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Useful Expressions in Speaking

This document contains a list of useful expressions for speaking English, organized into categories such as giving opinions, agreeing or disagreeing with ideas, asking for explanations, illustrating a point, and concluding remarks. Expressions are provided for presenting personal and general points of view, agreeing and disagreeing politely, asking for and giving explanations, counterarguing, and summarizing conclusions. The purpose is to provide English language learners with vocabulary for fluently expressing themselves in discussions.

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Useful Expressions in Speaking

This document contains a list of useful expressions for speaking English, organized into categories such as giving opinions, agreeing or disagreeing with ideas, asking for explanations, illustrating a point, and concluding remarks. Expressions are provided for presenting personal and general points of view, agreeing and disagreeing politely, asking for and giving explanations, counterarguing, and summarizing conclusions. The purpose is to provide English language learners with vocabulary for fluently expressing themselves in discussions.

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Department of Language and Communication

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USEFUL EXPRESSIONS IN SPEAKING


GIVING OPINIONS
1) PERSONAL OPINIONS
In my experience
As far as I'm concerned
Speaking for myself
In my opinion
Personally, I think
I'd say that
I'd suggest that
I'd like to point out that
I believe that
What I mean is
The point that I try to make is
In my reckoning..
I have a reason to believe..
2) GENERAL POINT OF VIEW
It is thought that...
Some people say that...
It is considered...
It is generally accepted that..

AGREEING TO IDEAS

Of course.
You're absolutely right.
Yes, I agree.
I think so too.
That's a good point.
Exactly.
I don't think so either.
So do I.
I'd go along with that.
That's true.
Neither do I.
I agree with you entirely.
That's just what I was thinking.
I couldn't agree more.
I completely/ absolutely agree with you
There is no doubt about that

DISAGREEING AN OPINION
That's different.
I don't agree with you.
However
That's not entirely true.
On the contrary
I'm sorry to disagree with you, but
Yes, but don't you think
That's not the same thing at all.
I'm afraid I have to disagree.
I'm not so sure about that.
I must take issue with you on that.
It's unjustifiable to say that...
What I object to is
To be honest..

INTERRUPTING DISCUSSION

ASKING FOR EXPLANATION

GIVING AN EXPLANATION

Could you explain to me?


Just tell me the reason why.
I just dont see what/ how
What do you mean by that?
I didnt quite get that.
Could someone tell me..?

Can I say something here?


Can I stop you there a moment?
Can I just butt in for a second?
Can I just mention something?
Can I just add something here?
Do you mind if I come in here?
Before you move on, Id like to say
something
Excuse me for interrupting but
Excuse me for butting in but
Sorry for interrupting but
Just a moment, Id like to..
If I could just come in here. I think

Look, its like this


The reason for this is
Just let me explain
Well, the thing is
What I mean is..
The main problem is
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I beg your pardon?


Are you saying that?
I dont really understand..
Excuse me, are you telling me that?

DELAYING STRATEGIES

I cant answer that directly.


Ill need time to think about that.
Thats a very interesting question,
because
Thats a difficult question to answer
because
Thats a tough question to answer
because
To be honest, thats a difficult question
because
Thats a very good question. The reality
is that..
What do you mean by that?
Well, it depends on what you mean..
Well, if you ask me, it depends on your
circumstances..
Well

COUNTERING POLITELY

Yes, but remember that


But it isnt that
That may be so, but
That may be true, but
That might have been the case once,
but
You may be right about, but.
Maybe but the problem is
Thats a good idea, but
Thats a good point but
.., but what Im concerned with is
., but I am afraid that.
, but what I dont like is.
After all,..
At least theres
Well, even so..

Well, the reason is


Above all, we must keep in mind that

EXPRESSING CERTAINTY

According to government statistics,


Actually..
In fact..
Clearly
Obviously
People have always
People just wont continue to
Without doubt
Theres no doubt that
Undoubtedly
Surely

ILLUSTRATING A POINT

For example
For instance
Take for example
A classic example of this is
A classic example of this would be..
To illustrate my point
Let me give you an example
Just an example, let me

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GIVING A CLARIFICATION AFTER A


MISSUNDERSTANDING

What I said was


Dont get me wrong
Dont misunderstand me
Let me put it another way
You must have misunderstood me
Lets get it straight.
Thats not what I meant
What I am trying to say is.

HOLDING THE FLOOR

Hold on
Hold on a second
Yes, I was about to mention that
Well, I was about to come to that
Sorry I havent made my point yet
I am about to make my point
I am almost done
If you could give me a second.
If you let me finish, Ill tell you.
Please let me finish
Could you wait until I am done?
I am talking here!
Would you let me finish?
Would you hold on a second?

GETTING BACK TO THE POINT

Anyway,.
In any case
To return to
Returning back to
To get back to the point
Lets get back to the point
Where was i?
What were we talking about?

PRESENTING ARGUMENTS
1) PRESENTING A NUMBER OF
ARGUMENTS

First of all,..
Firstly,

GIVING WAYS TO ANOTHER SPEAKER TO


SAY

Please
Go ahead
You first
Please, I can wait
It wasnt all relevant
It wasnt all important
Never mind

SHOWING EXCEPTIONS

There are exceptions, of course


One should mention, of course
An exception to that is
This does include
Except of course.
One exception is
Another exception is.

GENERALIZATIONS

Generally
In general
As a rule
Usually
Typically
By and large
On average
Generally speaking
Speaking in general terms,

CONCLUSIONS

To make a long story short,..


So in short,
So you see
So, finally,
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Well, firstly.
To begin with,
Id start by
For a start
There are two points here. Firstly,...
secondly,..
There are two problems here
Morover.
You also have to consider

2) ADDING AN ARGUMENT

Again, that depends on


In addition
Whats more
I might add that
Perhaps I should also mention
Not to mention the fact that
Plus the fact that
Not only that, but

So,
All in all..
In the end
To conclude
To sump up
To summarise
Summing up
To put it simply
To put it in a few words,
In a nutshell,
In brief,..
To be brief

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