PART 3: ROLEPLAY

STARTING A DISCUSSION EXPRESSING AN OPINION

Are we ready? I´d say…
Shall I start? Personally, I think…
Shall we talk about this one to start with? In my opinion, …
Shall I go first? I believe…
AGREEING DISAGREEING POLITELY
That´s right Well may be, though
Well, I agree with you! I´m not sure I agree…
Yes, I think that´s true I know what you mean, but…
Good point. Yes, that´s true, but…

NEGOTIATING
EXPRESSING AGREEMENT EXPRESSING PARTIAL OR COMPLETE
DISAGREEMENT
I entirely agree I can´t help thinking that…
I take your point, but…
Isn´t it more a matter of…?
That´s all very well, but…
Yes, but we shouldn´t forget about…

ASKING FOR SOMEONE´S OPINION DEVELOPING AN IDEA SOMEONE´S HAS

MENTIONED
Wouldn´t you say so? It´s interesting you should say that because…
You wouldn´t disagree with that, would you? What you say reminds me of…
 INVITING YOUR PARTNER´S OPINION AND FOLLOWING ON YOUR PARTNER´S OPINION
TAKING TURNS
Some of these situations could be avoided, I´m sure that´s what it is, I agree.
don´t you think? As I see it, …
I don´t know about you, but in my opinion this In my opinion, …
is very good That´s an interesting point, but I think…
These places are very crowded. Would you
agree with that?
What do you think? Is this a better option?

MOVING TO ANOTHER WRITTEN PROMPT

Right, why don´t we talk about…
How about this idea? Do you want to say
something about it?
Now, moving on, …
Shall we discuss this idea next?
I´m not sure what this means. What do you
think?