Expressing Opinions in English: Agreeing and Disagreeing

In this article, you’ll learn how to effectively express your opinion, agree and disagree with someone’s opinions with ESL images.

Contents

Express Your Opinion

1. Sentence starters

I prefer…
I think…
I feel…
I know…
I believe…
In my opinion…
The best thing about…
The greatest part about…
The worst part about…
Everyone should…
…is better than … because…
If you liked… than you will love….

2. General Point of View

It is thought that…
Some people say that…
It is considered…
It is generally accepted that…
Disagreeing with an opinion
Yes, but…
I’m afraid I have to disagree.
I’m sorry to disagree with you, but…
That’s not entirely true.
On the contrary…
I’m not so sure about that.

3. Personal Point of View

I have seen/noticed/observed that…
I just don’t think it’s right that…
One argument in favour of … is that…
I think people should (have the right to) …
In my experience…
As far as I’m concerned…
In my opinion…
Personally, I think…
I’d say that…
I’d like to point out that..
I believe that…
Speaking for myself…
Personally, I believe (feel)…
I tend to think that…
I am sure/certain/convinced that…
As far as I understand/ can see, …

4. Giving the opposite opinion

Maybe, but it seems to me that…
I partly agree, but I still believe that…
I don’t agree. In my opinion,…
I completely disagree. To me,…

5. Clarifying your opinion

No, that’s not what I’m trying to say.
What I mean is …
No, that’s not what I mean.
All I’m saying is that …

6. Giving yourself time to think

That’s an interesting point.
I’ve never really thought about that.
Um, let me think.
It’s hard to say.

7. Agreeing with an opinion

Of course
You’re absolutely right.
Yes, I agree.
I think so too.
That’s a good point.
Exactly.
That’s true.
Neither do I.
I couldn’t agree more.

8. Making Suggestions

I suggest/ think you should …
It might be better to …
We/ you ought to …
If I were you …, I would …
I (don’t) think we/ you should…
You/ we could …
Couldn’t you/we…?
Shall we …?
How/What about…?
Why don’t you/we …?
Why not …?
Let’s …

9. Responding to suggestions

I was thinking exactly that myself.
Sounds good (to me).
OK, let’s do/try that.
Yes, let’s do that.
You’re right.
That’s a good idea.
It’s a good idea, but…
But what if…?
The only thing/ problem is…

Expressing Your Opinions

1. In my experience …

2. As far as I’m concerned …

3. In my opinion …

4. Personally, I think …

5. I’d like to point out that …

6. I believe that …

7. From my point of view …

8. If you ask me …

9. The way I see things …

10. I feel like …

11. I take the view that …

12. In my mind …

13. Speaking for myself…

14. As I see it …

15. My point of view is that …

16. In my view …

17. It seems to me that …

18. I figure out that …

19. I’m of the opinion that …

20. To be honest …

21. Well, I think …

22. I have no idea.

23. According to me …

24. In my case …

25. As I thought about this problem, I realized that …

26. Based on my own experience, I find that …

27. I don’t know about you, but I think …

Agreeing with Someone’s Opinion

1. Exactly.

2. Totally.

3. Definitely.

4. Of course.

5. That’s a good point.

6. You’re absolutely right.

7. That’s so true.

8. That’s for sure.

9. I’m with you 100%.

10. I couldn’t agree with you more.

11. I guess so.

12. I suppose.

13. Yes, I agree.

14. I think so too.

15. That’s a (very) good point.

16. Oh yes, that’s right.

17. I don’t think so either.

18. That’s true.

19. That’s just what I was thinking.

20. That’s exactly what I think.

21. I think you’re right.

22. I hear you.

23. Yes, me too / me neither.

24. I totally agree with you

25. You’re so very right!

26. You’re reading my mind.

27. My view about this is positive.

28. I agree with this idea.

29. I agree completely with this idea.

30. I agree partially with this idea.

31. This idea is absolutely right.

32. This idea is partially right.

33. I couldn’t agree more on this.

34. I think this idea is good.

Disagreeing with Someone’s Opinion

1. I don’t think I completely agree.

2. I’m not so sure about that.

3. I don’t think that’s the case.

4. That’s not necessarily true.

5. No way!

6. Absolutely not!

7. Are you kidding me?

8. I see, but that’s different.

9. Sorry, I don’t agree with you.

10. I don’t see it that way.

11. That’s not entirely true.

12. That’s partly true but…

13. I see your point but…

14. I’m sorry to disagree with you but…

15. Yes, but don’t you think…?

16. I think that’s not the same thing at all.

17. On the contrary…

18. Well, I’m not so sure about that.

19. Sorry, I think that’s wrong.

20. Yeah, but the problem is that…

21. Well, I think it’s not as simple as that.

22. I think this idea is impossible …

23. I think this idea is possible, but……

24. I think this idea cannot be implemented.

25. I think you’re totally wrong.

26. That doesn’t make any sense.

27. Absolutely wrong.

28. I don’t agree with this idea.

29. I think it is a bad idea.

30. I’m not sure that I agree with this idea.

31. The project is feasible, but …

32. Yes, but …

33. I’m afraid I have to disagree.

34. I’m sorry to disagree with you, but …

35. I see things differently.

36. I tend to disagree with that idea.

37. I agree up to a point, however …

38. You have a point there, but …

39. You could be right, however …

40. The idea is worth considering, but …

41. Perhaps a weakness of this is that …

42. I strongly disapprove of the plan.

43. I’m absolutely against the proposal.

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