A Useful Language Bank for Communication and Writing

A Useful Language Bank for Communication and Writing

1. Asking for opinions

• What’s your opinion on...?

• How do you feel about....?

• What do you think about....?

• What’s your view on...?

1. Expressing opinions

• My point of view is that...

• Well, as far as I’m concerned...

• Well, if you ask me...

• It seems\ appears to me that...

• I think\ believe...\ must...\

• In my opinion\ view...

• To me...\ may\ might

• From my point of view...

• To my mind/ way of thinking...

• As far as I am concerned...

• I am totally against...

• I (do not) agree that \ with...

• I (completely) agree \ disagree that \ with...

1. Making Suggestions

• If I were ... I would...

• Perhaps they should....

• Why don’t we/ they...

• How/ what about...?

• A good idea would be...

• If they..., then...

• They can/ should...

• I think we/ you should...

• You could always...

• Let’s...

• Have you thought about...

• It would be a great idea to...

• We can/ could...

• A useful suggestion would be to...

• It would help/ It would be a good idea if...

• The situation would be improved if/ by...

• Another way to... is / would be to...

1. Agreeing

• I think you are right...

• That’s true...

• I quite agree with you...

• You’re right.

• I couldn’t agree more.

• That’s a great / good/ fantastic idea.

• Sure, why not.

• That sounds interesting / great.

1. Disagreeing

• I’m not sure I agree with you.

• That’s true, but...

• Do you really think so?

• I’m afraid I can’t agree with you.

• No, I really can’t agree with you.

• I don’t really feel like it.

• That sounds boring

1. Presenting results and consequences

• This would .../ In this way...; you /it /etc. would....

• By doing this, you/we/ etc., would...

• The effect / consequence / result of... would be...

• Consequently,...

• As a result,....