USEFUL PHRASES FOR THE ORAL INTERACTION
Why don´t we go? / What about going?
Supposing we went / we go
I suggest we go
What would you say about going
It would be best if we go
It might be a good idea to go
It would be a good idea to go
What I suggest is that we go
What we could do is to go
It wouldn’t be a bad idea to go
Where do you suggest we go?
We might have to go
The way I look at it
In my view, it wouldn’t be suitable to go
Personally, I think that we should go
If you ask me, I’d say that we have to go
Have you considered the possibility of going?
The best thing we can do is to go
I would recommend going
It is vital that we go
It would be madness to go / not to go
What do you reckon? Shall we go?
At the end of the day, the best option is to go
Personally, I find...
I suppose / I would imagine / In my opinion / In my view / To my mind / What I think is
To the best of my knowledge / The way I look at it / I do not think it is right to
I am convinced that going is the best thing
On second thoughts,...
If you want my opinion
I must admit that
I am quite sure that
If you would like my opinion
I’m a hundred per cent sure that...
I cannot help thinking that..
I cannot but think that ...
I have a feeling that ...
I very much doubt that
One of the things I most enjoy is...
One of the things I cannot stand is ...
If it doesn’t put you out / If you don’t mind I’d prefer to...
It would suit us much better to
It is all the same to me whether we go or not
It makes absolutely no difference to me whether
I don’t mind one way or the other
I couldn’t care less if we go or not
I intend to go
I’ve been considering the possibility of going
I should like to go
I certainly would love to go
I only wish we could go
I very much hope we could go
What I would really like is for us to go
It is not a question of going
I am determined to go
I’ve made up my mind
I am totally in favour / against going
There’s no reason why we should / shouldn’t go
I am of the same view
I fully / absolutely agree with you
Definitely
You are quite right
I admit that / I accept that
You’re probably right in saying that
I have nothing against it
I see your point / I see what you mean
I don’t agree with you on this matter
I am afraid I dont’ quite see it that way
It’s not a question of going or not , but ...
No way / It’s out of the question
It goes without saying that
The facts speak for themselves
It is obvious to everyone that
What is quite certain is that
The fact of the matter is that (nuclear waste is always harmful)
The real question at issue here is that
It would be ridiculous to assert that ...
That raises the whole question of whether...
Up to a point / to a certain extent
That might very well be true but
It cannot be ruled out that ..