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Giving Answers: Fce - Useful Language For Speaking Elia García Calvo

This document provides a list of useful phrases for speaking in English, organized into categories such as expressing opinions, giving suggestions, agreeing and disagreeing, speculating, paraphrasing, interrupting, correcting yourself, and checking for understanding. Some example phrases include "Personally, I think...", "Why don't we start by...", "I agree up to a point, but...", "It could be...", "Can I just say?...", and "Sorry, do you mean we have to...". The document aims to equip English language learners with vocabulary for discussing different topics.

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Giving Answers: Fce - Useful Language For Speaking Elia García Calvo

This document provides a list of useful phrases for speaking in English, organized into categories such as expressing opinions, giving suggestions, agreeing and disagreeing, speculating, paraphrasing, interrupting, correcting yourself, and checking for understanding. Some example phrases include "Personally, I think...", "Why don't we start by...", "I agree up to a point, but...", "It could be...", "Can I just say?...", and "Sorry, do you mean we have to...". The document aims to equip English language learners with vocabulary for discussing different topics.

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  • Useful Language for Speaking: A list of key phrases and expressions to facilitate conversation including giving answers, expressing opinions, and more.

FCE USEFUL LANGUAGE FOR SPEAKING Elia Garca Calvo - I think I'd prefer to... as... - If I had to choose...

. Giving answers - As a matter of fact, - No, I'm afraid I don't... - Yes, I do, actually. In fact,... - Well, I suppose... - I've not made up my mind yet, but... Expressing opinions - Personally, I... - It seems to me that... - It's very hard to say, but... - I just don't think... - Mind you,... - Having said that... - On the one hand,... On the other hand... Adding information - Apart from that - Not only that - I hadn't thought of that. We could also - Yes, and as well as that - And theres another thing Giving and asking for suggestions - Why don't we start by..? - Shall we...first? - Let's begin with... - We could start by talking about... - Let's decide which... - Shall we make a decision? - Do you agree? / Do you think we should..? Agreeing and disagreeing - Yes, that's true. - So do I. / Neither do I. - I think so too. - I think you're right. - I couldn't agree more.. - That's a great/nice idea. - I suppose so. - I agree up to a point, but... - Yes, but (what about)..? - But don't you think that..? - I don't really agree. - Actually, I think it's more important... Expressing likes, dislikes and preferences - I would like... but... - I wouldn't mind...but on the other hand... - I'd rather... - To be honest, I haven't thought much about it. Speculating - I get the impression... - I expect/imagine.... - She is obviously - They look as if - He probably feels - Perhaps she... - He might/may... - Both of them may/might... - From what I see - X...looks as if... - Its difficult to say, but Id guess that - It could be... / It could have been... - It can't be... / It can't have been... - It might be... / It might have been... - It must be... / It must have been... Paraphrasing - Its something you need when - Its when you / You use it to - Its a kind of / Its like Interrupting - Can I just say...? - Sorry to interrupt, but... Correcting yourself - What I meant to say was - Sorry, I meant to say - I mean Buying time - Well... - Let me see... - What else (can I say)? - Is there anything I can add to that? Checking you understand - Im not quite sure what we have to do first. - So you want me to? - Sorry, do you mean we have to?

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