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Preparation

Think about the topic first. What's your opinion? What arguments can you use to support your ideas?

Structure and Content

• Introduction: defining the problem
  Use the introduction to get the reader's attention and interest in the topic. Define the problem you are going to discuss and provide a short overview on what you think and why.
• Opinion and Reasons
  Give reasons for your opinion. Concentrate on one main point per paragraph. What to write exactly, depends on the task (see below)
• Conclusion
  Summarize the most important arguments that best support your opinion.

Important Tenses

Simple Present

Typical Tasks

• Comment (stating your own opinion)
  state your opinion and give examples and arguments that support your opinion
  statement – reason – example
• Compare
  find common and distinct features
  draw conclusions
• Criticize
  find advantages and disadvantages
  comment on somebody's opinion (usually in a negative way)
• Discuss
  analyse all aspects of a problem (What is …? / Is it okay to …?)
  weighing the pros and cons
• Evaluate
  analyse a problem
  show advantages and disadvantages
• Justify
  support an opinion
  show advantages

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• Stating your Opinion

It seems to me that ...

In my opinion, ...

I am of the opinion that .../ I take the view that ..

My personal view is that ...

In my experience ...

As far as I understand / can see, ...

As I see it, ... / From my point of view ...

As far as I know ... / From what I know ...

I might be wrong but ...

If I am not mistaken ...

I believe one can (safely) say ...

It is claimed that ...

I must admit that ...

I cannot deny that ...

I can imagine that ...

I think/believe/suppose ...

Personally, I think ...

That is why I think ...

I am sure/certain/convinced that ...

I am not sure/certain, but ...

I am not sure, because I don't know the situation exactly.

I am not convinced that ...

I have read that ...

I am of mixed opinions (about / on) ...

I am of mixed opinions about / on this.

I have no opinion in this matter.

• Outlining Facts

The fact is that

The (main) point is that ...

This proves that ...

What it comes down to is that ...

It is obvious that ...

It is certain that ...

One can say that ...

It is clear that ...

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• Agreement

There are many reasons for ...

There is no doubt about it that ...

I simply must agree with that.

I am of the same opinion.

I am of the same opinion as the author.

I completely/absolutely agree with the author.

Qualified Disagreement

It is only partly true that...

I can agree with that only with reservations.

That seems obvious, but ...

That is not necessarily so.

It is not as simple as it seems.

Under certain circumstances ...

• Disagreement

There is more to it than that.

The problem is that ...

I (very much) doubt whether ...

This is in complete contradiction to ...

What is even worse, ...

I am of a different opinion because ...

I cannot share this / that / the view.

I cannot agree with this idea.

What I object to is ...

Unlike the author I think ...

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• Linking Arguments

First of all, I think ...

Not only that, but I also think that ...

Not only are they ..., they are also ...

They are not ..., nor are they ...

There are various/several/many reasons for this.

First, ... / Firstly, ...

Second, ... / Secondly, ...

Moreover, ... / Furthermore, ... / In addition, ...

Another significant point is that ...

Finally, ...

On the one hand, ... On the other hand, ...

In contrast to this is ...

Because of ...

That is why ...

After all, ...

The reason is that ...

In that respect ...

The result of this is that ...

Another aspect/point is that ...

It is because ...

Although it is true that ... it would be wrong to claim that ...

That may sometimes be true, but ...

One could argue that ..., but ...

• Providing Examples

Take for example (the case of) ...

Look at ...

For instance ... / For example ...

Let me give you an example.

Additions and Conclusion

Most probably ...

It appears to be ...

It is important to mention that...

As I already indicated ...

In other words, ...

I am most concerned about ...

I should like to repeat once again that ...

I should like to emphasise that ...

I would (just) like to add ...

So all in all I believe that...

(In) summing up it can be said that ...

Weighing the pros and cons, I come to the conclusion that ...

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