FUNCTIONS REFERENCE

GIVING OPINIONS
- It seems to me that…

- I’m in favour of…

- The way I see it…

- I’d say that…

- Speaking for myself…

- To my way of thinking…

- In my view…

- As far as I’m concerned…

- In my humble opinion

LIKES AND DISLIKES

- I’m very keen on…

- I’m crazy about…

- The thing I loved about…

- I can’t get into…

- I’m a big fan of…

- I can’t get interested in…

- I’m not into…

- I absolutely loathe…

- I can’t bear…
 AGREEING AND DISAGREEING
- That sounds reasonable…

- You’ve got a point there, but

- Fair enough, but I’m still not convinced…

- I know what you mean, but…

- I agree to some extent, but

- I couldn’t agree more…

- I agree up to a point, but…

- Unfortunately, I can’t agree with you on that…

GIVING AND ASKING FOR SUGGESTIONS

- I suggest we…

- The point I’d like to make is that…

- Would you consider (trying)…

- How does this idea sound?

- It’d be great if…

- Let’s begin with…

- What would you say?

- Do you think we should…?

- We could start by talking about…?

- Shall we…?
 SPECULATING
- I get the impression that…

- It would seem to me that…

- I assume that…

- (the man) appears to be…

- I would guess that…

- I suppose…

PARAPHRASING
- In other words…

- How shall I put it?

- Let me get this right…

- To put it another way…

CHANGING YOUR MIND

- Actually, I’ve changed my mind…

- On seconds thoughts…

- I think I was wrong before…

EXPRESSING REGRETS
- I kick myself for…

- It’s a pity that…

- With hindsight

- It was a missed opportunity

 INTERRUPTING
- Can I just say…?

- Sorry to interrupt, but…

CHECKING YOUR UNDERSTAND

- I’m not quite sure what we have to do…

- So you want me to…?

- Do you mean we have to…?

COMPARING
- They both show/ seem to be…

- There are… in both photos

- In this one… and in this one.

- Both of these people look as if…