Opinions, Agreeing and Disagreeing

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Opinions, Agreeing and

Disagreeing
What you will learn:
Vocabulary: Opinions, Agreeing and Disagreeing

Part 2 and 3 Questions
Model Answers
Idioms
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Test Your Vocabulary
Fill in each gap with ONE word.
1) What’s your ___________ on this matter?
2) The ______ I see it, we need to tackle climate change immediately.
3) We negotiated, but couldn’t _________ an agreement
Answers at bottom of PDF
IELTS Speaking: Vocabulary
Opinionated (adj.) = to have strong opinions
To agree with s.o. / sth.

To be in agreement
To reach an agreement
To see eye to eye
To disagree with s.o. / sth.

I disagree with you on / about this issue
To have a disagreement (about / over)
To have an argument / quarrel / row (pronounced ‘cow’)
IELTS Speaking: Giving Opinions
In all parts of IELTS Speaking, you will probably get the following types
of questions, at some point.
What do you think?

What’s your take?
How do you see this?
Some people think ____, What do you reckon?
In natural spoken English, we tend to use short phrases…
I think
I reckon
I guess
In my opinion
In my eyes
The way I see it
If you don’t have a strong or clear opinion, if something is not black and
white, you can say…
It depends….
By and large… (=generally speaking)
I would tend to say…
😂 Dad Joke:
Student: Do you think you can teach me yoga?

Yoga Teacher: It depends, are you exible?
Student: Well, I am free any day except Tuesdays!
Excuse the corny punchline = the rubbish ending to the joke!!
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IELTS Speaking: Agreeing and Disagreeing
Do you agree ___?

Do you think ____?
Agreeing
Yes, I do
For sure,
Absolutely
Without a doubt
I totally / completely agree

I’d go along with that
I couldn’t agree more
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If you only ‘half’ agree…
Kind of, I mean _____

Sort of, I mean ____
To a point, I mean _____
I’m undecided
I’m in two minds about this one
I guess I’m on the fence
Facing a di cult choice, you can say,
I’m torn between A and B
I’m in a dilemma here = I’m in a di cult situation = I’m between a rock

and a hard place = I’m in a quandary
If you disagree….
No, I don’t
Absolutely not
I beg to di er
That’s not how I see it
Do you agree that video games are bad for children?
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Part 2 + 3 Questions
Describe a disagreement you had with someone
What do you do if you disagree with someone?
How can you stop a disagreement escalating into a ght?
What disagreements do parents and children often have?
Describe a time when someone asked for your opinion
Why do some people dislike giving their opinion?
Are there any apps for collecting opinions about products and services?
Why do people like expressing their opinion on the Internet these days?
What are the disadvantages of sharing opinions on the Internet?
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IDEAS
Partners - disagreeing about
home decoration
household chores
the way to bring up children
other family members
nancial decisions
Colleagues / classmates - disagreeing about
company/ school rules

presentation/ meeting content
contracts and prices
Parents and children - disagreeing about
doing homework / housework

staying out late
pocket money
friends
plans for work / career
Marriage choice
Lifestyle choice
Friends - disagreeing about
where to go out
girlfriends / boyfriends
opinions
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Listening Bingo!
Listen to this Part 2 answer for the question
Mark the words you hear. If you get 3 in a line, type BINGO in the chat!
Avoid con ict Pig-headed Talk it through

A full-blown Reach a We fell out
argument compromise
That wound me up To keep schtum We eventually
made up
Answers at bottom of PDF
Meaning:
Talk it through = discuss step by step

To fall out with s.o. = argue and stop speaking to s.o.
To make up with s.o. = to be on talking terms again (after an argument)
Pig-headed = stubborn
To wind s.o. up = to annoy s.o. (wind / wound / wound)
pronounce ‘wine’
To keep schtum = to keep quiet
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Useful Phrases
We fell out over something simple
We were doing up the living room

To do up = to decorate
There was no consultation
Her tone was a bit o - quite brusque

To be o = rude (tone)
Brusk = rude
That wound me up
Normally we would talk it through
Each of us stood our ground

To stand your ground = not change your opinion / position
Neither of us wanted to give an inch (often used in the negative)

To give an inch = to change your opinion / position - be willing to
compromise
I can be quite pig-headed
She got a bee in her bonnet

To have a bee in your bonnet = to have an idea that you won’t let go go.
There’s no shifting her

