Asking Opinion

 What do you think? - Bagaimana menurutmu?

 What’s your opinion? - Apa pendapatmu?
 What’s your view? - Bagaimana pandanganmu?
 How do you see the situation? - Bagaimana kamu melihat situasi ini?
 Do you have any comment? - Apakah anda punya komentar?
 Do you have any opinion? - Apakah anda punya pendapat?

Giving Opinion
 I reckon - Menurut saya
 What i reckon is - Pendapat saya adalah
 In my own opinion - Menurut pendapat saya
 I think - Saya pikir
 I’d say - Saya lebih suka mengatakan
 I feel that - Saya rasa
 In my view - Dalam pandangan saya
 If you dot mind me saying - Jika anda tidak keberatan, pendapat saya
 In my humble opinion - Sejujurnya
 I tend to think that - Saya cenderung berpikir bahwa
 May be, you need to - Mungkin sebaiknya
 I personally think that you should - Saya berpikir bahwa kamu seharusnya
 I’m utterly convinced that - saya sangat yakin bahwa
 I have no doubt that - saya tidak ragu bahwa
 I strongly believe that - saya sangat percaya bahwa
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Contoh dialog Asking and Giving

Sifa :What do you think about Lampung?
Lisa :In my opinion, Lampung is the beautiful city. There are so many beautiful beaches
there. Lampung is also famous with its tapis or songket. It is traditional cloth in
Lampung.
Sifa :How about its food? Do you think it is delicious?
Lisa :I think… Yes! Do you know seruit? It’s delicious.
Sifa :Yes I know seruit. By the way… Which one is more delicious? Seruit or
mushroom?
Lisa :According to me, seruit is more delicious than sate of mushroom.
Sifa :I don’t think so. I think sate of mushroom is more delicious than seruit because
sate of mushroom is my favorite food.
Lisa :hahaha so we have different favorite foods then.
Sifa :I think so
.Lisa :Sifa, do you think that English is difficult lesson?
Sifa :I don’t think so. I think there is no difficult lesson
.Lisa :what?
Sifa :Yes, I think if we learn seriously, there is no difficult lesson. It’s depend on our
seriously.Lisa :I don’t think so, in my opinion, it’s difficult because I hard to do every
tasks that are given by our teacher.
Sifa :
According to me, it is because of you are lack of vocabularies. So, try to enrich your
vocabulary then.
Heru : Rina, what do you think is the best action to reduce global warming?
Rina : I think everyone should start changing their way of life.
Heru:What do you mean?
Rina : Well, we have to start to do what we can, to help reduce global warming
.Heru : What do you suggest that we should do?
Rina : Well, there are lots of things that we can do. We should start saving electricity,
start recycling things, start using public transport means, buying and consuming as
much as we need only, etc. Basically, just save anything that we can.
Heru : Wow! You know a lot of things about reducing global warming. Where did you
learn all of that from?
Rina : Well, I read newspapers, magazines, and also search for information in the
internet. Actually, I want to inform what I’ve learned to everyone so that everybody can
start helping to save our mother nature.
Heru : You’re so awesome. How about if you write it in our school magazine next
month?
Rina : That’s a great idea. I’ll do that.
Utami : Our headmaster wanted us to improve and increase the quality of our
English club. What do you think, tari?
Hani : Well. I think so. We should be able to do that.
Utami : So what should we do?
Hani : I think that we have to improve our syllabus. It must be more relevant to
English.
Hani : That's a great idea. But don't forget. I think it is not only that. We should also
know the student's needs, because we handle different levels and wishes.

Utami : Yes, I know that. Thank you. And then do we need new instructors here?
tari : don’t think so.