A Useful Language Bank for Communication
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A Useful Language Bank for Communication.

Asking for opinion.

What’s your opinion on...?

How do you feel about....?

What do you think about....?

What’s your view on...?

Expressing opinion.

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...

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...

Agreeing.

I think you are right...

That’s true...

I quite agree with you...

You’re right.

That’s true.

I couldn’t agree more.

That’s a great / good/ fantastic idea.

Sure, why not.

That sounds interesting / great.

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.

Refusing politely.

I’m afraid I can’t...

It’s not really my idea of...

I don’t really like...

I’d rather not...

Thank you, but I...

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,....

Giving news.

I’ve got some good\bad news, I’m afraid.

Guess what!

I wanted you to be first to know/

I’m sorry to say...

I’ve got something to tell you.

Responding to news.

I’m so pleased for you.

That’s great \wonderful \terrific\ too bad\ a shame\ a pity!

Oh dear!

How dissapointing \sad \ terrible \ wonderful!

You must be excited \thrilled \really pleased \very sad.

Giving Advice.

If I were you...

It’s a good idea to....

You should \could always...

Try...-ing...

Why don’t you...?

Have you tried...-ing...?

At no time should you ever...

Never...

It would be a good idea to...

The most important thing is...

Always remember to...

Guessing.

I’d say...

It looks like...

It could...

It’s difficult to say, but I’d guess...

I’m not really sure, but I think...

Perhaps... ...

It might......

Asking for information

Could you (please) tell me...?

Do you happen to know...?

Do you know...?

Could you find out...?