Making An Appointment, Inviting Someone, and Declining An Appointment

Mrs. Ary looks for information about cancer in a clinic. Then, she comes to the clinic in the afternoon.

Mrs. Ary        : Good Afternoon, mam. Would you like to help me?

Receptionist    : Good Afternoon. Sure, what can I do for you?

Mrs. Ary        : I need more information about cancer. Who can I meet to explain about that disease?

Receptionist    : You can meet Dr. Handy to get further information  about cancer. However, you have to make an  appointment first to meet him.

Mrs. Ary         : Can I meet him tomorrow afternoon?

Receptionist     : Please, discuss the meeting through phone call. You can  contact this number 0586511231.

Mrs. Ary           : OK, thanks.

Suddenly, Mr. Ary call Dr. Handy using her cell-phone.

Mrs. Ary      : Hello. This is Ary speaking. Can I talk to Dr. Handy?

Dr. Handy   : Hello.Yes, This is Handy. Do you have any problems?

Mrs. Ary      : I need more information about cancer. Would you like to meet me at your office tomorrow afternoon at 02.00 p.m.?

Dr. Andy     : How about 02.30 p.m.? I have many patients tomorrow.

Mrs. Ary       : that’s fine. I’ll be there at that time. Thanks.

Dr. Handy    : You’re welcome.

After you read that conversation you may find certain expression, such as:

Making Appointment:

• Can I meet …?
• Let’s meet ….?
• How about tomorrow afternoon?

Accepting an appointment:

• I’ll be there at that time.
• Sure. I’ll come.
• It’ll be a nice meeting for me.
• Canceling/rejecting an appointment:
• I’m sorry. I can’t come.
• I don’t think I can make it.
• Sorry. I think I have another appointment at that time.

Inviting:

• Would you like to ....
• Could you come to…
• I'd very much like
• Would you care to ....
• I’ll really happy if you come to….
• I’m sure that you won’t be disappointed to come to….

Accepting an Invitation

• Thank you for inviting me.
• I would/will ....
• That would be very nice.
• I'd like to love to come.
• That’s fine.
• Sure. Why not?

Declining an Invitation

• I'm very sorry, I don't think I can.
• I'd like to, but ....
• Thank you for asking me, but ....
• Unfortunately, I can't ....

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Asking and Giving Opinion

Opinion is a thought or belief about something or someone. You can express your opinion in the daily conversation using several utterances below:

Asking Opinion:

• What is your opinion?
• Is it right what I’ve done?
• What about …?
• How about …?
• What do you think?
• Do you have any idea?

Giving Opinion:

• I’m convinced that ….
• According to some experts, I think…
• I consider that ....
• In my opinion, .…
• I think …

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Expressing Sympathy, Showing Happiness and Affection

To express our sympathy, we can use some utterances below:

• I’m sorry to hear that.
• I do sympathize
• I know what you feel
• What a terrible situation
• That’s awful

To show your happiness, we can use some utterances below:

• That’s great!
• I’m delighted to hear that
• Wow...that sounds nice
• I’m really happy to hear that.
• That’s good. You’ll be successful man.

To show affection:

• Don't worry. I'm with you.
• What's wrong with you?
• Hope you will be fine.
• Are you OK?

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Greeting, Introducing, and Parting

Greeting is very important to open a conversation. Using Greeting, people can get the attention from the other people that can be continued to be a nice conversation. Bellow are some examples of Greeting:

Greeting                                                   Response
Good morning                                          Good morning
Good Afternoon                                       Good Afternoon
Good evening                                           Good evening
How are you?                                           Fine, thanks
How do you do?                                      How do you do?
How are you doing?                                  I’m great.
Hello.                                                        Hello.
Hi                                                              Hi

Introducing yourself                                Introducing someone
Let me introduce myself…                     I’d like to introduce you to…
I’m …                                                   Hi, this is …
Hi, I’m …                                              I’d like you to meet …
My name is …                                       Ok, here is …
Excuse me,                                             my name is …
Hello, I’m …

Partings                                                  Response
Goodbye                                              Goodbye
Goodnight                                             Goodnight
Bye                                                       bye
See you                                                 See you

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Expressing Happines, disapointment and Boredom

There are certain expressions which are used to express:
Happines, for example::

• I am glad to hear that.
• I am happy to hear that.
• That’s great!
• Wonderful!

Disappointment, for example:

• That’s disappointing.
• That’s too bad.
• That’s real shame.

Boredom, for example:

• That’s boring.
• I am totally not interested.
• How boring.
• Dull.

Study the following dialogue!

In a canteen, Doni meets his friend, Harry, a boy who is enjoying a bowl of meatball soup.

Doni  : Hi, How’s it going?
Harry : pretty good, thanks. How about you?
Doni : I am glad to hear that, but I don’t feel good today.
Harry : Why? Do you have any problems?
Doni : Uhm…yes, I do. I get bad score for my Math test. As a result, my father is angry to me and cancel his promise to buy me a bicycle.
Harry : Oh, That’s very disappointing. I think you should talk to your father.
Doni : Yeah, I just want to explain to him the reason why my Math score is bad. I hope he’ll understand.
Harry : That’s good, Doni. Goodluck! By the way, I have to meet Mr. Pandu right now.
Doni : Mmm, Ok. I just stay here. See you.
Harry : See you.

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