This document provides expressions that can be used when giving opinions, having discussions, and reaching conclusions. For giving opinions, it lists expressions for stating general opinions, advantages and disadvantages, suggestions, possibilities and uncertainties, and desires. For discussions, it gives expressions for stating your opinion, asking for others' opinions, agreeing/disagreeing, asking for clarification, giving yourself time to think, restating something, and referring back to previous points. It also includes expressions for interrupting and reaching conclusions.

1. EXPRESSIONS TO GIVE OPINIONS
General opinion.
•I think/ believe/feel that…
•It seems to me (that)…
•In my opinion/ view, …
•As I see it, …
Advantages and disadvantages
•On the one hand…./On the other hand….
•A(n) (dis)advantage of… is…
•One major/minor benefit of … is…
•One big/ small drawback to … is…
•The best/worst part is…
•There are (a lot of) (dis) advantages.
•It has (several ) disadvantages.
•Another (dis)advantage is…
Suggestion
• One option/idea would be to… Another option/idea would be to…
•I think (you) should(n’t)…
•(You)’d better…
•Don’t…
•Why don’t (you)…?
•How about… ing…?
•It’s a good idea to…
•(You) could/ must

2. EXPRESSIONS TO GIVE OPINIONS
Possibility and uncertainty
• I think.. might…
•I’m not sure about/ if…
•It’s possible that…
•Perhaps… could..
Speculations
It’s difficult to say…
I think… will
If + (present)…, …will…
Hopefully, …..
It looks as if…
It seems that…
Examples
• For example,….
•For instance, …
•To give you an example…
•As an illustration,….
Desires
• I wish …(past tense)…
•I hope that… will
•I hope/want to…

3. EXPRESSIONS FOR DISCUSSIONS
Giving your opinion
•I think/ believe/feel that…
•It seems to me (that)…
•In my opinion/ view, …
•As I see it, …
Asking for other people’s opinions
•What do you think about/of…?
•What’s your opinion of/ about…?
•What are your views on…?
•What are your feelings about…? /How do you feel about…?
Strongly agreeing/ disagreeing
Exactly. × Absolutely not!
That’s true. × No way!
I wouldn’t say it better . × I strongly disagree…
 You’re perfectly right . × I think you’re wrong.
 I couldn’t agree more. × I simply can’t agree to this.
That’s just what I was thinking. × I think the opposite.
I’m of the same opinion. × I have a different opinion about it.
Mildly agreeing/ disagreeing
•Well, I don’t think so •In my opinion I consider that…
•Sorry to… but… •I don’t entirely… with you.
•That’s not really how I see it.
•I’m not totally convinced by your argument.
•With certain reservations, I would support your opinion/argument.

4. EXPRESSIONS FOR DISCUSSIONS
Asking to clarify or repeat something
•I’m sorry?
•Could you repeat/explain that, please?
•Pardon?
•Would you mind repeating that?
•I’m afraid I didn’t get it.
•What do you mean by…?
Giving yourself time to think
•Let me see.
•Can I think about that for a moment?
•How can I put this/ best explain?
•Um… Well…
•What’s the best way of putting it?
Saying something in another way
•What I mean is…
•What I’m trying to say is…
•To put it in another way…
Conceiding
•If you say so…
•I’m persuaded by your arguments/points
•I haven’t thought about it.
•Well, that might be correct/ the option…

5. EXPRESSIONS FOR DISCUSSIONS
Referring back
As we are saying earlier
To go back to what I was just saying
To go back to what X was saying earlier
We appear to be strain from the point/ our purpose/mandate
I do not wish to labout the point, but …
As I said/mentioned earlier/before
If I may just return/go back/revert briefly to what I was saying ….
Interrupting
•Can I come in here?
•I’m terribly sorry to interrupt you, but …
•Forgive me for interrupting, but …
•I don’t want to interrupt, but …
•If I might just say a word about …
•Could I come in at this point?
•If I can just stop you for a moment
•Before you go any further, may I point out/indicate/explain
Reaching a conclusion
•So, weighing up the pros and cons we could say/conclude that…
•To conclude/ sum up,
•If you will agree to… I’ll agree to…
•That works for me.