Phrases for Compliments

Step 1: Warm-Up (Engage Students)

🗣 Icebreaker Activity

• Ask: "How do you feel when someone compliments you?"
• Show pictures of different scenarios (e.g., a friend helping, a good dress, a nice speech) and ask,
  "What would you say to appreciate them?"

🎭 Mini Role-Play

• Act as a celebrity receiving a compliment and respond in different ways (enthusiastically, modestly, awkwardly).
• Let students guess: "Which response sounds natural?"

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Step 2: Introduce Common Compliment Phrases

🔹 Appreciating Appearance

• "You look great today!"
• "I love your dress!"

🔹 Praising Work or Talent

• "Great job on your presentation!"
• "You have a beautiful voice!"

🔹 Encouraging Personality Traits

• "You’re so kind!"
• "I admire your confidence!"

🤔 Discussion

• Ask: "What makes a compliment feel genuine?"
• Show good vs. awkward compliments and discuss.

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Step 3: Interactive Practice

🎭 Pair Work: Compliment & Response Challenge

1. One student gives a compliment.
2. The other must respond naturally using expressions like:
   • "Thank you! That means a lot!"
   • "Oh, that’s so kind of you!"

🎯 Matching Game

• Give students compliments & responses on paper strips.
• They must find their match in the room.

🗣 Compliment Circle

• Students form a circle.
• Each gives a compliment to the person on their right.

📸 Picture-Based Compliments

• Show images (a singer, a well-decorated home, a good artwork).
• Students must create and say a compliment for each.

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Step 4: Real-Life Application

📢 Mini Role-Play Scenarios

• Giving a compliment in a store, school, workplace, social gathering.
• Students practice complimenting and responding in different contexts.

🎤 Classroom Awards

• Each student writes an anonymous compliment for a classmate.
• The teacher reads them out loud.

📝 Homework/Challenge

• Give 3 real compliments in daily life and share the experience next class.