ø  To express surprise or disbelief:

ï  What a surprise! That’s a surprise!

ï  (Well), that’s very surprising!

ï  Really?

ï  What?

ï  Are you serious? You must be joking!

ï  You’re kidding!

ï  Fancy that!

ï  I must say … surprises me.

ï  I find that hard to believe.

Example of expressing  surprise:

A: How can you say that?

B: Well, that’s the fact.

Example of expressing  surprise:

A: I can’t believe it!

B: That’s true.

When you got a surprising fact, you can say:

¨      Do you know what?

¨      Believe it or not?

¨      You may not believe it, but …

¨      Can you believe this?

You can respond to the surprising fact using these expressions:

¨      Really?

¨      Are you joking?

¨      Oh?

¨      Where? Show me.