Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Giving opinions


We are giving our opinion all the time.  Take a look at these expressions, please.Then choose a topic and try to use five of these expressions.



Personal opinion......
.In my opinion  -  In my view  -    To my mind-   To my way of thinking-
                                 
 Personally, I believe-   I feel very strongly that-  It seems to me that-
                                  
As far as I am concerned-

To list advantages  and disadvantages 

One advantage of........./ Another advantage of..../The main advantage of........
                         
The first advantage of investing in this country is that........
One disadvantage of.../ Another disadvantage of../The main disadvantage of...
                                    
To list points....

.First......./ First of all..../In the first place..../Secondly- Thirdly-Finally-
 To start with-

To list points in specific sequence........................

BEGINNING- First / To start with/ To begin with/ First of all
                                     
CONTINUING- Secondly/ After this/ that- / Then/ Next
                                    
 CONCLUDING- Finally/ Lastly/ Last but not least /

To add more points to the same topic........
    
What is more / Furthermore/ Apart from that/ In addition to this/that/ 
                                    
Besides/ Moreover
                                
To refer to other sources...With reference to/ According to /

To express cause .....
 Because/ owing to the fact that / due to the fact that / on the grounds that / since/
                                  
Because of/ Owing to / for this reason/ that´s why/ Seeing that /

To express effect ....
Thus / therefore / so / consequently/ as a result/ as a consequence/ for this reason/

To express purpose .........
so that / so as to / in order to / in case /

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