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USEFUL EXPRESSIONS STEP 1 Begin your presentation by greeting the examiners and candidates. STEP 2 State the situation/ task given STEP3 Start your presentation by stating your viewpoint or by introducing your first point. Then move onto your main point. * Good morning everyone. * Good morning examiners and all my friends. * Avery good morning to the examiners and friends. * The situation states that... * Based on the situation given,... * According to the situation given,... * The situation | have been given is... * In my opinion,... * | believe that... * It is my view that... * Based on my experience, my opinion is that... To signal a main point * My main pointis... * Itis important to... * One important reason is... * The most important factor is... To illustrate a point * Therefore... * This means that... * This is because... * On top of that... * According to... To provide an example * For example,... * For instance)... * One exampleis... * Take for example... * such as... | To start a new point * Secondly,... * My next point is... * Another suggestion is... * Next, | would like to highlight... * Another point that | would like to emphasize is... * Next, we come to... * Moving on to my next point, whichis... To refer to what you have said * As | have said earlier,... * [mentioned earlier that... * As | said at the beginning... * | have pointed out earlier that... To signal cause and effect * This...in turn can lead to... * For this reason... * Asaresult... * Dueto... * As aconsequence... * ...so that... * .. because of... To signal that you are about to move on toa possible solution To signal that you are drawing a conclusion from what has been said earlier To conclude * So, what can be done to solve this problem? * What should we do? * Let's look at some of the possible ways... * Now, let’s consider some possible solutions * Thus... * Hence... * Therefore... * As aresult... * So, we can see that. * This in turn can lead to... * In conclusion... * In anutshell,... * Inshort,... * Therefore, my suggestion... * As aconclusion, | suggest that... * Let me conclude by saying that. Useful expressions to initiate a discussion in Group Interaction To start a discussion * |would like to start the discussion by saying that... * Weare here to discuss... * |would like to express my view regarding this matter... * Let's look at some possible solutions... * Let's begin this/ our discussion by... * Allow me to begin... * May | begin by saying... | To ask foran opinion To give an opinion/ state point of view * Whats your opinion? * What do you think about.. * Whatis your view on...? * May | know your opinion regarding...? * What do you feel about...? * Do you agree that...? * What do you think we can do to...? * Would you like to share your opinion on...? * Would you like to offer your comments...? * think... * | believe... * | must say. * In my opinion... * From my point of view... * | would say that... * Personally, | feel... *Tamsurethat.. * As far as | am concerned... To express strong agreement To express agreement * I strongly agree. * L agree completely. * That is certainly true. * Yes. | am sure you are right. * Absolutely! * Exactly! | couldn’t agree with you more... * You have hit the nail on the head... * You've made your point very clear. * You have made an absolutely convincing argument. I completely agree... * Lagree with you. * You are right. * That is true. *1 share the same view. * 1am of the same opinion. * 1am glad you mentioned that. * 1 see your point. To express partial agreement To express strong disagreement * You could be right but... * That is true but... * | see your point but... * You have a point but... * That may be so but... * Your suggestion is good but... * | do not entirely agree with you. * | agree toa certain extent, but... * That's true to a certain extent, but... * [think you are right to say that. However,... * | disagree completely. * That can’t be true at all. * That is absolutely untrue. * That's totally out of the question. * No. I don’t like this suggestion. To express disagreement isagree. * | don't see it that way. * | beg to differ. * I don’t think so. * Lamnot convinced that your suggestion will work. * This will give rise to other problems. On the contrary,... * Lunderstand what you're saying but 1 don't think that’s practical / the correct solution. * | would consider ...as more important... * I think it would be better if... * [think you are mistaken. at Useful Expressions to Maintain a Discussion in Group Interaction To accept ideas/ opinions] suggestions * That's agood idea. * That sounds great! * That's fine with me. *I can’t agree more. * | support your suggestion. * | have no objection to that. * Your suggestion is acceptable to me. *Lam in favour of Candidate C’s suggestion. * That's a great suggestion. You've got my support. * You've made your point very clear. | To reject ideas/ opinions/ suggestions To ask for clarification * lappreciate your opinion but... * | do see your point but... *| understand your concern but... * That is interesting but... * You have a good point there but . * 1am sorry, | can’t agree with you. * | am afraid we do not share the same opinion. *lLam sorry, | can’t accept what you have just said. * What do you mean by. * lam sorry I missed your point. Could you please explain... *| am afraid | am not quite sure of what you meant. Could you please clarify... * Sorry, | don’t follow you. Would you mind giving an example? * Can you please explain further on...? Do you mean to say that... * May I know wh’ * Do you mind telling me more about...? * Could you please explain that to me again? To interrupt * Excuse me, can you please repeat what you have just said? * Excuse me, can you please clarify that? * Allow me to interrupt... * Excuse me, but isn’t it true that... * Sorry to interrupt but | have to say this... * Excuse me, could I just ask you a quick question? * | am sorry to interrupt but | think we need to get back to our topic. *|am sorry [have to stop you. Can we get back to our topic on...? Useful Expressions to Close a Discussion in Group Interaction To conclude To state a group decision (total agreement) * In conclusion,... * As aconclusion,... * Ina nutshell... * We all agree that... * Our decision is that... * We have decided that... * We have come to the conclusion that... * We have come to an agreement that... To end the discussion To close a discussion * Does anyone have anything else to say? Otherwise, we shall end this discussion here * If you have nothing more to add, we shall stop here. * It has been an interesting discussion. Since we have come to an agreement, | guess it is time to end our discussion. * As all of you have come to an agreement, let’s bring this discussion toa close. * Thank you for your contributions to this discussion. * Thank you for a fruitful and interesting discussion. * Thank you very much for your attention and participation IF NOT EVERYONE CAN AGREE agree 1 disagrees If three candidates agree on one of the arguments, while one candidate strongly agrees with a different argument, the ‘leader’ of the group may conclude the discussion like this: Example: ‘In conclusion, that exercising moderately is the most effective way to overcome stress. Thank you for your attention.” la agree, 2 disagree If two candidates agree on one argument while the other two candidates agree with another argument, the ‘leader’ of the group may say something like this: Example: “To conclude, we are exercising moderately is the most effective way to overcome stress, because exercising moderately produces the feel- good hormone and promotes restful sleep. - good time management is the best way to overcome stress because we can get things done in a systematic manner so that work does not accumulate over time. Thank you.” “No one agrees with anyone it is also possible that all four candidates hold strongly to their individual arguments where all four candidates cannot agree on one argument. A group decision may not be achieved at the end of the 10-minute discussion. The ‘leader’ of the group may then say something like this: Example: “Weare on ‘the most Stace way to overcome stress. though we agree bith eave cttse arguments presented. Thank you for your contribution to this discussion.”

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