Surprise and Disbelief

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.