To shift = to move
This small disagreement escalated into a full-blown argument
In the end the painter came up with a solution
We eventually made up
I felt she could have been more exible
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1. What ideas can you think of for this question
Why do some people dislike giving their opinion?
They may not have an opinion (on that particular topic)

Maybe they are just not very opinionated
They may not have a real grasp of the facts
They are afraid of con ict

They want to tow (pronounced ‘toe’) the line = do what everyone else
is doing, to follow the norm.
They might be afraid of upsetting people

They don’t want to stand out = to be di erent
They don’t want to risk sounding stupid
They fear reprisals, retaliation or criticism (including; bullying, hate

speech, abusive language, violent language)
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Developing and Giving Examples
Listen to a sample answer where I develop the answer.
What are the missing words?
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They may have a ____ grasp of the facts

To speak out and say something incorrect that may be ______ later
Answer on next page:
They may have a super cial grasp of the facts
To speak out and say something incorrect that may be mocked
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Idioms
To bite your tongue = to try hard not to say something (so as not to
o end someone)
When my colleague criticised me for the same mistake she made last
week, I had to bite my tongue
To hold back = to not do or say something
When I disagreed with her, she didn’t hold back, she just started
criticising me really strongly
To see eye to eye = to agree
I think we will never see eye to eye on this issue
To be on the same page = to agree
When we present this proposal to management, we need to make sure

we are all on the same page.
To blow everything out of proportion = To make something seem

much worse than it is
Jenny is very sensitive and often blows things out of proportion.
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Test Your Vocabulary ANSWERS
Fill in each gap with ONE word.
1) What’s your opinion / view / take on this matter?
2) The way I see it, we need to tackle climate change immediately.
3) We negotiated, but couldn’t reach /obtain / get / nd an agreement
Listening Bingo ANSWER
Avoid con ict Pig-headed Talk it through

A full-blown Reach a We fell out
argument compromise
That wound me up To keep schtum We eventually
made up
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GOLD - LIVE LESSONS

Opinions, Agreeing and

What you will learn:

Vocabulary: Opinions, Agreeing and Disagreeing

1) What’s your ___________ on this matter?

2) The ______ I see it, we need to tackle climate change immediately.

3) We negotiated, but couldn’t _________ an agreement

Answers at bottom of PDF

IELTS Speaking: Vocabulary

Opinionated (adj.) = to have strong opinions

To agree with s.o. / sth.

To disagree with s.o. / sth.

What do you think?

In natural spoken English, we tend to use short phrases…

Student: Do you think you can teach me yoga?

Student: Well, I am free any day except Tuesdays!

Excuse the corny punchline = the rubbish ending to the joke!!

IELTS Speaking: Agreeing and Disagreeing

Do you agree ___?

I totally / completely agree

Kind of, I mean _____

Facing a di cult choice, you can say,

I’m torn between A and B

I’m in a dilemma here = I’m in a di cult situation = I’m between a rock

Do you agree that video games are bad for children?

Describe a disagreement you had with someone

What do you do if you disagree with someone?

How can you stop a disagreement escalating into a ght?

What disagreements do parents and children often have?

Describe a time when someone asked for your opinion

Why do some people dislike giving their opinion?

What are the disadvantages of sharing opinions on the Internet?

Partners - disagreeing about

Colleagues / classmates - disagreeing about

company/ school rules

Parents and children - disagreeing about

doing homework / housework

Friends - disagreeing about

Listen to this Part 2 answer for the question

Describe a disagreement you had with someone

Avoid con ict Pig-headed Talk it through

Answers at bottom of PDF

Talk it through = discuss step by step

We fell out over something simple

We were doing up the living room

There was no consultation

Her tone was a bit o - quite brusque

Normally we would talk it through

Each of us stood our ground

Neither of us wanted to give an inch (often used in the negative)

I can be quite pig-headed

She got a bee in her bonnet

There’s no shifting her

This small disagreement escalated into a full-blown argument

In the end the painter came up with a solution

I felt she could have been more exible

Why do some people dislike giving their opinion?

They may not have an opinion (on that particular topic)

They are afraid of con ict

They might be afraid of upsetting people

They don’t want to risk sounding stupid

They fear reprisals, retaliation or criticism (including; bullying, hate

Listen to a sample answer where I develop the answer.