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Useful Expression For Exams

The document provides a list of useful expressions for English speaking exams organized into categories such as making a point, agreeing, disagreeing, asking for clarification, reacting, comparing photos, and more. It includes common phrases to emphasize an opinion, agree or partially agree with a point, disagree, express uncertainty, propose an idea, and react in both positive and negative ways. The expressions outlined cover a range of situations that may come up in speaking exams.

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Useful Expression For Exams

The document provides a list of useful expressions for English speaking exams organized into categories such as making a point, agreeing, disagreeing, asking for clarification, reacting, comparing photos, and more. It includes common phrases to emphasize an opinion, agree or partially agree with a point, disagree, express uncertainty, propose an idea, and react in both positive and negative ways. The expressions outlined cover a range of situations that may come up in speaking exams.

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Useful expressions for your speaking

exam
MAKING YOUR POINT/ EMPHASIZING THAT SOMETHING IS YOUR OWN OPINION
In my opinion, ...
In my view ...
Personally, I think that ...
Personally speaking,
I reckon ...
If you ask me, ...
I'd say that ...
I feel that ...
My feeling is that ...
As far as I am concerned ...
From my point of view ...
It is my belief,
For my part,

AGREEING
I completely/totally agree ...
I quite agree ...
That's (just) what I think, too.
That's a good point.
That's exaclty the point.ç
You are absolutely right.
I'll go along with that.
Absolutely.

HALF-AGREEING
I see/ take your point, but ...
I see what you mean, but ...
I agree up to a point, but ...
I sort of agree.

DISAGREEING
I completely disagree.
I don't agree at all.
No, you are missing the point.
That's not the point.
I can't see your point at all.
But that's not always the case.
I am not so sure about that.
I am not sure I agree with you.
I am afraid I don't really agree.
I don't really think you are right.
Not necessarily.
UNCERTAINTY
I am undecided ...
I am unsure ...
I am ambivalent about ...
I am in two minds about ...

ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION


You mean ...
Sorry, I don't really see what you are getting at
Sorry, I don't quite follow you

END OF AN ANSWER
… in my view, anyway.
That’s my opinion, anyway.
So, in short …
All in all …
And that’s about it, really.

STARTING/CLOSING A DISCUSSION
We couLd start by talking about ...
Let's talk about ... first.
I think we need to make a decision.
Shall we try to come to an agreement?

CONTRAST
But on the other hand …
But at the same time ...
Although I must admit that …
Having said that, …

PREDICTIONS about yourself


I guess I’ll …
I reckon I will …
I don’t think I’ll ever …
I don’t imagine I’ll …

SUPPOSING ABOUT OTHERS


They are probably …
They probably + verb
They must + verb
It looks as if they are + ing
I imagine they might + verb

PROPOSING
Let’s go to (this photography exhibition).
Well, why don’t we go to (this photography exhibition).
How does this sound?
Shall we go and see (this photography exhibition).?
How about going to (this photography exhibition).?
I have got an idea. We could go to (this photography exhibition).
Do you fancy going to see (this photography exhibition)?
Would you like to go to (this photography exhibition)?
EXPRESSING OPINIONS/ REACTING
Believe me, …
… seems like the best option to me.
I am really keen on the idea of …
If you ask me, I really think we should …
But just think of the …. !
Personally, I am in favour of … (+ gerund)
I am sure it will be worth it.
Let’s go for it.
Oh, come on!
… , don’t you agree?

REACTING in a negative way


I don’t find (modern art) very interesting.
I am not really into (modern art) In fact, I don’t really like(modern art) at all.
To be honest, (modern art) just makes me laugh.
(Modern art) isn’t really my thing.
I am not a big fan of (modern art)

REACTING TO STRANGE INFORMATION


How weird/ strange/ bizarre/ odd!
How spooky!
How awful!

EXCLAMATIONS
What a great/brilliant/fantastic idea!
What an amazing coincidence!
What a terrible experience!
What a pity!
What a waste of time!
What bad luck!
What a shame!

How interesting!
How annoying!
How embarrassing!
How awful!

ALLOWING YOURSELF TIME TO THINK


I need to think for a moment.
That’s an interesting question.
That's a tricky question, really.
Well, it’s difficult to say, really.
Let me see.
It depends …
I guess an honest answer would be …
I suppose the simplest answer to that question is …
If I think about it, I suppose …
On balance, I think …
The best example that comes to mind is ...
I have never given it a lot of thought ...
TALKING ABOUT MISUNDERSTANDINGS
I was under the impression that …
I thought that … but in fact …
Naturally I assumed that …
It turned out that …
It was so embarrassing.
I was horrified.
I felt awful.
I felt such a fool.
We had a good laugh about it.

COMPARING PHOTOS
The most obvious similarity is that both photos show …
You can see … in both photos.
The … in photo 1 is/are … . Similarly, the … in photo 2 is/are …
The … is the same in both photos.
In the first photo ... but in the second one ...
This picture ... while on the other hand this one ...
In comparison to the first photo, this one ...
The biggest difference between the photos is that photo 1 shows … whereas photo 2 shows …
While photo 1 shows ..., photo 2 on the other hand …
The … is completely different in the two photos.

And you'll find many more here:


http://www.uefap.com/speaking/group/grouplan.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv281.shtmlPosted
by Cecilia Costantini at 23:49

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13 comments:
1.

Elena Krull26 April 2015 at 09:43

Amazing! Thanks a lot for this! Exam is tomorrow and I'm sure i will pass it a lot better
now :)

Greats, Elena from Germany


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Cecilia Costantini26 April 2015 at 13:10
Great! Thanks for the message! :-)
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2.

Unknown31 January 2016 at 15:16

Thanks! I'm tutoring a B2 level English student, and this is a great resource!
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Cecilia Costantini2 February 2016 at 12:03
That's great! :-)
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Anonymous7 June 2016 at 21:00

Thank you for this! I'll have my English oral exam tomorrow. These expressions are
really useful and I hope to impress my teacher. Even though some of the expressions
are more like B2 level, as a C1 student I still found a lot useful here.
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Cecilia Costantini7 June 2016 at 21:28
Good luck!
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