English for Advanced

Expressing Disappointment with Others

Why didn’t + Subject + Verb?

• Why didn’t you tell me that?
• Why didn’t he inform me of the situation?
• Why didn’t they finish on time?

How am/was I supposed to + Verb

• How am I supposed to complete the project?
• How was I supposed to know that?
• How am I supposed to work with this?

Formal Expressions For Disappointment

• What a shame!
• That’s too bad.
• That’s so disappointing!
• I was so looking forward to ...
• I / We had high hopes for ...
• What we had been led to expect was ...

Informal Expressions For Disappointment

• What a bummer!
• What a let-down!
• That stinks.