pleasure to invite you to attend my brother's

marriage.

2. We would like to conduct fresher's day party. We would be delighted to invite you to attend the party

sir/madam.

3. We are going to conduct a seminar on....... We would like to invite you as a guest for this occasion

sir/madam.

4. I feel it my honor to invite you attend my sister's marriage sir/madam. Please accept my request.

5. Would you mind if I ask you to join us to attend Rajesh's birthday party?

6. May I request you to attend my presentation (that) I am going to give this evening?

7. I feel it my pleasure to invite you to attend our college academic exhibition sir/madam. Could you

attend it please?

8. Tomorrow evening is sister's marriage. I was wondering if you could come. 

9. I am wondering if you would like to go to the trip to Nagarjuna Sagar?

10. We would/should be delighted to invite you to the get together we have planned to conduct.

Informal mode of invitations:

1. Care to attend my brother's marriage?

2. Do you fancy joining our family to go for Nagarjuna Sagar trip?

3. Why don't you join us to attend Samir's birthday party?

4. Mind if I invite you to go to movie?

5. How about/what about having today's dinner in our home?

6. Can you join us to the party?

7. Looks like it's a pleasant day. Wanna go for a movie this evening?

Expressions for making Suggestions:

1. Shall we have a cup of tea? Or shall we go for a morning walk?

2. We could go for a walk in the ground.

3. I think we should meet our faculty to clear our doubts in Math.

4. What would you say about having dinner in our home tonight?

Informal phrases for Suggestions:

1. Why don't we meet our H.O.D sir to get a leave for this afternoon?

2. Let's go for a morning walk/ to have a cup of tea.

3. How about having lunch in the KFC today?

Replies to Suggestions

For Acceptance:

1. Yes. That's a great idea.

2. Not a bad idea.

3. Thanks for the advice.

4. Good suggestion/ idea. Where shall we go?

5. Sounds like a good idea.  Or that sounds really great.

6. Wonderful! I am really impressed with your suggestion.

7. Apparently your suggestion looks reasonable and sensible.

8. Sure. It is worth consideration.

For Rejection:

1. Sounds like a good idea. But, I am afraid. I can't as...

2. I don't feel like doing that.

3. I don't think it will work out here in this regard.

4. Let's do something else.

5. Not a bad idea. But it is not the right time to do that.

6. Sorry. The suggestion requires complete debate.

7. I may personally like it, but it may not find support from other members.

8. Sorry, the suggestion you have made does not seem feasible for practical reasons.

9. I am afraid, it is not a good suggestion.

Phrases for making or extending an offer:

1. What can I do for you sir/madam?

2.  May I help you to lift it?

3. Would I do it for you sir/madam?

4. Is there anything I can do for you?

5. Let me give you a hand to do this task. (informal)

6. Let me help you with this project (or any) (informal)

7. Don’t worry. I’ll do it for you. (informal)

8. I will do it for you if you like. (informal)

9. Shall I offer you some water (or something)? (informal)

Phrases for Accepting an Offer:

1.      It is so thoughtful of you.

2.      Thank you a lot. I thought it would be inconvenient for you to do so.

3.      It is very kind of you / nice of you.

4.      Thank you for your offer.

5.      Thank you for the help you have offered for my cousin’s marriage. Your help really relieved me from tension.

Turning Down (Rejecting) Offer:

1.      I am really thankful to you for the offer. But I have already finished it successfully. (formal)

2.      Thank you a lot for your offer. But perhaps, I don’t have to bother you. I will let you know if I need your help. (formal)

3.      It is so sweet of you to have made this offer. But may be some other time I will take your offer. (formal)

4.      Thank you for your offer. But we will do it / go some other time. (formal)

5.      No Thanks. (informal)

6.      No, thank you. I think I will manage myself.

Phrases for giving Advices:

1. You had better meet our sir to clear your doubt.

2. I think you should consult/see a doctor to recover from your headache (or something).

3. It seems like you need an expert advice in this regard.

4. If you ask me I would suggest you to take up ECE (or any) branch as it is in vogue now.

5. If I were you, I would participate in that event. Be confident, Rajesh.

6. Why don't you take coaching for your weak English?

7. I would like to suggest you to stay in the hostel as....

8. What you should do is to get the complete details of the task.

9. The best course of action for you is to ………………… (do something).

10. (Please) make sure you submit your application in time.

