Speaking bank

Giving opinions
➢ Personally
➢ I think that
➢ I don’t think that
➢ I’m convinced that
➢ I don’t really know if
➢ In my view
➢ In my opinión
➢ As I see it
Asking for opinions
➢ What do you think?
➢ What’s your opinion / view?
➢ Do you agree?
➢ What about you?
Agreeing or partially agreeing
➢ I (totally) agree (with you) (that)
➢ I agree to an extent (that)
➢ That’s true
➢ You’re right
➢ You’ve got a point
➢ I take your point
➢ I see what you mean
Disagreeing or partially disagreeing
➢ I (totally) disagree (with you) (that)
➢ I agree to an extent, but
➢ That’s true, but
➢ You’ve got a point, but
➢ I take your point, but
➢ I see what you mean, but
➢ I’m not sure that’s true,
➢ But what about…?
Making suggestions
➢ Do you fancy (coming)?
➢ Why don´t…?
➢ How about… + ing?
➢ Let´s
➢ Shall…?
Accepting suggestions
➢ Yes, I’d love that
➢ Great!
➢ Ok
➢ Why not?
➢ Fine
➢ Yes, let’s
➢ Good idea
Rejecting suggestions
➢ Sorry, I can’t
➢ I prefer to…
Asking for help
➢ Would you mind …+ing?
➢ Could you give me a hand…+ing?
➢ Could you help me to…?
Offering to help
➢ Would you like any help?
➢ How can I help?
➢ Can I help you?
➢ Do you want me to…?
➢ Shall I…?
➢ How about if I do it for you?
Accepting offers of help
➢ Thanks!
➢ That would be great!
Filling the conversation
➢ Err…
➢ Well…
➢ The thing is…
➢ I’m not (really/totally/completely) sure but…
➢ Maybe…
➢ You know…
➢ I think…
➢ I imagine…
➢ It looks like…
➢ I imagine that…
➢ Let me think…
➢ What do you think?
Checking understanding
➢ Pardon?
➢ Could you repeat that, please?
➢ Sorry, I didn’t catch that
➢ Sorry, I missed that
➢ Sorry, can you say that again?
➢ Sorry, could you speak more slowly?
➢ Sorry, did you say…?
➢ I’m not sure I undestood
Showing you understand
➢ I see
➢ Ok
➢ That’s great
➢ Right
➢ Really?
Showing interest
➢ Really?
➢ That’s interesting
➢ That’s incredible
➢ I see
➢ Do you?
➢ Me too

Giving a presentation
Beginning a presentation
➢ I’d like to begin by saying…
➢ I’m going to talk about…
Introducing arguments
➢ Firstly,
➢ First of all,
➢ Secondly,
➢ Another thing is that…
➢ It’s also true that…
➢ Furthermore,
➢ What’s more,
Giving examples
➢ For example,
➢ For instance,
➢ Look at the case of…
➢ Concluding,
➢ Finally,
➢ To sum up,
➢ Last, but not least,
➢ The point I’m trying to make is…
➢ In short,
Describing a photo
Starting
➢ In the picture I can see…
➢ The picture shows…
➢ This is a picture of…
Position
➢ In the foreground
➢ In the background
➢ At the top of the picture
➢ At the bottom of the picture
➢ In the middle of the picture
➢ On the right
➢ On the left
➢ In the top/bottom right/left corner
Speculation and deduction
➢ I think
➢ I imagine
➢ (It) must be
➢ (it) may/might/could be
➢ (it) can’t be
➢ (He/She/It/They) is/are probably
➢ It seems that
➢ (it) looks as if / like
➢ I’m not sure but
➢ (it) must have been
➢ (it) may/might/could have been
➢ (it) can’t/couldn’t have been

Talking about the past

Expression of time and sequence
➢ At first
➢ First
➢ First of all
➢ Next
➢ Then
➢ Suddenly
➢ Later
➢ A few seconds/minutes/hours/days later
➢ After ten minutes/half an hour/a while
➢ After that
➢ Finally
➢ In the end