There are situations, unexpected situations where we have no clue what to say.

Be it native speakers or English learners, we do fall short of words. So in this lesson today we are gonna

help you with some phrases to express shock. But before I go ahead and help you with these

phrases, let me tell you that shock and surprise, two different things.

Because people you know, when they are shocked they tend to say 'I am so surprised' That is incorrect.

Shock is a negative thing. Okay? So, shock is an emotional strong feeling when something negative happens. Ok?

whereas surprise is more towards positive situation. Okay, so keep that in mind and now let's get started

The very first one that I have for you is - The news came as a complete shock.

So probably you were shocked to hear something, maybe someone died and the person who died

was just 30 years old. So yes, it is shocking , right! So, the news came as a complete shock.

So, this is one of the phrase that you can use.

The second one that I have for you is - We are completely taken aback. So this is another way to express shock.

So probably something really bad happened, may be you have a factory

and there was fire last night and it is shocking and of course it is depressing too.

So when you are discussing with people you not just gonna be stunned and look at their faces and you don't express your shock,

you gotta say something. So the right thing to say is we are completely taken aback by this -

means you are shocked. I was just stunned. Probably you caught your

friend's husband with another woman. He's cheating - so it's shocking right,

you are completely taken aback, " I was just stunned to see him with another woman'

So you were shocked to see him with another woman. So that's how you can use this.

Another one - It's unbelievable. Okay, It's unbelievable. Well, of course, when something bad happens you are just not ready to believe it.

Right? That's how our heart is, we don't want to believe that something negative can really happen.

But yes, there are situations that are really bad, that's how life is. So

it's unbelievable. Keep it simple, don't express too many things, just say " Oh my God, that's just

unbelievable." So may be your friend who always showed that she had a wonderful marriage,

she was very happy with her husband but now they have declared that they are filing for a divorce.

So, you are really shocked. So it's just unbelievable. Really, Sharon is filing

for divorce? So you are shocked. It's not a good thing, it's not a surprise for you but you are shocked.

The next one - words can't describe how I feel about this.

so whatever the situation is, talk about it.

And you know it's just simple, when you are falling short of words, you don't know what to say.

Probably these phrases don't come to your mind then you can say "Words can't

describe how I feel about this" So just don't get into any other phrases, just keep it simple

- Words can't describe how I feel about this. And then the next one - There is no way it

could have happened. When do you use this statement?

When something you could have not imagine that can happen, like the earthquake in Nepal. Probably it's

just unimaginable. When you heard the news about this earthquake you were really shocked,

right? You could have never imagined. So to express the shock you would say ' there is no way it could have happened'

Someone told you or someone mentioned that this woman has cancer, she is just 20 years old and she has cancer so you are shocked,

it's unbelievable.

You cannot even imagine something could happen to this woman ever, so use this statement.

So these are some phrases that will help you to express shock and now let's have a look

at phrases that will help you talk about how pathetic or how bad something is.

So here are three phrases that you can use to talk about how bad something is happened.

The very first one - It's awful. Now you are shocked but now after expressing shock

you gotta use some more words to talk about it further. It's awful. Okay so maybe

someone died at a very young age, so you said that, It's unbelievable, okay so but to continue talking about it..

It's awful. The second one - What a terrible news.

You are shocked, words can't express how you feel about it, you have already expressed that you are shocked

but now you gonna talk a little further. So what a terrible news, okay. And then the third one,

It's a tragedy, so something really bad has happened, its devastating for someone,

so of course as I said, with shock comes depression as well. So it's a tragedy. So these three

are very common and everyone understands when you use these words to describe when something bad is happened.

And then I have three more phrases for you here, that you can use

for the after effects, you are shocked, okay, you have described, you have expressed how bad you feel about it and

now the after effects. So the very first one - To come to terms with, now to come to terms with,

it means to accept. So this boy who died at a very early age ... you know

the mother has come to terms with his death. So you know she has accepted that, Yes!

Her son is no more. So these are the after effects. The second one - To give moral support.

Okay when something bad happens, you are shocked, the news is terrible it's

important for you to give moral support to someone. So to give moral support is to sympathize and to be with that person.

So that's how you can use this phrase

and then the last phrase that I have for you can use is - To be prepared or To be better prepared.

So you use this phrase when you have learnt a lesson , something bad happened and you have learned a lesson out of it.

So you should be or will be better prepared, so that's how you can express when you have learned a lesson.

Alright, so probably there was an earthquake or there

was a fire, you have learned a lesson now, it's important for you to be well prepared or better prepared for these kind of situations. So,

go ahead use these, these are very very

simple phrases , express shock , don't just express it on your face, use words as well

and I will be back with a new lesson, till then you take care.....