11. Is there anything I could do in this regard?

Phrases for Opinion:

1. In my opinion

2. I believe/ I don't believe

3. I think/ don't think

4. If you ask me, I will say ...(informal)

5. As far as I am concerned.

Phrases for Replies:

1. I agree with you.

2. That's true/right.

3. Of course.

4. Exactly.

Phrases for Disagree:

1. I am afraid. I don't agree/ can't agree with you as...

2. I don't think it's a good idea.

3. I am afraid. I am not sure about that.

4. What you thought may be right. But I think it won't work out in this regard.

5. I disagree (informal).

6. I don't think so (informal).

Phrases for Asking for Directions:

1. Excuse me sir! Could you tell me the way to...

2. Good morning sir. I am new to the city. I need to go to ... If you don't mind, would you direct me to

reach there?

3. Excuse me sir. I shall be thankful if you can show me the way to Railway station.

4. Would you mind telling me address of JKC College?

5. Excuse me sir. May I request you to guide me to reach xyz hospital?

6. I would be grateful to you if you could guide me to reach xyz shopping mall.

Phrases for Giving Directions:

1. It is opposite to xyz bank.

2. Go straight until you reach T junction. Then take a left turn and keep walking for a 100meters. You

will see the college opposite to ...

3. Go along the road for 20 yards and then turn left. It is situated at the side of xyz.

4. It is just about a minute walk from here. Go along the road for 20 yards. You will see a park and it is

at the opposite side of ……………. Tower/apartment.

5. It is just around the corner of this building (or something)

6. You have come to the wrong place sir. It is at the other end.

7. Go on for about 100 yards or 5 minutes.

Phrases to make Complaints:

1. I am sorry to say this but ... (it is not the right time to discuss this matter)

2. I don't know how to say this but, you know you have got a complaint from the management.

3. I am afraid, I have a serious complaint to make about our project completion. We have already

crossed the deadline.

4. I am sorry to bother/ trouble you ... but I need to say that you have misunderstood Rajesh. It was not

his mistake in fact.

Phrases for expressing good wishes:

1. Wish you every success!

2. Good luck to you.

3. Wishing you good luck (forever).

4. Wish you peace and happiness (during the holidays).

5. Let me wish you the best of everything.

6. May you succeed at whatever you try.

7. May all your wishes come true.

8. I wish you every fortune and every success.

9. May your festival (name of the festival) be filled with joy and warmth!

10. Hope the holidays find you happy and healthy.

11. I am sure you will have a great future.

Phrases for expressing thanks:

1. Many thanks.

2. I am much obliged to you.

3. Thanks a lot.

4. Thanks ever so much.

5. I can never thank you enough.

6. Thank you for all you have done for me.

7. Thanks for the trouble you have taken for me.

8. I appreciate your help.

9. I am truly grateful for your help.

10. I couldn’t have done it without you.

Phrases to make an apology:

1. We are extremely sorry for the mistake we made sir.

2. I am sorry for the inconvenience I have given to you, Mr.  ..../Ms ..../Sir.... /Madam....

3. Please accept my apologies/heartfelt apology (for what I have done).

4. I am really sorry sir/madam. It won't happen again.

5. Sir, I apologize for the inconvenience I caused to you.

6. I am terribly sorry for all that I did.

7. I am awfully sorry for the inconvenience I have caused you. How could I be so thoughtless.

8. Please forgive me for my behavior. It was not intentional.

9. Truly speaking. I have no intention to upset you. Please forgive me.

10. My apologize for disappointing you with my poor performance/ presentation (or any).

11. I am really sorry for the trouble I gave you unknowingly.

12. I beg your forgiveness for this inconvenience sir. It’s all my fault.

13. I feel really sorry/bad about what has happened sir/madam.

14. I am not sure how to put it, but I’m sorry that I have done something wrong to you.

Phrases to forgive people:

