OPINIONS AND THOUGHTS

                            Opinions

   An opinion is the way you feel or think about something. Our opinion about something or someone is based on our perspective. Whenever we give or express our opinion, it is important to give reasoning or an example to support our opinion.

       We can use collocations to express opinions, for example strong argument, strong criticism, strong denial, strong opinion, strong resistance, quite strongly.

Let's look at the sentence structure to express opinions

• Expressions

   Opinions can be expressed in the ways given below.

  Personal Point Of View

• In my opinion...
• What i mean is...
• In my humble opinion..
• I think...

 General Point Of View

• Most people don't agree...
• Almost everyone...
• Some people say that...

Agreeing with an Opinion

• Of course
• This is absolutely right
• I agree with this opinion

Disagreeing with an Opinion

• I am sorry, i don't agree with you
• I am not sure
• I don't agree with you

Example dialogue :

 

 

Azzah : I want to buy a new phone, but the options out there are overwhelming me. Any advice?

Wahyu : You can just buy the one like mine. You don’t need much for a phone, do you? 

Azzah : Not really. Can I see yours? 

Wahyu : Pretty compact even if it’s 5 inch. The interface is also user friendly. 2GB RAM and 16GB internal memory.

Azzah : What do you think of it? Is it okay? 

Wahyu : For me, it’s enough, since I only use it for texting, chatting, checking e-mails, and making calls. I rarely use it for anything other than those. 

Azzah : I don’t think it would either. When did you buy this phone of yours?

Wahyu : Around three weeks ago, I guess.

Azzah : Then the price wouldn’t be so different now. Do you think the budget fit me? 

Wahyu : I think so. It’s pretty cheap compared to any other brand with the exact same feature. Trust me. 

Azzah : Yea you right. I’ll look for it. Thanks, Wahyu.

From dialogue above we can see the expressions of asking opinion, giving opinion and agreeing an opinion:

• What do you think of it? Is it okay? (asking opinion) 

• For me, it’s enough, since I only use it for texting, chatting, checking e-mails, and making calls. I rarely use it for anything other than those. (giving opinion)

• Yea you right. I’ll look for it. Thanks, Wahyu.( agreeing an opinion) 

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INTRO

Hola everyone my name is Wahyu aryaputra, I'm 16 years old, I'm now on eleventh grade of science. I'm going to say some word.

I have nothing much to say, im just glad that i still alive today. This pandemic is really affected to our lives, especially to a student like me, because I need to go to school if I want to study but now, I have to study at home which is really bothering me, but if I want to survive I need to stay at home, I mean it's worth .

That's it Im just a teenager who want go to school 

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Dialogue about giving and asking sugesstion and dialogue about offering something

Assalamualaikum, hola everyone today I will show you an example dialogue about giving and asking sugesstion and dialogue about offering something 

A. Definition of Asking Giving Suggestion

Asking and Giving Suggestion are English expressions that are used to express how to ask and give advice to others.

B. Forms of Expression

In this section some expressions are given and explained which can be used to express ways of asking and giving advice to others.

Asking Suggestion

+ Do you have any suggestions for me? 
+ Can you tell me what I should do?   
+ Do you have any advice for me? 
+ Will you give me some suggestion, please? 
+ Any idea? 
+ Can you give me some advice about…? 
+ What do you recommend………? 
+ Please tell me what should I do? 

Giving Suggestion

 You should…
 You need/ought to…
 You had better…
 You ought to…
 I think you should….
 I advise you to…
 I suggest you to…
 I suggest that you….
 I recommend you to…
 Maybe you should….

ACCEPTING SUGGESTION/ADVICE 

• That’s good idea. I will do it.
• I’ll try. Thank you.
• Sure, I can do it.
• Yeah, you’re right.
• Why didn’t I think of that?
• That’s the best one, I’ll try that.

REFUSING SUGGESTION/ADVICE 

• I can’t do that.
• I’m afraid I can’t.
• Could you give me another way?
• I think it can’t solve my problem.
• I’m not sure.
• How about other suggestions?
• I don’t think I can.

Example dialogue about giving and asking sugesstion 

Wahyu : What grade did you get at the exam? 

Azzah : I got A. 

Wahyu : As expected from a smart student! I only got D. I really want to improve my grade. 

Azzah : You probably should study harder. *giving suggestion*

Wahyu : I don’t know. I always get bad grade although I study hard, do you have any other suggestion ? *asking suggestion*

Azzah : Hey, why don’t we study together? That way, I can help you out.  *giving suggestion*

Wahyu : Good idea! I’m in.

 

From dialogue above we can see the expressions of giving and asking sugesstion which is:

~You probably should study harder. *giving suggestion*

~do you have any other suggestion ? *asking suggestion*

~Hey, why don’t we study together? That way, I can help you out.*giving suggestion*

Now, dialogue about offering something:

Azzah : Have you heard that the due date for the final project is extended?

Wahyu : No, is it true?

Azzah : Yes. It will be due next month.

Wahyu : That’s wonderful! I haven’t even started yet.

Azzah : Would you need my help? *giving offer*

Wahyu : Yes, sure. Thank you for your help. That is very kind of you to me. *accepting an offer*

Azzah : Yes, you are welcome

From dialogue above we can see the expressions of offering something and expressions of accepting an offer :

~Would you need my help? *giving offer*

~Yes, sure. Thank you for your help. That is very kind of you to me. *accepting an offer*

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