Asking and Giving Opinion

 

Flyer Asking and Giving Opinion

Expression of Asking and Giving Opinion

Asking Opinions:

Formal :
- Have you got any comments on …..
- Do you have any idea?
- Do you have any opinion on ……
- Would you give me your opinion on……….?
- What is your reaction to ……
- What is your opinion about……….?
- What are you feeling about………….?
- What are your views on……….?
- Please give me your frank opinion?

Informal
- What do you think of…….?
- What do you think about………?
- What is your opinion?
- Why do they behave like that?
- Do you think it’s going?
- How do you like?
- How was the trip?
- How do you think of Joni’s idea ?
- How do you feel about this party?

Giving opinion

Formal :
- I personally believe …..
- I personally consider ….
- I personally think /feel ….
- I hold the opinion ….
- My own view of the matter is ……
- Well, personally …….
- If I had my view, I would …..

Informal
- I think I like it.
- I don’t think I care for it.
- I think it’s good/nice/terrific……..
- I think that awful/not nice/terrible…………
- I don’t think much of it.
- I think that……..
- In my opinion, I would rather……….
- In my case …..
- What I’m more concerned with ….
- What I have in my mind is………
- The way I see is that…………
- No everyone will agree with me, but ….
- To my mind …..
- From my point of view ….
- If you ask me, I feel ….
- Absolutely ………

Agreeing:

I (totally) agree with you / that.

I couldn’t agree more.

I’d go along with that.

I feel the same.

You’re absolutely right.

Absolutely / Definitely / Exactly.

No doubt about it.

That’s a good point. / I see your point.

I see where you’re coming from.

Disagreeing:

I’m afraid I disagree.

I don’t agree with you / that.

I’d be inclined to disagree.

That’s not the way I see it.

I don’t think so. / I don’t feel the same.

Partly agreeing:

I see your point but …

I kind of agree with you / that.

I agree with you to an extent, however, …

You make a good point, but …

 

Study this dialog

Full Day School

Emily     : Hi Tom! What are you doing?
Tommy : I’m reading a newspaper.
Emily     : Any good news?
Tommy : I’ve just read about full day school.
Emily     : so what your opinion about that?
Tommy : in my view, it is useful for Indonesian education development. Because if school time is extended until 4 or 5 PM, students can learn more. So, Indonesia’s educational ranking in the world can be increased.
Emily     : Do you think like that? But how about the students? Don’t you think it is too boring for them? In school all day.
Tommy : No, If the teacher can bring class situation more fun, giving them exciting activities, so the student will enjoy their day in school.
Emily     : I think you’re right.

Note: The underlined sentences are asking and giving opinion expressions

Exercise: Discuss the dialog with your friends (in group of four). Write the expressions of how to ask or to give opinion.

New Smartphone

Milly      : Do you like your smartphone?
Brian      : Yes. I think I got more than I expected.
Milly      : Why?
Brian      : I just want to buy a smartphone which has 1 gigabyte of RAM. But this smartphone gives me more.
Milly      : I think you’re lucky.
Brian      : Yeah. I think with the price I’ve paid, got a smartphone with 2 gigabytes of RAM is very awesome.
Milly      : But what do you think about the camera? Is it good?
Brian      : Not too bad. I got 8 megapixels for primary cameras, and its secondary camera 5 megapixels. But it is not the important point.
Milly      : Why?
Brian      : I do not like selfie. Haha.