1.

Giving Opinions:
 As far as I’m concerned …
 In my opinion … In my view …
 From my point of view …
 The way I see it is (that) …
 To my mind …

 Well, I reckon (that) …

 I (strongly) believe (that) …
 I (honestly) think (that) …
 I (really) feel (that) …
 Personally speaking, I believe …
 As for me, I reckon …
 In my opinion/In my humble opinion
 I reckon/suppose
 I know
 May I?
 If you ask me
 If I were you
 To be honest
 I could be wrong, but
 I’m no expert, but
 Personally

2. Asking Opinions:
 What do you think/reckon?
 do you see what I’m getting at?
 Do you know/see what I mean?
 Do you agree with me?
  Would you go along with that?
 Would you agree with me that … ?
 What are your thoughts on that?
 Don’t you think (that) … ?

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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 …

Expressing Opinions
Expressing Personal Point of View
 I bet that ….
 I dare say that …
 I gather that …
 In my opinion…
 In my experience…
 As far as I am concerned, …
 As far as I know…
 As far as I understand…
 As for me / As to me, …
 As I see it…
 From my perspective
 From my point of view, …
 I (strongly) believe that…
 I am not sure/certain, but…
 I am of the opinion that …
 I am sure / I am certain that …
 I’m absolutely convinced…
 I am sure/certain/convinced that…
 I am under the impression that …
 I believe that…
 I guess that …
 I have no doubt that …
 I have the feeling that …
 I hold the opinion/ view that …
 I might be wrong but…
 I really feel that…
 I suppose
 I tend to think that…
 I think /consider /find /feel /believe /suppose /presume
/assume that …
 I would say that …
 I’d like to point out that…
 I’d suggest that
 If you ask me…
 In my experience…
 It goes without saying that …
 It’s obvious to me…
 It is my impression that …
 It seems to me that …
  My impression is that …
 My own feeling on the subject is that …
 My view / opinion / belief / impression / conviction is that
…
 Personally speaking…
 Personally, I think…
 The point is that…
 To my mind, …
 What I mean is…
 I don’t know about other people, but I can say…

Three Ways to Give a Personal

Opinion
Expressing a Strong Opinion
 I bet that ….
 I dare say that …
 I’m absolutely convinced that…
 I’m sure that…
 I strongly believe that…
 I have no doubt that…
 There’s no doubt in my mind that…
 …
Expressing a Neutral Opinion
 I am not sure/certain, but…
 I think…
 I feel that…
 In my opinion…
 In my view…
 I tend to think that…
 I suppose that…
 It seems to me that…
 I must admit that I’m not sure…
 …
Upper-intermediate
1. After much thought, …
2. After weighing up both sides of the argument, …
3. Although I can see both points of view / Although I can understand the
opposite point of view, …
4. As I see it, ...
5. Correct me if I’m wrong, but …
6. For me/ From my point of view, …
7. Frankly, …
8. I am not very familiar with this topic, but …
9. I do believe/ feel/think …
10.I have come to the conclusion that …
11.I might change my mind later, but …
12.I reckon/suppose …
13.I tend to think that …
14.I’m not sure I’m the right person to ask, but / I have very limited
experience of this, but …
15.I’m pretty confident that …
16.I’ve always thought that …
17.If you ask me, …
18.I'm (absolutely) convinced that …
19.In my humble opinion / IMHO, …
20.It could be said that …
21.It seems clear to me that …
22.It would seem to me that …
23.My initial reaction is …
24.Not everyone will/would agree with me, but …
25.Personally speaking / Speaking for myself, …
26.The way I see it (is) …
27.To be (perfectly) frank, …
28.To the best of my knowledge, …
29.What I think is …
30.You could say …
Advanced
1. After giving this matter some (serious) thought, …
2. As far as I'm concerned, …
3. As the old saying goes, …
4. Having given this question due consideration, …
5. I am of the opinion that …
6. I can’t help thinking that …
7. I know this is a minority view, but / I’m in the minority in thinking that
…
8. I tend towards the opinion that …
9. I think it’s fair/reasonable to say …
10.I’ll tell you what I think, …
11.I’m entirely/quite convinced that …
12.I’ve come the conclusion that …
13.If I must come up with an opinion / If you (really) want my opinion, …
14.In my limited experience, …
15.It could/might well be that …
16.Know what I think? …
17.My opinion was best expressed by … when s/he said/wrote …
18.My view/position on this (issue) (is clear and) is that …
19.Off the top of my head, …
20.Plainly, …
21.Quite frankly, …
22.There is a part of me that says …
23.This may well be controversial, but …
24.To my mind / To my way of thinking, ...
25.To summarise my (rather complex) views on the matter, …
26.What I always say is …
27.With some reservations, …
28.Without a shred/shadow of doubt, …
29.You’d have to be crazy not to agree that / Any idiot can see that …