Surprise or Disbelief

To express surprise or disbelief:

• What a surprise!

• That’s a surprise!
  

• (Well), that’s very surprising!
  

• Really?
  

• What?
  

• Are you serious?

• You must be joking!
  

• You’re kidding!
  

• Fancy that!
  

• I must say … surprises me.
  

• 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.