PET SPEAKING HELPLINE – Parts 3,4

Collaborative task

 Opening

- Where should we start/begin?

- Let’s start/begin with…

- How about starting with…?

- Would you like to go first?

- Shall we take it in turns to talk about them?

 Closing

- I think we’ve decided the…haven’t we?

- I suppose we’ve already decided.

- I think we’ve talked about everything.

 Agreeing

- You are right!

- Absolutely!

- That’s a good point!

- I haven’t thought of this!

- That’s true/great/right!

- Great! I’d love to…

- Yes, it sounds exciting to me.

- So do I! I hate doing…

- I really love the idea of…

 Disagreeing

- I don’t think that is a good/interesting choice.

- Not exactly! Why not choose the…

- I’m not sure about that. I bet nobody would be interested in it.

- I wouldn’t agree with you. How about choosing…?

- I’m not sure I’d go along with this.

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- A serious disadvantage of this can be that…

- I’m not that keen on…

- The las think I would choose is…

 Offering a mild opinion

- It’s not something I feel very strong about but…

- It’s very difficult to say but I think that…

 Making suggestions

- Why not have…? Do you agree?

- Maybe we could take up…Wouldn’t it be a good idea?

- I’d suggest/recommend having…This would be very important because…

- If we were to improve…I’d…How does it sound?

- Let’s choose the…and the… I think they are both very useful.

- It seems to me they could benefit a lot if…

 Expressing an opinion/preference

- In my opinion/view…

- I am of the opinion that…

- Personally, I support the idea/think that we should first try…

- I definitely think it would be better to…

- It seems to me that…

- I believe the most important thing is…

- I’m strongly in favour of…

- Personally, I prefer the… to the… because…

- I’m afraid I wouldn’t like to choose it because…

- I’m afraid I’m not so keen on/interested in…

- …appeals to me more than…