Everybody uses them! We use them as the principal reason to communicate. Everything that we say has a purpose or function.
In accordance with the TKT BOOK functions are: a way of describing how we use language. When we describe the functions of language we focus on the use of the language and its meaning for the people who are in the context where it is used.
Let’s see some example of functions.
Click on the next Hot Potatoes Icon and practice them. Enjoy it!
*Each time you click on the exercise you will obtain different functions, there are 28 differents…
YOU WILL FIND THE NEXT VOCABULARY ON THE FOLLOW EXERCISE:
|Accepting an apology||Attracting attention||Pleading||Making a toast||Beginning an anecdote|
|Interrupting||Giving advice||Talking about dislikes||Talking about likes||Talking about fear|
|Suggestions||Speaking about hopes||Making requests||Making predictions||Responding to offers|
|Making offers||Declining||Accepting||Making invitations||Setting a time|
|Suggesting||Asking to meet||Introducing yourself||Greetings||Complaining|