Word Family Worksheets

PRAISING 

- Nice work! /Great stuff (everybody / team A / this group / Maria) 

- (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’s better than (all) my other classes 

- That was (at least / more than / about) twice as good as your last attempt 

- Give yourself/ yourselves a pat on the back 

- 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) marvellous / 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( being positive about negative feedback) 

- That’s a shame/ That’s a pity. Better luck next time 

- 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 Russian or Esperanto, etc, but do you know what it is in English?