ECCE SPEAKING
Useful language & expressions
GIVING YOUR OPINION
• If you ask me…
• Well, I feel that ….
• I’m sure / not sure that….
• As for me….
• Personally, I think….
ADVISING
if I were you, I’d ….
You could always…
Why don’t you…
It would be a good idea to…
SUGGESTING
How / What about….ing?
I suggest that we….
I think we should….
It would be a good idea to…
It would be better if we….
Perhaps we could…
GIVING EXAMPLES
For example, for instance…
And another thing…
Besides…
There’s also the fact that…
Such as/ like …
GIVING REASONS
I think that’s right because…
That’s the reason why…
For one thing… For another….
On the one hand… but on the other hand…
I think it’s because…
SOLVING A PROBLEM
One of the main problems / issues is…
The main cause is…
One solutions is…
Another solution is…
It’s hard to know what to do, but first of all I
believe you should…
CLARIFYING
What I’m trying to say is…
What I mean is…
That is to say…
In other words…