DEBATING AND DISCUSSING
To introduce a topic
●A)________________________
●To begin with, I...
●Firstly, ..., secondly, ...
Interrupting
●I'm sorry, but I didn't understand your
point.
●B) __________________________
●Excuse me, don’t you mean ...
Stating your opinion
●I'd just like to say that ...
●C) _______________________
●I think/believe/feel that …
Stressing your "personal opinion"
●Personally I think ...
●D) _________________________
●Don't you agree that …
Agreeing
●I couldn't agree more.
●I entirely/quite agree with you.
●E) _______________________
Disagree
●I see what you mean but ...
●F) _________________________
●Well, you have a point there, but ...
Persuading someone
●G) _______________________
●Do you really believe that _____?
●Don't you think that______?
Mediating
●In other words ...
●H) ________________________
●With all due respect ...
Adding something
●I) _______________________
●In addition, ...
●Furthermore, ...
Distinguishing/generalising
●On the one hand ..., but on the other hand...
●Generally speaking
●J) _________________________
Being forceful
●Frankly (speaking),...
●K) _______________________
Ending
●That is my opinion and I am sticking to it.
●L) _________________________
