Maybe/ Perhaps…… QUALIFY YOUR STATEMENT: I’m not an expert but….. Correct me if I’m wrong but….. I’m not totally convinced but …… There are people who would disagree with me but… EMPHASI
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It may/ might / could …
Maybe/ Perhaps……
QUALIFY YOUR STATEMENT:
I’m not an expert but…
I may be wrong but…
Correct me if I’m wrong but…
I have my doubts but …
I’m not totally convinced but ……
There are people who would disagree with me but…
EMPHASIZE THAT IT’S ONLY YOUR OPINION:
If you ask me…….(I think it’s a good idea)
I feel it could be … (the best option)
I suspect that it could be … (the best option)
Something tells me that …
Grade 10:
Expressing opinions tentatively
Grade 10:
Expressing beliefs
EXPRESS A STRONG OPINION:
I have to say
I’m strongly in favour of…
I’m completely against … I’m completly convinced that…
I’m absolutely convinvinced that
I’m quite sure that…
I believe that…
….without doubt / without a shadow of a doubt
Certainly/ undoubtedly/ surely
SAY THAT YOU’RE UNDECIDED:
I don’t feel particularly strongly about it either way but…
I’m on the fence about religion in schools
If I had to choose a side…
SAY HOW IMPORTANT AN ISSUE IS FOR YOU:
This is something I feel very strongly about
I’m a great/ firm believer in…
I’m passionate about …
This is an issue that’s very close to my heart
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Don’t you think that ……?
Are you sure about that?
Really?
Do you really think so?
POLITELY DISAGREE:
Actually, I think you’ll find that……
I’m not sure I agree with you……
I’m not sure about that…
I don’t think that’s necessarily true
That’s one way of looking at it
To be honest…
To tell you the truth……
I see your point but…
I don’t entirely agree with you
Grade 10:
Defending an argument
BACK UP YOUR ARGUMENT WITH EXAMPLES:
For example…
For instance…
Take the case of
You only have to at… to know it’s true
….is a case in point
Grade 10:
Developing an argument
STRONGLY DISAGREE:
I couldn’t disagree with you more!
I totally disagree with you there
Surely you’re not serious!
You can’t be serious!
1. INTRODUCE YOUR
ARGUMENT
I’d like to start by saying/ Let
me just start by staying
I’d like to talk about…
In my opinion…
3. GIVE REASONS
Let me tell you why.
Allow me to explain why.
Firstly, secondly.
In addition, moreover
4 CONCLUDE
To sum up…
In conclusion
Just let me conclude by saying…
I’d like to conclude by saying…
After considering both points of view…
2 CONSIDER
COUNTER-ARGUMENTS
There are people who say…
I have to admit that there are some good arguments against too…
There are many who would disagree
Despite these arguments…
Notwithstanding these arguments…
Nethertheless / However
5.INVITE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS
That’s all I have to say but I’d
be interested to know what you think.
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She must … (be very stressed)
She can’t … (be very stressed)
She may … (be very stressed)
She might ….(be very stressed)
Modal Verbs
She must have… (been very stressed) She can’t have… (been very stressed) She may have… (been very stressed) She might have….(been very stressed)
Useful Verbs
I suppose ….(she’s very stressed)
I imagine….(she’s very stressed)
I assume… (she’s very stressed)
Useful expressions
It sounds like……(she’s very stressed) Judging from what you’ve said….
So I guess what your saying is….
In a
nutshell….
Basically….
All in all….
In brief….
What is all boils down
to….
In other words…
To conclude….
In conclusion….
To cut a long story
short….
In summary….
In short….
All things
considered….
To sum up….
To summarise….
Looking at the information, it’s clear that….
In conclusion….
Grade 10:
Deducing and expressing assumptions
Grade 10:
Summarising