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Effective Communication Phrases Guide

This document provides phrases for speaking in various situations such as asking for and giving opinions, agreeing and disagreeing, asking for clarification or repetition, interrupting, and summarizing. Some examples include phrases for asking for opinions like "What is your opinion about.....?" and for giving opinions like "In my opinion.....". It also includes phrases for agreeing like "I completely agree with you" and disagreeing like "I don't quite agree with you."

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Effective Communication Phrases Guide

This document provides phrases for speaking in various situations such as asking for and giving opinions, agreeing and disagreeing, asking for clarification or repetition, interrupting, and summarizing. Some examples include phrases for asking for opinions like "What is your opinion about.....?" and for giving opinions like "In my opinion.....". It also includes phrases for agreeing like "I completely agree with you" and disagreeing like "I don't quite agree with you."

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SPEAKING

ASKING FOR OPINION


• What is your opinion about…..?
• What do you think about……..?

GIVING OPINION
• In my opinion…..
• As far as I am concerned…..
• I strongly believe that……..
• Personally, I feel/think that…………..

AGREEING
• I completely agree with you.
• I think you are right.
• That is exactly what I was thinking.
• I’d go along with you on that.

DISAGREEING
• I am afraid I don’t quite agree with you.
• You have a point there, but ……
• I can see your point of view, but …..
SUGGESTIONS
• Have you ever thought of……?
• You might not agree with me but ……
• Don’t you think it is better ……..
• Wouldn’t it be better to ………

ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION


• Could you explain what you mean by ………..
• What do you mean?
• I’m afraid/sorry , I’m not quite clear about ……………
• I don’t quite understand ……..

REPHRASING
• Basically, what I am trying to say is ……..
• To be more specific ………

ASKING FOR CONFIRMATION


• Correct me if I’m wrong, but ……..
• Are you saying that …..
• Basically, what you’re saying is ……..

ASKING FOR REPETITION


• I beg your pardon?
• I’m sorry?
• Sorry, come again?
MAKING EVERYBODY ACTIVE
• What do you think A?
• Do/Don’t you agree with me?
• Let’s hear what A has to say about this?

INTERRUPTING
• May I interrupt you for a moment?
• If I may just interrupt you for a moment, I’d like to say that …..

BRINGING A DISCUSSION BACK TO THE POINT


Perhaps we could get back to the main point.
• Coming back to what I was saying……
• I’m afraid you’ve missed the point.

SUMMARIZING
• To summarize, I think we are in agreement on ……..
• In short,…………
• To sum up, there seems to be ……..

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