Responding to good and bad news

 Responding to good and bad news

Responding to good and bad news can be done in different ways.

1. Responding to good news

• Oh. what a great news!
• Oh my goodness. Great news!
• Wow. What a great news!
• I just can’t believe it. It’s a good news!
• Really! I just can’t believe it!
• Lucky you!
• I’m glad to hear that!
• Sounds great!
• Superb news!
• Superb!
• Oh, How wonderful!
• That’s a wonderful / terrific / fantastic / marvellous /  dazzling / breathtaking news!
• Congratulations!

2. Responding to bad news

• Oh, I feel sorry for that.
• What a bad / terrible /news!
• Oh, dear!
• Poor you!
• Too bad!
• I feel sorry for that!
• I do feel sorry!
• I sympathise with you!
• Please accept my sympathy!
• It’s really sad to hear that!
• I know you must be feeling sorry for that!

3. Examples of responding to good and bad news

• Speaker 1: I got my baccalaureate with 17.86.
• Speaker 2: Oh, good news!
• Speaker 3: Did you hear the news? Tom’s father passed away.
• Speaker 4: Really! It’s sad to hear that!
• Speaker 5: Khalid has got a visa for The States.
• Speaker 6: Really! I just can’t believe it!