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In this lesson, we are going to see how people express their opinions.

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The following image shows different words that people generally use for expressing their opinions. Find out the meaning of all the words and try to use the words in your opinions.

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The following document explains how we can use different phrases for expressing our opinions. Read carefully and comment on anything that you do not understand.

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This is just my opinion, but...

This page lists useful expressions for the language function of giving opinions.

Elementary

1. I (really) think that ...

2. I believe (that) ...

3. I'm sure that ...

4. In my opinion / My opinion is ...

Pre-intermediate

1. I agree with ...

2. I feel that ...

3. I guess/imagine ...

4. I have no doubt that / I'm certain that ...

5. I strongly believe that ...

6. I've never really thought about this before, but ...

7. My personal opinion is that / Personally, my opinion is that ...

8. To be honest / In my honest opinion, ...

Intermediate

1. As far as I know, ...

2. I agree with the opinion of ...

3. I could be wrong, but ...

4. I'd definitely say that ...

5. I'd guess/imagine that ...

6. I'd say that ...

7. I'm absolutely certain that ...

8. I'm fairly confident that ...

9. I'm no expert (on this), but ...

10. I'm positive that ...

11. I'm pretty sure that ...

12. It seems to me that ...

13. It's a complicated/difficult issue, but ...

14. My (point of) view (on this) is ...

15. Obviously, ...

16. Some people may disagree with me, but ...

17. This is just my opinion, but ...

18. Without a doubt, ...

19. You probably won't agree, but ...

Upper-intermediate

1. After much thought, ...

2. After weighing up both sides of the argument, ...

3. Although I can see both points of view / Although I can understand the opposite point of view, ...

4. As I see it, ...

5. Correct me if I'm wrong, but ...

6. For me/ From my point of view, ...

7. Frankly, ...

8. I am not very familiar with this topic, but ...

9. I do believe/ feel/think ...

10. I have come to the conclusion that ...

11. I might change my mind later, but ...

12. I reckon/suppose ...

13. I tend to think that ...

14. I'm not sure I'm the right person to ask, but / I have very limited experience of this, but ...

15. I'm pretty confident that ...

16. I've always thought that ...

17. If you ask me, ...

18. I'm (absolutely) convinced that ...

19. In my humble opinion / IMHO, ...

20. It could be said that ...

21. It seems clear to me that ...

22. It would seem to me that ...

23. My initial reaction is ...

24. Not everyone will/would agree with me, but ...

25. Personally speaking / Speaking for myself, ...

26. The way I see it (is) ...

27. To be (perfectly) frank, ...

28. To the best of my knowledge, ...

29. What I think is ...

30. You could say ...

Advanced

1. After giving this matter some (serious) thought, ...

2. As far as I'm concerned, ...

3. As the old saying goes, ...

4. Having given this question due consideration, ...

5. I am of the opinion that ...

6. I can't help thinking that ...

7. I know this is a minority view, but / I'm in the minority in thinking that ...

8. I tend towards the opinion that ...

9. I think it's fair/reasonable to say ...

10. I'll tell you what I think, ...

11. I'm entirely/quite convinced that ...

12. I've come the conclusion that ...

13. If I must come up with an opinion / If you (really) want my opinion, ...

14. In my limited experience, ...

15. It could/might well be that ...

16. Know what I think? ...

17. My opinion was best expressed by ... when s/he said/wrote ...

18. My view/position on this (issue) (is clear and) is that ...

19. Off the top of my head, ...

20. Plainly, ...

21. Quite frankly, ...

22. There is a part of me that says ...

23. This may well be controversial, but ...

24. To my mind / To my way of thinking, ...

25. To summarise my (rather complex) views on the matter, ...

26. What I always say is ...

27. With some reservations, ...

28. Without a shred/shadow of doubt, ...

29. You'd have to be crazy not to agree that / Any idiot can see that ...

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This page lists useful expressions for the language function of giving opinions to other people. Graded by level. Vocabulary for ESL learners and teachers.

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Read the following newspaper article and express your opinion in the comment box.

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For five years in a row, deposits from Bangladesh in Swiss banks have risen on average 20 percent every year since 2013, to Tk5,575. Over the years, as per the Global Financial Integrity report in 2014, Bangladesh has lost between 6 and 9 billion USD to illegal money outflow.

There was a time when India was topping the charts of GFI reports, but policy reforms in India and an annual automatic exchange of banking information with Switzerland paved the way for getting financial information on bank accounts held by Indian citizens in that country and vice-versa led to nearly a 50 percent drop in Indian deposits in Swiss banks over a one year period.

The finance minister has said that government steps to prevent laundering of money would be visible next month. And that is what begs the question. Given that the data of deposits in Swiss banks has been in public domain since 1996, and that there has been a steady increase in the deposit amount every year since 2005, why has no effective action been taken as yet to determine whether those are legally transferred amount or otherwise, and appropriate measures taken to stymie the illegal outflow of money. And more so, when there is the Money Laundering Act which was amended in 2012, during the tenure of this government.

It is regrettable that while legal means of money transfer outside the country faces many restrictions there seems to be no impediment to illegal transfer and no palpable effective measures to prevent them. Has the government done anything to find out the final destination of the several thousand crores taken out of some state owned banks like the Basic Bank?

While there are adequate rules and regulations there is little implementation, as per the view of the Asia / Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) that visited Bangladesh last year. And thus one may ask why this apparent reluctance for decisive action. Is the administration worried that it would release a can of worms?

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It is regrettable that while legal means of money transfer outside the country faces many restrictions there seems to be no impediment to illegal transfer and no palpable effective measures to prevent them. Has the government done anything to find out the final destination of the several thousand crores taken out of some state owned banks like the Basic Bank?