Useful Expressions For Your Speaking Exam 1st Secondary (1).docx

Useful expressions for your speaking exam MAKING YOUR POINT/ EMPHASIZING THAT SOMETHING IS YOUR OWN OPINION In my opinion, ... In my view ... Personally, I think that ... Personally speaking, I reckon ... If you ask me, ... I'd say that ... I feel that ... My feeling is that ... As far as I am concerned ... From my point of view ... It is my belief, For my part, As I see it, The way I see it, From where I stand, To be honest, That's my personal opinion. That's about it, I think. That's how I see things. That's basically where I am at on this. AGREEING I completely/totally agree ... I quite agree ... That's (just) what I think, too. That's a good point. That's exaclty the point.ç You are absolutely right. I'll go along with that. I'd go along with that. Absolutely. I can't disagree. You are right there. HALF-AGREEING I see/ take your point, but ... I see what you mean, but ... I agree up to a point, but ... You have got a point, but ... I sort of agree. I know what you mean, but isn't it also true that? That may be the case, but ... DISAGREEING I completely disagree. I don't agree at all. No, you are missing the point. That's not the point. I can't see your point at all. But that's not always the case. I am not so sure about that. I am not sure I agree with you.

I am afraid I don't really agree. I don't really think you are right. Not necessarily. I think there might be another way of looking at it. UNCERTAINTY I am undecided ... I am unsure ... I am ambivalent about ... I am in two minds about ... It is not something I have very strong views about, ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION You mean ... Sorry, I don't really see what you are getting at Sorry, I don't quite follow you END OF AN ANSWER … in my view, anyway. That’s my opinion, anyway. So, in short … All in all … And that’s about it, really. STARTING/CLOSING A DISCUSSION We couLd start by talking about ... Let's talk about ... first. I think we need to make a decision. Shall we try to come to an agreement? CONTRAST But on the other hand … But at the same time ... Although I must admit that … Having said that, … PREDICTIONS about yourself I guess I’ll … I reckon I will … I don’t think I’ll ever … I don’t imagine I’ll … SUPPOSING ABOUT OTHERS They are probably … They probably + verb They must + verb It looks as if they are + ing I imagine they might + verb PROPOSING Let’s go to (this photography exhibition). Well, why don’t we go to (this photography exhibition). How does this sound? Shall we go and see (this photography exhibition).? How about going to (this photography exhibition).? I have got an idea. We could go to (this

photography exhibition). Do you fancy going to see (this photography exhibition)? Would you like to go to (this photography exhibition)? EXPRESSING OPINIONS/ REACTING Believe me, … … seems like the best option to me. I am really keen on the idea of … If you ask me, I really think we should … But just think of the …. ! Personally, I am in favour of … (+ gerund) I am sure it will be worth it. Let’s go for it. Oh, come on! … , don’t you agree? REACTING in a negative way I don’t find (modern art) very interesting. I am not really into (modern art) In fact, I don’t really like(modern art) at all. To be honest, (modern art) just makes me laugh. (Modern art) isn’t really my thing. I am not a big fan of (modern art) REACTING TO STRANGE INFORMATION How weird/ strange/ bizarre/ odd! How spooky! How awful! EXCLAMATIONS What a great/brilliant/fantastic idea! What an amazing coincidence! What a terrible experience! What a pity! What a waste of time! What bad luck! What a shame! How interesting! How annoying! How embarrassing! How awful! ALLOWING YOURSELF TIME TO THINK I need to think for a moment. That’s an interesting question. That's a tricky question, really. Well, it’s difficult to say, really. That's quite a difficult one. Let me see. It depends … I guess an honest answer would be … I suppose the simplest answer to that question is … If I think about it, I suppose … On balance, I think …

The best example that comes to mind is ... I have never given it a lot of thought ... I must admit I haven't really thought about it much before ... GENERALISING Broadly speaking ... To a great extent ... In general ... On the whole TALKING ABOUT MISUNDERSTANDINGS I was under the impression that … I thought that … but in fact … Naturally I assumed that … It turned out that … It was so embarrassing. I was horrified. I felt awful. I felt such a fool. We had a good laugh about it. COMPARING PHOTOS The most obvious similarity is that both photos show … You can see … in both photos. The … in photo 1 is/are … . Similarly, the … in photo 2 is/are … The … is the same in both photos. In the first photo ... but in the second one ... This picture ... while on the other hand this one ... In comparison to the first photo, this one ... The biggest difference between the photos is that photo 1 shows … whereas photo 2 shows … While photo 1 shows ..., photo 2 on the other hand … The … is completely different in the two photos.

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