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Expressing and justifying an opinion

- Personally, I think / believe that ….. because ….

- In my opinion,….. This is because …..

- From my point of view, …

- My own feeling is …

- Well, first of all, …..

- The first point I’d like to make is that …..

- Let me explain.

- In my view ….

- I doubt….

- To my mind, ….

- I reckon ….

- I suppose ….

- I guess ….

- I’m not sure if ….

- For me, ….

Suggesting solutions and giving answers / examples

- Let me give you an example.

- A case in point is ….

- Let me explain why I think that.

- For one thing, they could ….., and for another, ……

- Personally, I think that ….. / I would choose ……

- Well, I think we should ….

- It would probably be better if we ….

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- Perhaps we could …..

- We might be able to ….

Speculating

- Might/may/could

- It’s possible that ….

- I can’t see that happening.

- I think it’s quite likely that ….

- It’s highly unlikely that ….

- There may/might be ….

- Maybe/perhaps, there will be …

- One possibility is that ….

- I don’t know for sure, but ….

- I’d say it’s fairly likely that ….

- It all depends on …

- My prediction is that ….

- That doesn’t seem very likely to me.

- There is a strong possibility that …

- It might / could be that case that ….

- There is every chance that ….

- I can say without doubt that …

- No one can predict whether …

- It’s impossible to say ….

- This will probably mean that …

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- What I think will happen is that ….

- It’s very likely / unlikely that ….

- Probably / probably not.

- Will definitely / probably / probably won’t ….

- Cycling to college or taking public transport might help.

- It’s possible that we could do more to recycle our rubbish.

- It’s unlikely that some countries will reduce their CO2 emission.

- It would probably help if people stopped using fossil fuels.

Useful language: Clarification

- What I mean is that ….

- Let me put this another way ….

- What I am trying to say is ….

- My point is that ….

Useful language:

- I’m not an expert, but ….

- I read somewhere that ….

- That’s a real possibility.

- It has many implications.

- There’s a question mark over ….

- Yes, in theory ….., but in practice ….

- I suppose so.

- Speaking personally, ….

- That’s crucial.

Useful language: Adverbs for agreement and disagreement:

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- I absolutely / completely / fully / totally / entirely agree

- I completely / totally / really disagree

- I disagree completely

- I don’t agree at all.

- I agree up to a point but ….

- I agree to an extent but …

- I partly agree but ….

1. What do you think about the way food is produced nowadays (factory farming,

GM food, organic food)?

- I think factory farming should be banned because it is cruel and unnatural. I

always try to buy organic food even if sometimes it is more expensive.

2. Do you think all children should learn to cook at school?

- In my opinion, all children should be taught to cook at school. The second point

I’d like to make is that if children learned what a healthy diet is at school, then

there wouldn’t be as much obesity as there is now.

3. What role do fast food and junk food play in your country?

- I believe that fast food plays a great role in my country. Let me explain. Fifty

years ago, everyone used to sit down as a family to eat dinner. Nowadays, they

prefer to sit in front of the TV eating a hamburger.

4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of one-to-one lessons?

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