The document provides a comprehensive list of phrases and expressions for articulating opinions at various language proficiency levels, including pre-intermediate, intermediate, advanced, and upper-intermediate. It categorizes these expressions based on their complexity and usage context. The phrases range from simple affirmations to more nuanced opinions, catering to different communicative needs.
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Expressing Opinion
The document provides a comprehensive list of phrases and expressions for articulating opinions at various language proficiency levels, including pre-intermediate, intermediate, advanced, and upper-intermediate. It categorizes these expressions based on their complexity and usage context. The phrases range from simple affirmations to more nuanced opinions, catering to different communicative needs.
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VOCABULARY: EXPRESSING OPINION
Pre-intermediate 1. After much thought, …
1. I agree with … 2. After weighing up both sides of the 2. I feel that … argument, …
3. I guess/imagine … 3. Although I can see both points of view /
Although I can understand the opposite point 4. I have no doubt that / I’m certain that … of view, … 5. I strongly believe that … 4. As I see it, ... 6. My personal opinion is that / Personally, I 5. To my mind… believe … 6. For me/ From my point of view, …I have 7. To be honest / In my honest opinion, … come to the conclusion that … 7. I reckon/suppose … Intermediate 8. I tend to think that … 1. As far as I know, … 9. I’m pretty confident that … 2. I agree with the opinion of … 10. I'm (absolutely) convinced that … 3. I could be wrong, but … 11. In my humble opinion, … 4. I would definitely say that … 12. The way I see it (is) … 5. I am absolutely certain that … 13. To be (perfectly) frank, … 6. I am fairly confident that … 14. To the best of my knowledge, … 7. I am no expert (on this), but … 8. I am positive that … Advanced 9. It seems to me that … 1. After giving this matter some (serious) 10. It’s a complicated/difficult issue, but … thought, … 11. My (point of) view (on this) is … 2. As far as I'm concerned, … 12. Obviously, … 3. As the old saying goes, … 13. Some people may disagree with me, but 4. Having given this question due … consideration, … 14. Without a doubt, … 5. I am of the opinion that … 6. I know this is a minority view, but … 7. I tend towards the opinion that … 8. I think it’s fair/reasonable to say … 9. I’m entirely/quite convinced that … 10. I’ve come the conclusion that … 11. In my limited experience, … 12. It could/might well be that … 13. My view/position on this (issue) (is clear and) is that … 14. Plainly, … 15. Quite frankly, … 16. This may well be controversial, but … 17. To summarise my (rather complex) views on the matter, … 18. What I always say is … 19. With some reservations, … 20. Without a shred/shadow of doubt, … Upper-intermediate