1.      Never mind! Take it easy.

2.      It is all right. You need not to be so apologetic.

3.      Not at all. Please don’t worry.

4.      Don’t worry about it. Anyone can make mistakes. While make sure it won’t be repeated.

5.      That’s perfectly alright.

6.      Don’t worry. It does happen sometimes.

7.      Well. I don’t mind it at all. Everybody make mistakes.

Phrases for Convincing People:

1.      I have personally checked and found that there is no room for doubt in it.

2.      I have made doubly sure that there are no mistakes in the project report (or any).

3.      I am confident that we will accomplish this task (or any) in time.

4.      This is undoubtedly the best deal/plan we could ever make…

5.      What we/I have explained is not based on any hearsay but on a thorough enquiry in the project/subject/task.

Phrases for Complementing People (for their achievement):

1.      You have done a great job. Well done Mr. /Miss. ……….

2.      You have made a good presentation Mr. /Miss ……….

3.      That is unbelievably true!

4.      Today you have given/made awesome presentation /performance Mr. /Miss. ……….

5.      Hats off to you for your job Mr. /Miss. ………….

6.      Congratulations! I knew you would pass your semester exams with flying colors.

7.      Well done Mr. I think no one deserves it more than you!

8.      Well done man, your performance is really awesome in the match! (informal)

9.      What a nice performance it is!

Phrases for Response to Complements:

1.      Thank you for your complement sir / madam.

2.      I am happy you liked my project report / idea / presentation (or any).

3.      It is very nice of you to say so…

4.      It is so sweet of you to think like that.

5.      Thank you very much indeed. I am glad you like it/my idea/plan.

Phrases to say continue what others are speaking

1.      Go ahead Mr. / Miss. ………..

2.      I am keen on hearing further.

3.      What happened next?

4.      Go on Mr. / Miss, it sounds interesting to hear.

Phrases to express one’s surprise

1.      It’s a pleasant surprise to be here!

2.      What a surprise!

3.      It’s simply unbelievable!

4.      I am indeed very much delighted to hear this (or any).

5.      That’s incredible!

6.      I can’t believe my eyes.

7.      Who could have thought/expected it!

Phrases for making appointments

1. What time is convenient for you?

2. What is the best place to meet?

3. Would tomorrow morning suit you?

4. What about Saturday evening?

5. May I expect you at five?

5. Where shall we meet?

6. How about Friday evening?

Phrases for expressing Sympathy

1. I’m sorry to hear about it.

2. Don’t take it too much to heart.

3. I am deeply sorry to learn/hear about what has happened.

4. It could have happened to anybody.

5. Don’t let it go you down.

6. I do hope it is nothing serious.

7. Is there any way I can help (you)?

8. Please don’t feel bad about it. Certain things happen in life. We should face the challenges of life boldly.

Phrases for expressing encouragement

1. I believe you should go ahead.

2. I think you should go ahead.

3. Don’t worry man, better luck next time. You have my whole-hearted support.

4. There is no reason to feel discouraged.

5. I will always be there for you!

Some useful Phrases for making Telephone Interaction:

1. May/Could I speak to Mr. /Ms. ………….. Please?

2. Am I speaking to Mr. /Ms. ……………..?

3. Is it Rahul there?

4. Hello, is this Mr. Satish’s number?

5. Would it be all right if I call your manager/CEO right now?

6. Can you connect me with your manager?

7. Could you hold the line please?

8. Who do you want to speak?

9. He/Sir is not here. Would you like to speak to our Asst. Manager?

10. Hold the line please.

11. He is on another line now. Could you hold line for a moment?

12. May I know who is calling/ speaking?

13. I am afraid you have the wrong number/ you have got the wrong number.

14. Can I take a message for him/her?

15. Would you like me to take any message for him/her?

16. Could I leave a message for him/her?

17 .Hang on a second / a moment. (Informal)

18. I am afraid, he is not here right now/ he is in a meeting. May I take a message?

19. He is not available now. Can I take a message? (Informal)

20. If you leave your name and number, I will have him call you back as soon as he is available.