English for Business Life Elementary

UNIT 25
Gifts and saying thank you
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Some useful phrases
Listen to the recording and repeat
Many thanks for showing me round.
It is (It's) my pleasure.
You are (you're) welcome.
I enjoyed it very much.
So did I.
I am (I'm) afraid I did not (didn't) enjoy it
(very much).
Neither did I.
Thank yo u ...
... for everything.
...fo r looking after us.
w e had a very good time.
Please pass on my thanks.
Say 'thank you' to Mary.
Thank you for coming.
We enjoyed having you.
We hope you will come and visit us again.
We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Please accept this gift from all of us.
I hope you like it.
This is for you.
It's wonderful. Thank you.
Thank you very much indeed.
It's very kind of you.
What a surprise!
Study notes
M any thanks for show ing m e round.
When a verb {show) stands after a preposition (for), the verb
is in the -ing form:
Thank you for coming. We look forward to seeing you again.
They are good at organising meetings.
So did I.
You can also say: I did too.
Ways of agreeing include:
I enjoyed the visit. —►So did 1.11 did too.
I like Paris. —►So do I. i I do too.
We are going back tomorrow. —►So are we. / We are too.
See also Reference Section 18.11.
N either did I.
You can also say: Nor do I or I didn't either.
Ways of agreeing include:
I didn't enjoy the visit. —►Neither did I. / Nor did 1.11 didn't either.
1 don't like business trips. —►Neither do I. / Nor do 1.11 don't either.
They aren't enjoying it. —►Neither are we. / Nor are we. / We aren't either.
See also Reference Section 18.12.
We enjoyed having you.
- having you here/you being here.
Notice that the verb that follows verbs like to enjoy, to love, to hate,
to like, to dislike is often in the -ing form.
I like arranging trips for our visitors.
I love organising people.
I hate writing reports.
Thank you very m uch indeed.
We use indeed to add emphasis.
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