Praising
Nice
work! /Great stuff (everybody/ team A/ this group/ Susan)
(You
did a) good/ great job
You
(all) did very well
(Very)
well done (all the girls/ teams that have already finished)
Perfect/
(A) perfect score/ No mistakes!/ You didn’t make any mistakes (at all)/ You
didn't make a single mistake.
Ten
out of ten/ 100%
It’s
a (class) record!/ That’s the best this year/ this term/ this week/ today
That
was (at least/ more than/ about) twice as good as your last attempt
Let
me shake your hand!/ Give me five!
This
team was the fastest, this team was the neatest, and this team wrote the most.
Well done (everybody)!
(That
is/ was) (really/ absolutely) excellent/ fantastic/ fabulous/ great/ superb
(That's)
(so/ very/ really) good!
Not
(too) bad (at all)
That's
right! / Exactly!/ That’s (exactly) the correct answer!
Give
him a big hand! / Give her a round of applause/ I think that is worth a round
of applause/ Put your hands together for…
Congratulations
Bravo!
Hooray!
(You)
got it first time!/ You did it on your first attempt!
You
(finally) did it!
(You
finished) just in time!
I’m
impressed/ That’s (very/ really) impressive
You’ve
been a great help/ I couldn’t have done it without you
O.K,
I’ll accept that (as an answer)
That's
a (very) good/ great/ original/ imaginative suggestion/ idea!
I
like that (very much)!
I
like this one best/ This one’s my favourite (because…)
That's
(a) nice drawing/ story/ ending/ handwriting
That’s
very neat/ imaginative/ carefully done/ long/ accurate/ intelligent/ creative
(That
is/ was) marvelous/ magnificent/ terrific/ fabulous/ superb/ fantastic
Wow
(that was quick)!
I’ll
give that a gold star
100/
1000/ 10000/ a million points for that
I’ll
put this up on the wall
(You
are) the winner/ the champion(s)! / You have won the game!
(That’s
a) good/ great question
You
have made a lot of/ good/ excellent progress.
That's
more like it / That's much better/ That's a lot better
You've improved (your grammar/
accuracy/ fluency/ pronunciation) a lot
Don’t
change your mind, that was correct/ I think that’s the right answer, I just
couldn’t hear you
That's
exactly the point/ That's just what I was looking for
Encouragement
Keep
going/ Don't give up/ You can do it!
(You’re)
nearly there/ almost there/ getting there/ getting warmer/ getting closer
(You’re)
getting better
(This/
that is/ was) much better than last time/ last week/ yesterday
Next
time we’ll do it perfectly!
(That
was a) nice try/ attempt
Don't
be shy/ No need to be shy/ Don’t hold back
No
one in the other class managed that/ to finish either
Try
again (after looking in your books for 30 seconds/ at the beginning of the next
lesson/ after I give you this hint)
Don't
worry about your pronunciation/ how long it takes/ your spelling/ neatness
There's
no need to rush/ There's no hurry/ We have plenty of time
Good
try, but not quite right/ Not quite right. Try again/ Do you want to try again?
/ Have another go
You
were almost right/ That's almost it/ You've almost got it. Try again
You're
halfway there/ You're on the right lines. Try changing the…
Go
on. Have a try/ Have a go/ Have a guess
If
you don’t know, just guess
You
won’t lose marks for wrong answers
Numbers
1 to 7 and 9 are correct. See if you can correct the others.
(That
is) nearly/ almost (right/ perfect/ finished)
90%
right/ finished. I’ll give you two minutes to finish/ correct the rest
The
drawing is great, now try working on the text (a bit more)
Only
one mistake
Third
time lucky!/ Last try!
Consoling/ commiserating/ being positive about negative
feedback
I’m
sure you’ll do it/ manage next time
Never
mind. (You won the game last week, remember?)
You
did very well (but there were more people in their team/ Juan just knew all the
answers)
(That’s
a good idea but) not quite what I was looking for
That’s
good English but it has another meaning
Not
exactly
I
understand what you mean, but we don’t say that in English
You
can't say that, I'm afraid/ (That’s a good word/ Well remembered, but) you
can't use that word here
That’s the right word in Indonesian/French, etc, but do you know what it is in English?
That’s the right word in Indonesian/French, etc, but do you know what it is in English?
