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INTERMEDIATE - Useful Expressions

This document provides a list of useful expressions for intermediate English learners to use in various situations including: giving and asking for opinions, agreeing and disagreeing, asking for clarification, contrasting and comparing, discussing advantages and disadvantages, generalizing, and concluding or reaching a consensus. Some example expressions include "Personally, I think...", "I totally agree with...", "Could you explain further?", "On the one hand, but on the other hand...", and "So, shall we decide?" The expressions are organized into categories to help learners discuss and debate ideas effectively in English.

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INTERMEDIATE - Useful Expressions

This document provides a list of useful expressions for intermediate English learners to use in various situations including: giving and asking for opinions, agreeing and disagreeing, asking for clarification, contrasting and comparing, discussing advantages and disadvantages, generalizing, and concluding or reaching a consensus. Some example expressions include "Personally, I think...", "I totally agree with...", "Could you explain further?", "On the one hand, but on the other hand...", and "So, shall we decide?" The expressions are organized into categories to help learners discuss and debate ideas effectively in English.

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Useful Expressions

Intermediate

Giving opinion Agreeing Disagreeing


● Personally, I… ● I totally agree with… ● I disagree with…
● To my mind, … ● I completely agree with… ● I completely disagree
● In my humble opinion, … ● I partially agree with… with…
● From my point of view, … ● I agree to an extent. ● I’m afraid I disagree.
● In my view, … ● I agree to a certain extent. ● I see your point, but…
● I reckon (that)... ● I see your point. ● You have a point, but…
● I believe (that)... ● I see what you mean. ● I’m not sure about that.
● I can’t help thinking that…

Asking for opinion Asking for clarification Contrasting and


Comparing
● What are your thoughts ● What?
on…? ● What do you mean? ● Both of these…
● What do you think? ● Could you repeat, please? ● Neither of these…
● How about you? ● Pardon? ● One of these… while /
● What about you? ● I’m afraid I don’t whereas the other…
● Do you agree with / that…? understand. ● This one…, but, on the
● How do you feel about… ? ● Could you give an other hand, that one…
example? ● On the one hand, … On
the other hand, …

Discussing advantages Generalising Concluding /


Reaching a consensus
● A real advantage of… is… ● In general, …
● ______, which is a definite ● All in all… ● So, what shall we decide?
plus. ● As a rule, … ● So, what do you think?
● On the upside, … ● More often than not, … ● I think I agree.
● Most of the time, … ● So, what shall we say?
Discussing ● What normally happens ● Right, so you think... , and
disadvantages is... I think…
● So, we’ve decided on… so
● One of the main drawbacks far.
is…
● The only downside is…
● _____ is a definite minus.

Neutral points
● There are both pluses and
minuses to…
● ______ have their pros and
cons.
● ______ have their good
points and bad points.

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